Quote of the day

Saturday 18th July, 2009

“Some of our Continental colleagues are astonished that we should be getting ourselves into this kind of paddy over a few thousand pounds”

- Justice Secretary Jack Straw on the MPs’ expenses scandal



5 Comments

  1. oldrightie July 18th, 2009 at 3:28 pm

    So that’s all right then, Jacko, corruption to be resumed as normal.

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  2. LFAT July 18th, 2009 at 3:59 pm

    I know, he sounds disgracefully casual about stealing what to many people is several months’ salary worth of taxes. So what if other people in other countries steal more? Hardly a sound defence.

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  3. Measured July 18th, 2009 at 6:39 pm

    They just don’t get it, do they? I mean the Continentals this time. It reminds them of our standards.
    Anyway look after the pennies and the pounds (not euros) look after themselves.

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  4. del catto July 18th, 2009 at 11:05 pm

    Isn’t the use of ‘Paddy’ in this context racist?
    Ergo, Jack Straw you are a racist bastard!

    I love using their own logic against them.

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  5. Tony E July 19th, 2009 at 9:21 am

    And that tells you everything you need to know about European politicians, and why we should have as little to do with them as possible!

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