Louise Haigh, Transport Secretary until 28 Nov 2024

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[CyclingSid]

Another point of view; an ally of Liz Grey has been removed. If that is the case who is running the Cabinet/Government Keir Starmer or Morgan McSweeney? And who could be next?

I guess you mean Sue Gray?

Guilty as charged

[TonyK]

Guilty as charged

At least somebody has put their hands up.

All of this hoo-ha vindicates my view that being a politician is not a very good idea, and should be left to someone else to deal with. Yes, it all sounds very nice from the outside, with cheap beer, a decent salary, expenses-paid trips to exotic locations with your voluptuous diary secretary, and a pension at the top of the generosity scale, but you are detested not only by all the people who didn't vote for you, but by half of your own colleagues in parliament as well. You can forget all those laws your government made about protecting your privacy or rehabilitation of offenders, they don't apply to you. You're fair game with no closed season. It isn't just the big crimes that will get you splashed across the front pages - one small fart in a lift, and the CCTV^▸ (Closed Circuit Tele-Vision) will be top of the 10 o'clock news.

No, my advice to anyone sane is to forget about being a MP^▸ (Member of Parliament, or Mile Post - a method of measuring the railway in miles and chains from a starting point - usually London, depending on context). Stick to something where you are universally adored, like presenting TV^▸ (Thames Valley) cookery competitions.

[Phil]

No, my advice to anyone sane is to forget about being a MP^▸ (Member of Parliament, or Mile Post - a method of measuring the railway in miles and chains from a starting point - usually London, depending on context). Stick to something where you are universally adored, like presenting TV^▸ (Thames Valley) cookery competitions.

I seem to remember that didn't work out very well for MP and celebrity food writer Clement Freud...

[CyclingSid]

No, my advice to anyone sane is to forget about being a MP^▸ (Member of Parliament, or Mile Post - a method of measuring the railway in miles and chains from a starting point - usually London, depending on context). Stick to something where you are universally adored, like presenting TV^▸ (Thames Valley) cookery competitions.

I seem to remember that didn't work out very well for MP and celebrity food writer Clement Freud...

And another gentleman (?) currently in the news.


Edit note: Quote marks fixed, for clarity. CfN.

[TonyK]

No, my advice to anyone sane is to forget about being a MP^▸ (Member of Parliament, or Mile Post - a method of measuring the railway in miles and chains from a starting point - usually London, depending on context). Stick to something where you are universally adored, like presenting TV^▸ (Thames Valley) cookery competitions.

I seem to remember that didn't work out very well for MP and celebrity food writer Clement Freud...

I man I admired hugely, despite his dalliance with Parliament, until his reputation was posthumously wrecked. His association with the late Captain Sir Tom Moore may have saved him, until recent events, but I shall always remember his programme involving a dinner in a Viennese restaurant. He took out his wallet and said how lovely it was to visit a country where they put a picture of your grandfather on the banknotes for you.

And another gentleman (?) currently in the news.

Another day, another defenestration.