Tuesday, July 27, 2004
"Oy Pot! This is Kettle! I'm calling you black you slaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaag!"
Yes, it's the man that proved that Ronseal should not be used on human skin, Robert Kilroy-Silk. No sooner has the perma-oranged one turned up in Brussels ready for a ruck than he feels all homesick, and is thinking of standing as an MP in the by-election caused by Peter Mandelson leaving to go to Europe. The choice quote is as follows:
"This appointment of Mandelson shows that the European Union is a gravy train for failed politicians."
Lest we forget, Mr Kilroy-Silk is already a failed politician and TV presenter. Common sense would dictate he should stay where he is.
"He has never been the natural person to represent the people of Hartlepool. Now the prime minister has found him something better to do he is off, without a thought for his constituency."
Mr Kilroy-Silk's mandate is of even more recent vintage than Mandelson's and for all his faults Mandelson can at least mesure his time as an elected official in years rather than weeks. I hope Kilroy-Silk does stand, because he'd have to give up his seat in the European Parliament to do so, it would be delightful if he then fails to win the seat. If he does win a seat as an MP I'd quite like it if Tony Blair elevates him to the peerage, meaning he has to give up his seat, and then culls him in the next round of reforms of the House of Lords. Oh I've thought of so many ways to fuck around with Robert Kilroy-Silk...
Yes, it's the man that proved that Ronseal should not be used on human skin, Robert Kilroy-Silk. No sooner has the perma-oranged one turned up in Brussels ready for a ruck than he feels all homesick, and is thinking of standing as an MP in the by-election caused by Peter Mandelson leaving to go to Europe. The choice quote is as follows:
"This appointment of Mandelson shows that the European Union is a gravy train for failed politicians."
Lest we forget, Mr Kilroy-Silk is already a failed politician and TV presenter. Common sense would dictate he should stay where he is.
"He has never been the natural person to represent the people of Hartlepool. Now the prime minister has found him something better to do he is off, without a thought for his constituency."
Mr Kilroy-Silk's mandate is of even more recent vintage than Mandelson's and for all his faults Mandelson can at least mesure his time as an elected official in years rather than weeks. I hope Kilroy-Silk does stand, because he'd have to give up his seat in the European Parliament to do so, it would be delightful if he then fails to win the seat. If he does win a seat as an MP I'd quite like it if Tony Blair elevates him to the peerage, meaning he has to give up his seat, and then culls him in the next round of reforms of the House of Lords. Oh I've thought of so many ways to fuck around with Robert Kilroy-Silk...
