I think it's a little bit about a political mid-life crisis: he told the BBC just now that this matter was "more important to me than my job in parliament". He has only ever been a junior foreign minister, lost two Tory leadership elections and has never really made his mark, big-style, on the...
It's become one of those ridiculous things that don't matter hugely (because of the Civil Contingencies Act, mostly) but MPs think is vital, because it makes them seem important.
Like foxhunting. I couldn't have given a stuff either way whether it was banned. Neither could 80pc of the population.
Have you DONE this?
Anyway, my advice -- go and see a recruitment agency.
(My real advice, as someone who did a vocational degree and then couldn't get a full-time job for about nine months, is to go freelance, if that's possible.)
I'm a little bit concerned about the fourth verse, which talks about "crushing the Scots" in a war in which some of my ancestors may have fought (on the Scottish side).
Apart from that, and the fact it's a total DIRGEFEST, it's fine.
Oh no, hang on, I meant "it's shit".
He's the CHAIRMAN of the council, not the leader. It's like being the Speaker of the Commons as opposed to the PM. But just for Bath. Council chairmen (or mayors) are usually senior types whose days in administration are behind them.
And yes -- Bath and NE Somerset council was responsible for...
Don't get excited. He's been elected as this year's Chairman of Bath and North East Somerset Council. It's like being the mayor of Bath. And it means his diary is posted online!
if you're ever in the area, or anything, like...
f*** me backwards you lot -- you've convicted this bloke on the basis of some sketchy details on bloody TalkSPORT or something (oh, Ok, the BBC news website, but still...!)
Jury trial or due process anyone?
Magna Carta! Magna Carta? Did she die in vain?
Kent v Sussex
Canterbury
Kent 50 for 1 (21.5 overs)
J L Denly lbw b Wright 21
R W T Key not out 23
J C Tredwell not out 0
Extras 6
Fall: 1-49
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Kent v Sussex at Canterbury
Starting at last.
Canterbury: Kent v Sussex
Weather: Overcast
Wicket: Firm
Kent: J L Denly, R W T Key (Capt), J C Tredwell, M van Jaarsveld
D I Stevens, J M Kemp, G O Jones (Wkt), Azhar Mahmood, R McLaren
Yasir Arafat, R H Joseph.
Sussex: C D Nash, C D Hopkinson, M...