Alan Johnson does a runner
 

See that good old Al has decided he's not up to the task as Shadow Chancellor, not surprising really when he didn't even know the national insurance rate the other day, another Estel Morris, totally out of their depth

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It's almost as bad as the French President not knowing which country he is in.

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I'd have thought you'd have appreciated a 'man of the people' politican, regardless of party allegiance.

An orphan, brought up in a council flat, and who entered politics after years working as a postman.

Makes rather a change from the plethora of public school educated, Oxbridge graduates, careerist politicans, who inhabit both sides of the chamber in the House of Commons nowadays.

:rolleyes:

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Not worth a lite if he can't add 2 + 2 is G or with Labour ya never know;)

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...or thay appalling woman Sarah Palin talking about "our friends in North Korea"......

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Have the Sunday papers gone to print yet ? ;)

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Maybe he thought it better to step back and let someone with more experience take over, rather than saying nowt and pocketing a good wage.
The honerable but not the tory way a fear.

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the reason for resigning is stated family reasons..ed balls will be a credible replacement..

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Balls by name Balls up by nature;)

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Pickles by name.

Pickled by nature.

;)

http://www.bristolfoe.org.uk/pics/pa...ic-pickles.jpg

Though as well as pickles, it looks like he ate all the pies too.

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So that'd be "Porker & Pickle" then would it ? :D

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No need to wait. It's just been on the BBC news, Johnson's police protection office was having an affair with his wife. Allegedly.:rolleyes:
BBC News - Alan Johnson protection officer faces investigation

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How boring.

Retiring to 'spend more time with family' is usually a euphemism for something much more exciting. Forcing a resignation, before the story goes public.

It can be something to do with the unnatural use of an orange, and a stocking.

Well it did when politics was more glamorously sleazy. Instead of just sleazy.

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Or, back in the day, Gerald Ford welcoming Anwar Sadat as the "President of the great state of Israel."

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Unlike the tories who add 2+2 (or any numbers for that matter), and come up with the answer: "13 years of Labour misrule.":rolleyes:

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:rofl38::rofl38::rofl38::rofl38:

No wonder poor Betty liked the odd tipple.

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Still think mistaking mushy peas for Gucamole in a north of England chip shop is one the best , easy mistake to make for one of the working class Labour party's cabinet members to make :eek: :D :D

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...and which wag first drew your attention to that?

:rolleyes::D

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And while we are on the food thing: was it not JFK, who, before a crowd of confused West Germans proudly claimed that he was a cream filled donut:rolleyes::D

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Was JFK KFC's brother?

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Your getting Eric your getting it, but don't you think your getting a bit boring now;)

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Balls? Cobblers! The man is just another egostistical clown.

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That's no problem when you have your own clinic:D

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Thats being very unfair to clowns Stumped;)

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Probably just bin "Porking Away From Home" like many.:rolleyes:

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It was Alan Johnsons wife who had been playing the 'away' game.
I didn't really like the guy, felt he had risen to the level of his incompetence, but I sort of feel a bit sorry for him.......it can't be much fun to be cuckolded by your own security officer.

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Sniffer dog.

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well that makes a refreshing change.:D

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I have to say Margaret I actually had some empathy for the guy, okay don't like him as a politician, but its bad enough when your marriage is on the rocks without it being played out on the front page of the Red Tops, I know been there and got the T-Shirt

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Didn't he tell them he was a hamburger? Could be wrong.....it is a long time ago now, and the memory isn't quite as sharp.

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You are right John, it is a very sad thing when a marriage goes to the wall.
(well, it saddens me)
It seems like it was a bit of a shock to him too. You can't do a high profile job while you are in emotional turmoil.

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It was: "Ich ein Berliner." And a Berliner is ...

Ouch ... it's hard to type with frozen fingers. Just shovelled out for the second time today. Cold warnings out for Saturday and Sunday. Old folks like me not supposed to go out. Police on the lookout for the few street people in the city, making sure they are taken to shelters. But I'm rambling; probably caused by 13 years of:rolleyes::D

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Hey, t'weren't me who started to blame all of England's problems from the World Cup performance to bleak economy on the previous govt. Let me see; it was ... it was ... some guy from Ossy:rolleyes::D

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I always thought it was "Ich bin ein Berliner", and I understood that to be a sausage or wurst - perhaps D in G can clarify?

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Nein, er ist ein scouser.

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Yeah ... missed out a word. Ben Johnson wouldn't have been surprised: he tried to teach me German.:rolleyes::D

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I don't know what a Berliner is!
But see......told you the memory was getting a bit rusty:)

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Just checked it out. "Ich bin ein Berliner" is what he said. This means, loosely, "I am a jelly filled("jam" for you guys) donut." What he should have said was: "Ich bin Berliner." This means: "I am a citizen of Berlin."

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D in G is more likley to be sorting out his new cabinet.. this is the outcome,, Cameron, Osbourn, Clegg , and ze new German Chancellor Dave ze German
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdZDh...eature=related

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The thing that's really made me smile is the New Shadow team Mr Ed and Mr Balls, is a Tony and Gordon scenario all over again:spank::wan::icon_argu

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Berliner = Donut usually it's got Jam in it ! :D So JFK blithely stated to the German public he was a Donut ! ;)

Mancie, Mancie, Mancie, :D You my friend are once more maintaining the standards I've come to expect from you ! Don't fret none, when I come to power I've got a special job lined up just for you ! ;)

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Thanks Dave - knew it was something to eat:D I used to settle for Bockwurst at the Spandau U-Bahn en route to a night out in Charlottenburg;);), maybe that is why sausage stuck in my mind - apologies Eric:)

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Not too many long drop toilets to dig out these days Dave:D

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I was thinking more along the lines of every Kingdom needs a Jester ! Right up Mancies street I would've thought ? Well he makes me chuckle !

And Barrie I've had Bockies & Bratties, but when in Berlin tended to go for a Kebab as it was one door down from "Joe's Irish Bar". :D

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Ya Spot on about Mancie Dave, happen get in a suite of Lincoln Green, a hat with a bell on it:D

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Thinking more of a Yellow & Red motley with a 3 horned bonnet & bells lots & lots of bells !

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The only Irish Bar I remember was just off the Kurferstendamn, near the Bleukerk. Poppies Bar was a favourite but that was a lifetime ago.:D:D:D

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Don't worry about apologizing ... anyone with a sausage stuck in his brain has enough problems:eek:;):D:D Only thing I can think of that is worse is a black pudding up the nose.:dancedog:

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So, someone tell me ...why does the cop (protection officer) have to lose his job ? it's the politicians wife who was the slag/slapper ....... no doubt some LOCAL hairy legged/armpitted Labour party Guardian reading femi-nazi can give us the required excuses :confused: :confused: :eek: :D

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I think she's busy reffing Premier League games;)

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Yep , some Labour 'wimen' do seem to have a problem decididing whats on-side/off-side or even which side to play on :eek: :D ;)

think a new ad campain for next winter games could be designed around " ladies skate , wimen play hockey" ....... now i have Helen Reddy playing in my head :D ;)

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I actually think thats a "Gray" area SJ:rolleyes::rolleyes::D

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Think it's probably seen as bringing the profession into disrepute/behaviour unbecoming in view of his position. Reassigned elsewhere would've made more sense.

If the same logic were to be applied elsewhere & with such severity, there'd be a few more people rightfully out of a job, this really has the taste of cynicism/political manoeuvring/double standards about it as opposed to acting in a balanced & lawfully way.

It appears somebodies pet lapdog is reacting to their masters call !