Has "lost his department". Good. Will it affect the making of
any more stupid laws, I wonder.

Chris Bacon wrote:
Has "lost his department". Good. Will it affect the making of
any more stupid laws, I wonder.

But apparently he is to still have his title.
So the ODPM website will not be run by the DPM ?
Huh ?
They'll have to rename the acronym, um, something like "office of the
dim-witted or purposefully mad".
By the way, what whitehall departement had building regs before
Mr Prescott ?
Also, I hate the way the London broadcasters call him "Mr Prescut".
Thats a letter 'o' on there.
Simon.

On 5 May 2006 05:55:49 -0700, had this to say:

By the way, what whitehall departement had building regs before
Mr Prescott ?

Department of the Environment.

--
Frank Erskine

Chris Bacon wrote:

Has "lost his department". Good. Will it affect the making of
any more stupid laws, I wonder.

Not only - the ODPM will be restructured, renamed, broken up and the
crappier bits given to Ruth Kelly as a punishment.

That leaves John free to eat all the pies and pursue his other "hobbies".

Until they need to wheel him out for the Gateheads campaign come the general
election.

Surprised Hewitt kept her job - also surprised Straw lost his.

As to stupid laws, wouldn't be surprised if teh bit of the ODPM that handles
building regs were revived and given to Clarke, after a suitably contrite
period of course.

Cheers

Tim

"Tim S" wrote in message
.. .
Chris Bacon wrote:

Has "lost his department". Good. Will it affect the making of
any more stupid laws, I wonder.

Not only - the ODPM will be restructured, renamed, broken up and the
crappier bits given to Ruth Kelly as a punishment.

That leaves John free to eat all the pies and pursue his other "hobbies".

Until they need to wheel him out for the Gateheads campaign come the
general
election.

Surprised Hewitt kept her job - also surprised Straw lost his.

surmise
Eh! Our Tone! It says in the 'Echo' that Straw bloke, has taken Condeleeza
to the Philoharmonic 'all!
I shudda done that ... I'm from the 'pool!

Well mon cheries he _is_ the Foreign Secretary!

That can be fixed!
/surmise


--

Brian

Chris Bacon wrote:
Has "lost his department". Good. Will it affect the making of
any more stupid laws, I wonder.

He doesnt make the stupid laws its the stupid bloody Civil Servants
that cant see further than the ends of their arses.

Its plonkers like Prescott that signs them and puts them before
Parliament. If they work Prescott takes the credit. If they go 'tits
up' the Civil Servants get the blame.

On 5 May 2006 14:38:56 +0200, Chris Bacon
wrote:

Has "lost his department". Good. Will it affect the making of
any more stupid laws, I wonder.

As it now appears we now have a rabid religious fundamentalist in
charge of such things I suspect it will get much worse. Electricity
will have to reverse itself on Fridays and gravity will be repealed.

--
Peter Parry.
http://www.wpp.ltd.uk/

And as Prescott was shagging the civil servant, the tits-ups and cock-ups
were literal, metaphorical and, now, hardly surprising. And the fat
******* gets to keep his salary........



"Bookworm" wrote in message
ups.com...
Chris Bacon wrote:
Has "lost his department". Good. Will it affect the making of
any more stupid laws, I wonder.

He doesnt make the stupid laws its the stupid bloody Civil Servants
that cant see further than the ends of their arses.

Its plonkers like Prescott that signs them and puts them before
Parliament. If they work Prescott takes the credit. If they go 'tits
up' the Civil Servants get the blame.

On 5 May 2006 08:27:55 -0700 Bookworm wrote :
Its plonkers like Prescott that signs them and puts them before
Parliament. If they work Prescott takes the credit. If they go 'tits
up' the Civil Servants get the blame.

The same argument is rehearsed in today's Telegraph for hiring
management consultants.

--
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Free SEDBUK boiler database browser http://www.sda.co.uk/qsedbuk.htm
[Latest version QSEDBUK 1.12 released 8 Dec 2005]

The message
from Tim S contains these words:

That leaves John free to eat all the pies and pursue his other "hobbies".

Mistress. Noun. Item found between a minister and a mattress.

--
Skipweasel
Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.

In article ,
Peter Parry wrote:
On 5 May 2006 14:38:56 +0200, Chris Bacon
wrote:

Has "lost his department". Good. Will it affect the making of
any more stupid laws, I wonder.

As it now appears we now have a rabid religious fundamentalist in
charge of such things I suspect it will get much worse. Electricity
will have to reverse itself on Fridays and gravity will be repealed.

But the barbed wire on her thigh is nothing to do with masochism - if last
night's programme on the Da Vinci Code is to be believed. ;-)

--
John Cartmell john@ followed by finnybank.com 0845 006 8822
Qercus magazine FAX +44 (0)8700-519-527 www.finnybank.com
Qercus - the best guide to RISC OS computing

"Tim S" wrote in message
.. .


That leaves John free to eat all the
pies and pursue his other "hobbies".

If he wants to eat all the pies and shag that is his business and his alone.

"Bookworm" wrote in message
ups.com...
Chris Bacon wrote:
Has "lost his department". Good. Will it affect the making of
any more stupid laws, I wonder.

He doesnt make the stupid laws its the stupid bloody Civil Servants
that cant see further than the ends of their arses.

Its plonkers like Prescott that signs them and puts them before
Parliament. If they work Prescott takes the credit. If they go 'tits
up' the Civil Servants get the blame.

You got it. Always been like that.

Bookworm wrote:
Chris Bacon wrote:
Has "lost his department". Good. Will it affect the making of
any more stupid laws, I wonder.

He doesnt make the stupid laws its the stupid bloody Civil Servants
that cant see further than the ends of their arses.

Its plonkers like Prescott that signs them and puts them before
Parliament. If they work Prescott takes the credit.

PMs of both parties have appointed a DPM as a way to neutralize the
opposite wing. The problem with is that it's only a title, not a
function. That is the basic reason why the civil servants at the ODPM
have been forever looking around for make-work projects, to make their
boss look busy.

There is some of that tendency in every government department, but it
has been far worse in the ODPM because it never had any real reason to
exist.

When the ODPM is broken up, the same civil servants will take their
present responsibilities with them. But once they have been moved to a
department that has some real reason to exist, let's hope they will be
given some real work to do as well.


--
Ian White

Guy King wrote:
The message
from Tim S contains these words:

That leaves John free to eat all the pies and pursue his other
"hobbies".

Mistress. Noun. Item found between a minister and a mattress.

very good :-)

Peter Parry wrote:
On 5 May 2006 14:38:56 +0200, Chris Bacon
wrote:

Has "lost his department". Good. Will it affect the making of
any more stupid laws, I wonder.

As it now appears we now have a rabid religious fundamentalist in
charge of such things I suspect it will get much worse. Electricity
will have to reverse itself on Fridays and gravity will be repealed.

that /is/ worrying, isn't it ?

On Fri, 05 May 2006 17:53:13 +0100, John Cartmell
wrote:

In article ,
Peter Parry wrote:
On 5 May 2006 14:38:56 +0200, Chris Bacon
wrote:

Has "lost his department". Good. Will it affect the making of
any more stupid laws, I wonder.

As it now appears we now have a rabid religious fundamentalist in
charge of such things I suspect it will get much worse. Electricity
will have to reverse itself on Fridays and gravity will be repealed.

But the barbed wire on her thigh is nothing to do with masochism - if last
night's programme on the Da Vinci Code is to be believed. ;-)

So any underling found between her thighs will claim to be
patriotically "hanging on the old barbed wire".
--
Regards,
Mike Halmarack

Drop the (EGG) to email me.

"Doctor Drivel" wrote in message
reenews.net...

"Tim S" wrote in message
.. .


That leaves John free to eat all the
pies and pursue his other "hobbies".

If he wants to eat all the pies and shag that is his business and his
alone.
Not if he ruins governmental blotting paper in the process!

Guy King wrote:
Mistress. Noun. Item found between a minister and a mattress.

Minister? Mister IIRC, unless I'm being dense.

The message
from Chris Bacon contains these words:

Mistress. Noun. Item found between a minister and a mattress.

Minister? Mister IIRC, unless I'm being dense.

Well, he's still the Deputy Prime Minister.

--
Skipweasel
Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.

On Fri, 5 May 2006 17:56:40 +0100, "Doctor Drivel"
wrote:


"Tim S" wrote in message
. ..


That leaves John free to eat all the
pies and pursue his other "hobbies".

If he wants to eat all the pies and shag that is his business and his alone.

Fine, provided that he does it on his own time and his own premises
and not the ones that I am paying for.


--

..andy

On Fri, 05 May 2006 17:34:58 +0100, Tony Bryer
wrote:

On 5 May 2006 08:27:55 -0700 Bookworm wrote :
Its plonkers like Prescott that signs them and puts them before
Parliament. If they work Prescott takes the credit. If they go 'tits
up' the Civil Servants get the blame.

The same argument is rehearsed in today's Telegraph for hiring
management consultants.


The scourge of society. Worse than politicians. No responsibility
for decisions either.


--

..andy

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/4971428.stmOn 5 May 2006
14:38:56 +0200, Chris Bacon wrote:

Has "lost his department". Good. Will it affect the making of
any more stupid laws, I wonder.



He has a new job from today

Mechanical elephant visit looms

A huge mechanical elephant weighing 42 tonnes is due to thunder
through central London, closing roads and drawing thousands of
spectators.

The 40ft elephant will start parading through streets on Friday, part
of a four-day street theatre show by French arts company Royal de
Luxe.



http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/4971428.stm


There's even an 18ft girl with it, so he hasn't learned his lesson.


--

..andy

Guy King wrote:
The message from Chris Bacon contains these words:
Mistress. Noun. Item found between a minister and a mattress.

Minister? Mister IIRC, unless I'm being dense.

Well, he's still the Deputy Prime Minister.

Ah.

Guy King wrote:

The message
from Chris Bacon contains these words:


Mistress. Noun. Item found between a minister and a mattress.


Minister? Mister IIRC, unless I'm being dense.


Well, he's still the Deputy Prime Minister.

In name only. He got that title cos no one would dare go up against him
when our president was out of the country, cosying up to Bush.
After all, if he can get away with chinning a member of public, how far
up the scale of offences does he have to go before he is prosecuted?

Now that B Liar has had a drubbing at the polls, he has sacked/moved
certain of his government, but that, in the words of H. Bogart, ammounts
to a hill of beans.

The only thing that this government is good at is,

drawing lines under things, (I wonder if that is in crayon?) or saying
something like 'that is a private mater', or 'that we must move on...)

No wonder voters either didn't vote (as happened in my area, 30% turn
out and has always been a strong labour vote), or has voted UKIP/NF.

Blair one, or Blair 2. What is the difference between them? (Brown/Cameron)

If I had the chance to vote UKIP or NF at the local poll, I would have
chosen either of them.

It's time we brought our politicians back into line. We are supposed to
live in a democracy, but tell me what that means in 2006, now that ID
cards are wanted by the govmint, that lets in over 30,000 EU workers and
doesn't know if they have gone back home



Dave

I hope this means sense.

Hamhoff wrote:

"Doctor Drivel" wrote in message
reenews.net...

"Tim S" wrote in message
...



That leaves John free to eat all the
pies and pursue his other "hobbies".

If he wants to eat all the pies and shag that is his business and his
alone.

Not if he ruins governmental blotting paper in the process!

Having signed the Official Secrets act to the level of UK Eyes B, (this
would be one level above the DPM) I wonder what secrets she had on her
arse, imprinted from the blotter, that she could have sold to the
outside world?

Has anyone considered this aspect?

Dave

Doctor Drivel wrote:


"Tim S" wrote in message
.. .


That leaves John free to eat all the
pies and pursue his other "hobbies".

If he wants to eat all the pies and shag that is his business and his
alone.

Go to him Drivel, go to him now, he needs your warm embrace more than ever.
If you search deep, deep within him, you may find...















Four shags a night,
Three different birds,
Two Jaguars,
And a half eaten mouldy pork pie.


[To the tune of "Twelve Days of Christmas", with thanks to
http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/stor...ws/news1.shtml
and others, so sue them for libel then!]


"Ode to the Prescott Fan Club: Presiding, and only member, Dr Drivel"

I always thought DPM meant damp proof membrane till I discovered
Prescott under the floor.

Tim S wrote:
Doctor Drivel wrote:

"Tim S" wrote in message
.. .


That leaves John free to eat all the
pies and pursue his other "hobbies".
If he wants to eat all the pies and shag that is his business and his
alone.

Go to him Drivel, go to him now, he needs your warm embrace more than ever.
If you search deep, deep within him, you may find...



Four shags a night,
Three different birds,
Two Jaguars,
And a half eaten mouldy pork pie.


Oh, and there I was thinking to were going to say 'his prostate gland'

;-)

Chris Bacon wrote:
Has "lost his department". Good. Will it affect the making of
any more stupid laws, I wonder.

with Ruth Kelly instead? not much change I think.

--
David Clark
http://www.publishing.ucl.ac.uk
$replyto = 'an.rnser.is.reqird'

wrote:

Also, I hate the way the London broadcasters call him "Mr Prescut".
Thats a letter 'o' on there.

As in Press Caught?

Although of course he was nicely stuffed, stitched up and ready to cook
some time before the incriminating evidence was turned out in nice time
for the debacle. As was the other arseflannel.

What Tory B liar hung onto them for for so long I can't imagine. Surely
he knew enough about politics and must have heard rumours?

Anyway it was a poor show for all concened. Even the ones that aren't
fat *******s are still greasy *******s. And that cream cracker bi faced
tosser at the top of the heap is no different from any of his cronies.
If he was, he would have washed them down their own drains long ago.

Good riddance to all scum.

On Fri, 05 May 2006 23:10:58 +0100, Tim S wrote:

Doctor Drivel wrote:


"Tim S" wrote in message
.. .


That leaves John free to eat all the
pies and pursue his other "hobbies".

If he wants to eat all the pies and shag that is his business and his
alone.

Go to him Drivel, go to him now

I think he's already gone.

--
Regards, Paul Herber, Sandrila Ltd. http://www.pherber.com/
Electronics for Visio http://www.electronics.sandrila.co.uk/

On 5 May 2006 14:38:56 +0200, Chris Bacon
wrote:

Has "lost his department". Good. Will it affect the making of
any more stupid laws, I wonder.

He seems to have come out of it reasonably well, other than a bruised
ego. He loses his administrative responsibilities but gets to keep
his salary as DPM. What exactly does he do to 'justify' his inflated
salary seeing he is just about as worthless as can be?

No doubt his supporters in this group (Drivel et al) will be able to
enlighten us from the gutter that they appear to share with Mr
Prescott.

On Fri, 05 May 2006 21:24:29 +0100 someone who may be Andy Hall
wrote this:-

If he wants to eat all the pies and shag that is his business and his alone.

Fine, provided that he does it on his own time and his own premises
and not the ones that I am paying for.

Indeed. My attention has been drawn to "the Sun" today and for once
I agree entirely with them, "Now we're ALL being screwed".

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006200988,00.html


--
David Hansen, Edinburgh
I will *always* explain revoked encryption keys, unless RIP prevents me
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2000/00023--e.htm#54

David Hansen wrote:

On Fri, 05 May 2006 21:24:29 +0100 someone who may be Andy Hall
wrote this:-

If he wants to eat all the pies and shag that is his business and his
alone.

Fine, provided that he does it on his own time and his own premises
and not the ones that I am paying for.

Indeed. My attention has been drawn to "the Sun" today and for once
I agree entirely with them, "Now we're ALL being screwed".

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006200988,00.html



Jammy *******... Right, I'm phoning the Labour Party - I'll ask if they've
got any opening for useless fat slobs at 600k, I can act!

Tim

The Natural Philosopher wrote:

Tim S wrote:
Doctor Drivel wrote:

"Tim S" wrote in message
.. .


That leaves John free to eat all the
pies and pursue his other "hobbies".
If he wants to eat all the pies and shag that is his business and his
alone.

Go to him Drivel, go to him now, he needs your warm embrace more than
ever. If you search deep, deep within him, you may find...



Four shags a night,
Three different birds,
Two Jaguars,
And a half eaten mouldy pork pie.


Oh, and there I was thinking to were going to say 'his prostate gland'

;-)



Ow, bad images...

hehe

On Sat, 06 May 2006 08:42:29 +0100, Tim S wrote:

David Hansen wrote:

On Fri, 05 May 2006 21:24:29 +0100 someone who may be Andy Hall
wrote this:-

If he wants to eat all the pies and shag that is his business and his
alone.

Fine, provided that he does it on his own time and his own premises
and not the ones that I am paying for.

Indeed. My attention has been drawn to "the Sun" today and for once
I agree entirely with them, "Now we're ALL being screwed".

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006200988,00.html



Jammy *******... Right, I'm phoning the Labour Party - I'll ask if they've
got any opening for useless fat slobs at 600k, I can act!

Tim


Which bits would you need to act? ;-)


--

..andy

Andy Hall wrote:

On Sat, 06 May 2006 08:42:29 +0100, Tim S wrote:

David Hansen wrote:

On Fri, 05 May 2006 21:24:29 +0100 someone who may be Andy Hall
wrote this:-

If he wants to eat all the pies and shag that is his business and his
alone.

Fine, provided that he does it on his own time and his own premises
and not the ones that I am paying for.

Indeed. My attention has been drawn to "the Sun" today and for once
I agree entirely with them, "Now we're ALL being screwed".

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006200988,00.html



Jammy *******... Right, I'm phoning the Labour Party - I'll ask if they've
got any opening for useless fat slobs at 600k, I can act!

Tim


Which bits would you need to act? ;-)



I *can* eat all the pies too, especially for 600k!

:-

In article
Edward W. Thompson wrote:
On 5 May 2006 14:38:56 +0200, Chris Bacon
wrote:

Has "lost his department". Good. Will it affect the making of
any more stupid laws, I wonder.

He seems to have come out of it reasonably well, other than a bruised
ego. He loses his administrative responsibilities but gets to keep
his salary as DPM. What exactly does he do to 'justify' his inflated
salary seeing he is just about as worthless as can be?

He's an Old Labour souvenir.

"Hamhoff" wrote in message
...

"Doctor Drivel" wrote in message
reenews.net...

"Tim S" wrote in message
.. .


That leaves John free to eat all the
pies and pursue his other "hobbies".

If he wants to eat all the pies and shag that is his business and his
alone.

Not if he ruins governmental blotting paper in the process!

He hasn't. He just had a shag.