[Andy McDandy]

Honest Bob's "Judaeo" bit handily ignores the "no exceptions" expulsion between Edward 1 and Oliver Cromwell.

Is that one of our traditions?

He knows what he means, as do his audience: no wogs.

[Boiler]

An absolutely cynical, revolting, ungodly specimen.

Would "heathen" suffice?

[RedSparrows]

An absolutely cynical, revolting, ungodly specimen.

Would "heathen" suffice?

A heathen could be a good'un! Jenrick is not.

[davidjay]

I can't remember Thatcher, to name the most obvious, ever wishing anyone a happy anything.

[Malcolm Armsteen]

I'm a heathen. I don't think I'm that bad.

[Bones McCoy]

[Boiler]

Funnily enough, that thought had crossed my mind too...

[Abernathy]

Michael Portillo. He seems to have carved out a (presumably lucrative) second career presenting seemingly endless railway travelogues while wearing a range of brightly pastel coloured trousers and blazers . I watched one a bit earlier and was somewhat baffled as to why he keeps getting these cushy gigs. As a presenter, he’s about as charismatic as Liz Truss on mogadon.

One of my very best friends, who died last Boxing Day, was a Tranmere Rovers fan, lifelong railway enthusiast, and an (unfortunately) Corbynite socialist, who would have greatly enjoyed the content of Great Railway Journeys, but who resolutely refused to watch the programmes because of Portillo. I think he was probably right. Portillo still appears occasionally on political programmes too, and he is an unrepentant Thatcherite Tory and Brexiter - even now.

I’m left wondering why, if the BBC is such a seething hotbed of leftie saboteurs as it is alleged to be, why they keep commissioning these travelogues and paying the pastel-clad cunt a right good wedge.

[Youngian]

It's not as if Portillo brings any specialist knowledge to his gigs like Ken Clarke's jazz programmes. His knowledge and passion of the subject is extensive and genuine.

[Yug]

Portillo is a glaring example of the difference between yesterday's Tories and the modern examples. Once upon a time, no matter how cuntish they were, Tories were human, with interests and a hinterland. The current ones seem to be just unspeakable cunts with no human qualities at all.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Portillo wasn't seen as particularly human till he lost his seat, and took it with good grace. As I always say when he's mentioned, he was an anonymous source for Hugo Young, and the figure that emerged when Young's papers were published after his death is a lot more thoughtful than the public profile in the 90s.

[Malcolm Armsteen]

Man's a cunt. Cunt in silly trousers.

[Youngian]

Speaking of which, ten years today. And Ed's now in government doing 'the green crap.' What are you up to ham face?

[Boiler]

Sitting in his caravan, counting out his money?

[Tubby Isaacs]

Deal 'doesn't go anything like far enough', says shadow business secretary Andrew Griffith

Perhaps Griffith could tell us what else he'd have given up.

If I’ve understood the minister correctly, we’re still not back to the position as it was at the beginning of February.
British goods will still be more expensive in the US than they were before. For all the special relationship, that puts us in the same category of countries as Burundi and Bhutan.

Why don't you just say BongoBongoLand.

Chris Mason was pushing this rubbish earlier. The idea that a smaller economy, negotiating alone (thanks for that, by the way), was supposed to not just get the extra tariffs off but improve on the position before that, is absolutely ridiculous.

[kreuzberger]

The UK press and their Kemiratti sponsors are an international embarrassment. Grow. The.Fuck.Up.

[Tubby Isaacs]

It's impossible to imagine Bozo or May or Cameron getting this treatment. Maybe Sunak would have got it at the end, but he did get credit for the Windsor Framework, I recall.

You can see why Farage does this "they're shit" but why are the grown up party of business doing this stuff? Ed Davey's kept his opposition to Labour not giving a vote on the deal, which is the longstanding UK government position. Starmer probably thinks he can do without having every backwoodsman tell him that he's sold out whatever the biggest employer in his constituency is. At some, Davey will have to say if he'd vote for it or not.