Tuesday August 21st: Today's quote comes courtesy of Diet Blair, who wishes to challenge Gordon to a "bare knuckle fight" on matters of NHS policy. The old Etonian fails to realise that this won't be Marquess of Queensbury rules. No handlebar moustaches. No shaking hands at the end. Never challenge a Glaswegian to any kind of fight. At the moment he's like a boxer with spaghetti legs in the sixth round against a much fitter opponent. He's only going to make matters worse by insisting that Everlasts are for girls...Dave should not be surprised if his rival decides to utilise the political version of his hometown's famed 'kiss', and he finds himself rolling around on the floor with his nose pissing blood...
The Scotsman offers a 'What I did over the summer holidays' view of the prime ministerial vacation. He's been to a football match and visited the Edinburgh Festival. He's not sweating anything right now. He's more than likely thinking of coming back off holiday and putting an end to DB's bullshit. Permanently. Cameron is about to get "ethered". Reporter Eddie Barnes met with a Tory shadow minister who had the following quote for him. "If Gordon Brown called an election for this autumn, we're f***ed." So there are politicians left out there who tell the truth, after all....
The Telegraph picked up on the American opinion that British soldiers in Basra are pretty much screwed. After four years of tearing round Iraq like they were about to bring the Empire back, the militias have put the squeeze on them. Probably putting to use all those weapons that The UK and US sold them back in the day. War, it seems, is not without irony. Anyway - Gordon has made it clear that British troops will return home on London's timetable and not Washington's. Withdrawal is scheduled for the end of the year, leaving Uncle Sam as the lone figurehead to fight 'Nam (The '07 remix).
It's show Number 10 for the Minneapolis Kid tonight. He's well and truly in his mode halfway through the tour. There are also tickets being sold for a 'Prince Auction' right now. I have no idea what that will be auctioned. But I'll do my best to find out. Just for you...
Stop Press: I've been told that Common will be supporting on the date this Friday (August 24th). It's gonna be a big 'un.
