(by Dr Paul Sutton, MA (Oxon), DPhil (Oxon), Patrol Leader (Panthers), Fellow of the Royal Society of Call Centre Operatives, VC, GM, ex-SAS, member 1966 England Squad, ACAB, FAAI).
I still remember with distate Lammy's dire performance on Mastermind (should've renamed it Thick Cunt) when he proved that he had difficulty counting - Q. Which king came after Henry VIII? A. Henry VII. Perhaps Two-Tier should swap him and Baroness Munchausen round. With Lammy's counting abilities he would reduce taxes thinking that he was increasing them!
Great article! I wonder if she deliberately looks like one of Roald Dahl’s witches in that photo, or is that just an amusing coincidence.
You’re absolutely right of course, and the nicknames are very good! I shall be using those if you don’t mind. I didn’t know about the chess lie, that really is particularly ridiculous isn’t it.
Absolutely hilarious Paul. Unfortunately our Chancellor needs to be seen as a serious character and probity matters a lot. Zahawi was gone faster than you can say “David Lammy is an idiot” when he used tax loopholes.
Apparently Reeves also won the X Factor and was Miss World from 2000 to 2027. She’s an Olympic Gold medalist too.
I wonder about her voice - it's horrendous! Is she a trans-bloke? If so, she's probably an Olympic boxer, having knocked seven bells out of some poor little lady.
She sounds like a Bond villain. Or the Child-catcher in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Scares the shit out of me.
I’ll be sorry to see her go in a way as she’s pure comedy gold as you said - you really made me laugh at that. There again if she goes another fucking idiot will take her place. Labour has loads of them.
Fair point Paul. I suppose we’re all good at one thing. I’d better not speculate at what Grangela’s good at or I’ll be getting a knock on my door from Plod.
So, not actually Oxford but the "University of Oxford" (aka Oxford Brookes). Which is nothing to be ashamed of. Unless you want to be part of the Oxbridge Crowd!
Frankly, I'm embarrassed on behalf of the whole lot of them. I constantly have to say that I didn't vote for any of them!!!!
Scary though, that this bunch of charlatans and incompetents are running things (or pretending to each other and the BBC that they are)
Sorry, you've lost me! The University of Oxford isn't aka Oxford Brookes. When people say Oxford (as a university) they always mean The University of Oxford - abbreviated to Oxon.
Brookes is always just called Brookes, or Oxford Brookes.
Do they? I'm not a university person! I thought people used their college name if they went to the pukka ones because there isn't a "university of Oxford" in the same way as, say, the University of Durham is there? It's a collection of colleges. But, as I say, I know nothing about the university system!!!! So, sorry if I got it wrong!
The University is a loose federation of colleges - but it exists - and runs things like labs and departments. It also grants the degrees etc. The colleges are semi-autonomous. There is no one place you can point to as 'Oxford University' - though some of the most famous buildings (The Radcliffe Camera, the Bodleian, etc) are university run.
People now tend to say they went to Oxford - also because there are many namesake colleges at Cambridge. Mine was Jesus (Oxford), which has a much bigger counterpart at Cambridge.
I still remember with distate Lammy's dire performance on Mastermind (should've renamed it Thick Cunt) when he proved that he had difficulty counting - Q. Which king came after Henry VIII? A. Henry VII. Perhaps Two-Tier should swap him and Baroness Munchausen round. With Lammy's counting abilities he would reduce taxes thinking that he was increasing them!
I think the blue cheese one is my favourite:
Q: Which blue cheese is eaten at Xmas with port?
Lammy: I know this! Red Leicester.
I like your ideas.
Thanks Alan!
Great article! I wonder if she deliberately looks like one of Roald Dahl’s witches in that photo, or is that just an amusing coincidence.
You’re absolutely right of course, and the nicknames are very good! I shall be using those if you don’t mind. I didn’t know about the chess lie, that really is particularly ridiculous isn’t it.
Surely she can’t last long now can she?
Use away - none of the Keir ones are mine.
The entire Front Bench looks like a diabolical cabal
It really does. And is!
The Gang of Four redux.
Absolutely hilarious Paul. Unfortunately our Chancellor needs to be seen as a serious character and probity matters a lot. Zahawi was gone faster than you can say “David Lammy is an idiot” when he used tax loopholes.
Apparently Reeves also won the X Factor and was Miss World from 2000 to 2027. She’s an Olympic Gold medalist too.
I wonder about her voice - it's horrendous! Is she a trans-bloke? If so, she's probably an Olympic boxer, having knocked seven bells out of some poor little lady.
She sounds like a Bond villain. Or the Child-catcher in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Scares the shit out of me.
I’ll be sorry to see her go in a way as she’s pure comedy gold as you said - you really made me laugh at that. There again if she goes another fucking idiot will take her place. Labour has loads of them.
Can you imagine Rayner as chancellor! That would be the best appointment since Caligula made his horse a Senator.
If we’re going to go die bankrupt we may as well die laughing. Ange, the ginger kid next door, becomes Chancellor! Qualifications? Err none really.
A tad unfair - she was a grandmother in her early 30s, so studied at 'the university of real life'.
Fair point Paul. I suppose we’re all good at one thing. I’d better not speculate at what Grangela’s good at or I’ll be getting a knock on my door from Plod.
First class piece.
Thanks.
If you imagine 10 squares , WHITE CULTURES represent 1 square WORLDWIDE
YET they tell us we need to diversify because we are one white square out of 9 others that are coloured differently.
Imagine telling South Africa they are too black so we need to bring in more whites 🤣🤣🤣
There would be a racist outcry.
I love your article mate!
Thanks - glad you enjoyed it!
That one abt Hatchet Faced Dick's lookalike at No. 11 almost made me want to resubscribe to the Speccie. Thank you for reporting it.
Pleasure!
‘Rachel from accounts’ is now stuck in my head!! - 🤣
Many apologies!
So, not actually Oxford but the "University of Oxford" (aka Oxford Brookes). Which is nothing to be ashamed of. Unless you want to be part of the Oxbridge Crowd!
Frankly, I'm embarrassed on behalf of the whole lot of them. I constantly have to say that I didn't vote for any of them!!!!
Scary though, that this bunch of charlatans and incompetents are running things (or pretending to each other and the BBC that they are)
Sorry, you've lost me! The University of Oxford isn't aka Oxford Brookes. When people say Oxford (as a university) they always mean The University of Oxford - abbreviated to Oxon.
Brookes is always just called Brookes, or Oxford Brookes.
I think Reeves went to Oxford (New College).
Do they? I'm not a university person! I thought people used their college name if they went to the pukka ones because there isn't a "university of Oxford" in the same way as, say, the University of Durham is there? It's a collection of colleges. But, as I say, I know nothing about the university system!!!! So, sorry if I got it wrong!
No need to apologise, it's confusing.
The University is a loose federation of colleges - but it exists - and runs things like labs and departments. It also grants the degrees etc. The colleges are semi-autonomous. There is no one place you can point to as 'Oxford University' - though some of the most famous buildings (The Radcliffe Camera, the Bodleian, etc) are university run.
People now tend to say they went to Oxford - also because there are many namesake colleges at Cambridge. Mine was Jesus (Oxford), which has a much bigger counterpart at Cambridge.
Oxford POLY(technic) aka Brookes- to keep it simple. A town with one university and 1 poly
Not that I'm snobbish, but I know wonder if Rachel from accounts is an alumnus?
Or possibly, the renowned 'University of central-Bedfordshire'?