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At the next local election, please turn right…

May 2, 2007 8:39 pm

…or anything except what we have now. C’mon guys and girls, think about the last couple of years and don’t hold your nose and vote labour just because “it’s what you’ve always done”.

Of course, this isn’t a national vote, and if you’ve got a particularly good councillor, don’t give him the boot for the sake of it.
But Tony’s on the way out - let’s give him a proper leaving present…

UPDATE: 9/5/2007 - Back from France. Well, Labour actually got off quite lightly. But it was interesting to be in France for their elections…

In fact, I welcome this opportunity to have an open and robust conversation, and let me just say that the labour party are having their best year ever and it’s right and proper that we should have a valid framework to…

Oh God, I’ve become Ruth Kelly. Still, no sex change needed…

What exactly is a community leader?

August 24, 2006 10:09 pm

Can anyone tell me exactly what a “community leader” is?
And who elected them? And who they represent?

And what, exactly, do the words “celebrate”, “vibrant” and “valid framework” mean when used by Mr Ruth Kelly.
I managed to console myself after it happened by playing a game of “Valid Framework”.
It’s an extension of Bullshit Bingo (which I’m sure anyone who’s ever attended a meeting with a PowerPoint Presentation will have played).
You play it with government ministers, and guess how many times they’ll use a meaningless and inappropriate phrase to avoid answering the question…
Mr Ruth Kelly was on Radio 4 being interviewed by James Naughty on Today. As usual she(?) (I’m never sure) was on some totally different planet to the interviewer, and I think the interview went something like this:

James: “So, I ask you again, does this mean that 2+2=5 under this government?”
M/r/s Kelly: “It’s not about simply numbers, James, it’s about creating a valid framework within which to hatch the fish which swim in the clouds. Under this government, the moon rises in a more robust manner and within a more valid framework than at any other string of sausages since the washing machine was last in power.”

I called 8 “valid frameworks”, but she only said it five times, so I lost. I think I would have been better using “robust”, but there you go, it’s all the fun of the game!