tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046172520958527381.post5308866580765248574..comments2024-03-16T09:19:15.255+00:00Comments on white rabbit: I really don't want to go here but...white rabbithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15693920049571164318noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046172520958527381.post-86236054893113902262010-09-08T19:58:51.809+01:002010-09-08T19:58:51.809+01:00Yes there is a fig-leaf or an argument that there ...Yes there is a fig-leaf or an argument that there is a genuine public interest; but the reality is that that a combination of prurience and disappointed members of the right-wing of the Tory Party are driving this story – the xenophobes who expected Ministerial positions and haven't got them. What really matters (apart from WR's deplorable prejudice against the follically challenged, which in a civilised world would be a criminal offence) is whether Hague is any good as Foreign Secretary (or at least not as bad as any of the real-world alternatives). So far, at least he hasn't fallen to the depth of sycophancy towards George Bush and Israel shown by some of his predecessors; so for those of us who don't start with great expectations of either Tory or Labour Foreign Secretaries that isn't a bad start.<br />Sybil 'f' in Welsh is pronounced like an English 'v'; 'ff' is the equivalent of the English 'f': hence 'Ffion', 'Ffrancis', 'Ffestiniog' and so on. So to a Welsh person 'ff' doesn't contain any silent letters: its simply a pair of consonants pronounced in a different way from the way a single consonant would be pronounced, rather like the Spanish 'll' or 'rr'.Mahalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046172520958527381.post-91167062126092429622010-09-07T13:24:14.561+01:002010-09-07T13:24:14.561+01:00No comment.
Well except to say, I love the "...No comment.<br /><br />Well except to say, I love the "Your Minxitude"!!! Very good!Petit fleurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02626110471501778855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046172520958527381.post-39257782769853278482010-09-07T11:00:25.931+01:002010-09-07T11:00:25.931+01:00@ sybil law: When William Hague was Tory party lea...@ sybil law: When William Hague was Tory party leader the big question was 'Why is there two ff's in Ffion?'. The answer, it is said, was 'Because there's no effing leader!'.jailhouselawyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03795278184797990706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046172520958527381.post-46559830356994078552010-09-06T18:30:46.538+01:002010-09-06T18:30:46.538+01:00Dude, are you on Facebook? Friend me if you are! ...Dude, are you on Facebook? Friend me if you are! Also, get on "networked blogs" on Facebook, and it will automatically update whenever you do. <br /><br />Yes, I know Facebook is The Borg or The Illuminati or something like that, but hey, its all inevitable, so don't worry! :PDaisy Deadheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17993200276152025235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046172520958527381.post-14977282166932508482010-09-06T17:32:32.287+01:002010-09-06T17:32:32.287+01:00Sybil - Ffion is a Welsh name. It is pronounced Fe...Sybil - Ffion is a Welsh name. It is pronounced Fee-on so at least one of the fs is silent. Welsh is ffunny like that as a language.<br /><br />William welcome to my humble blog and very nicely put too - the more I think about the announcement about Ffion's miscarriages the worse it is. It's also in the paper today that our hero took Myers on a jolly to Afghanistan and Bahrain on the payroll despite Myers having no known expertise in foreign policy - or indeed anything else. The photo of Hague and Myers is filling rattlingly awful.<br /><br />SW - Mad Margaret plainly did it for him bigtime but she is in the Judy Garland/Donna Summer league as a gay icon so nothing much proved/disproved there. Dale does indeed get on his high horse doesn't he?<br /><br />Renegade - Blogging is oppositional, I think the success of the Fawkes/Dale/Dizzy type blog over here was that they established a significant niche attacking the Labour Government from the right. What now happens will be interesting - I don't think Fawkes will pull his punches but others may.<br /><br />Barmaid - Oooooh! Get you! Maybe you missed your vocation as a cabdriver 'I 'ad that Frazer Hines in the back of the cab once'...white rabbithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15693920049571164318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046172520958527381.post-20109606037877460672010-09-05T23:18:22.340+01:002010-09-05T23:18:22.340+01:00Well, I can do better than that WR. Frazer Hines (...Well, I can do better than that WR. Frazer Hines (Joe Sugden out of Emmerdale) once looked at a cottage I did up and was trying to flog. He didn't put his hand in his pocket though.Barmaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15409207093456246202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046172520958527381.post-45648361572186234532010-09-05T22:27:45.851+01:002010-09-05T22:27:45.851+01:00We need lefty blogs that cause a stir. In the US ...We need lefty blogs that cause a stir. In the US the mosque affair, was started by a loony rightist blogger.Frank Partisanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03536211653082893030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046172520958527381.post-65123309989898125012010-09-05T22:20:57.511+01:002010-09-05T22:20:57.511+01:00i also enjoyed dale's righteous indignation on...i also enjoyed dale's righteous indignation on the subject. bless.simply wonderedhttp://www.simplywondered.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046172520958527381.post-74921251778499856002010-09-05T22:19:36.548+01:002010-09-05T22:19:36.548+01:00he's always been in love with the blessed marg...he's always been in love with the blessed margaret. quite what that says about your sexuality is anyone's guess.<br /><br />like you, i despise him and none of his behaviour will make that any worse. mind you; not very clever promoting someone quite so random to the most important job in C21st politics, special advisor.<br /><br />i certainly don't have any sympathy for ffffion. people know what they are doing when they marry politicians. mind you, posting details of your inefficient reproductive system all over the news is a special kind of tacky even for a politician. she must be regretting her bargain with the devil.simply wonderedhttp://www.simplywondered.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046172520958527381.post-43119613065298675502010-09-05T20:16:07.264+01:002010-09-05T20:16:07.264+01:00Despite the advances made under David Cameron the ...Despite the advances made under David Cameron the Conservative Party seems to still be a place where it is necessary for at least a number of people to deny that they are gay. Poor William Hague seems to have had to do this at regular intervals throughout his career. I can't understand how someone who is supposed to be so intelligent can be stupid enough to behave in the way that he has lately. <br /><br />Sharing a hotel room with a young male colleague is stupid enough. To over-promote him to the role of personal adviser to a government minister and camp it up walking down the street with him dressed like a freak looks like some sort of cry for help or act of self harming. <br /><br />The cherry on top has been for William Hague to promote the story from the blogosphere to the national headlines by putting out his ridiculous statement last week. Publicising his wife's miscarriages in order to prove his that he is not gay does not seem to me like the act of a loving husband or even a balanced human being. <br /><br />William Hague seems to be stuck in some sort of Tory time warp where being gay is still a scandal. In 2010 its not a crime to be gay or even to act like you are. Hague ought to be able to laugh off the rumours whether they are true or false. He can't though because he is still that little boy who became famous by getting applause and from all those right wing nasties at the Conservative Conference in 1977. He doesn't seem to have been able to grow up properly since then which is what makes him so pathetic but makes this story so fascinating.William Flackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07667721796746467442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046172520958527381.post-16701722890033069712010-09-05T17:57:07.604+01:002010-09-05T17:57:07.604+01:00Nice to see that the ugly side of politics exists ...Nice to see that the ugly side of politics exists across the pond, too. You know- misery loves company, and all.<br />The name Ffion is fascinating to me. Is the first F silent?sybil lawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13629349319977383547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046172520958527381.post-50531985021517573342010-09-05T15:04:27.467+01:002010-09-05T15:04:27.467+01:00Barmaid - long time no see! The saving money one i...Barmaid - long time no see! The saving money one is already out there.<br /><br />I once saw Margaret Beckett in Nine Elms Sainsburys. She dropped grapefruit all over the floor. More pleasingly, I once also saw Joanna Lumley (who didn't drop grapefruit) there...white rabbithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15693920049571164318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046172520958527381.post-11040104201374798972010-09-05T14:57:36.668+01:002010-09-05T14:57:36.668+01:00Do you know, I'm amazed that this one wasn'...Do you know, I'm amazed that this one wasn't spin doctored into a 'he was only trying to cut down on party expenses and bunked up with a mate for the night'. A nice little pic of Morcombe and Wise to go with the spin doctorey would have done the trick, wouldn't it? <br /><br />Perhaps that's why Blair had to go, he couldn't face a night of jim jam partying with Margaret Beckett?Barmaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15409207093456246202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046172520958527381.post-75176849624955885702010-09-05T14:36:45.073+01:002010-09-05T14:36:45.073+01:00Your Minxitude!
'bowling from the pavilion en...Your Minxitude!<br /><br />'bowling from the pavilion end' That's immortal! Never heard it called that before. Yes, I do feel sorry for the hapless Ffion. As regards the multi-millionaire who shares a room to save money, I can only say that he does come from Yorkshire ;)white rabbithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15693920049571164318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046172520958527381.post-30029183650529018852010-09-05T14:28:36.148+01:002010-09-05T14:28:36.148+01:00My Dear Bunny,
Whilst I hold no particularly str...My Dear Bunny,<br /><br />Whilst I hold no particularly strong opinion as to whether Mr Haig is, in fact, bowling from the pavillion end, my sympathies lay entirely with his poor wife, who has had to bear the revelation of her most private sorrows to save the skin of a millionaire who shared a room with his aid to save party costs.<br />Poor old Ffion.Is it possible for a woman to be cuckolded?<br /><br />(PS: word captcha : broprobe!!!!! )Minxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11374956155964328760noreply@blogger.com