It was with some interest that I settled down to listen to Alex Salmond’s official announcement on the proposed independence referendum. As he explained the multiple options that he was planning to put to the Scottish people I couldn’t help be reminded of the slightly sad song from the Sound of Music, as the von [...]
All posts for the month November, 2009
‘So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, goodbye,’ from SNP’s Alex Salmond to the Union, but he forgets it’s cuckoo…
Posted by johnault on November 30, 2009
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Goldsmith to the right of me, Goldsmith to the left of me, Goldsmith’s in front of me, I marched into the interview…
All this discussion of Zac Goldsmith, and his apparent lack of desire to pay the UK Taxman and Lord Goldsmith and his apparent uncertainty as to the legality of the war in Iraq, has reminded me of my visit to Goldsmith’s College 20 years ago. It was my second choice University, but as I was [...]
Posted by johnault on November 30, 2009
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You might think over 40 years after his death there weren’t many new Churchill stories…
Despite dying in 1965 Winston Churchill still throws up a few new stories. Today would have been his 135th birthday so it seems an appropriate time to tell my Churchill story. Before we start let me make it clear that I never met him, unfortunately, as he died many years before I was born, but [...]
Posted by johnault on November 30, 2009
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‘Local Liberal Democrats are on a war-footing!’ – The Press Officer’s Guide Lesson 7 – Know when to get up early!
It was a cold morning when a knock on my door woke me. It was strange to be woken by the couple I lodged with at the time, and even stranger to hear the strains of ‘Happy Birthday’ at the same time, especially as it wasn’t. Shaken out of my reverie I asked what on earth [...]
Posted by johnault on November 30, 2009
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‘It might be quite embarrassing to be stuck in a lift with me!’ said Miss Whiplash as I stood there in my dressing gown – The Press Officer’s Guide 6 – Avoiding Sex Scandals
Cleo Rocos is well known for her portrayal of Miss Whiplash in the Kenny Everett Show in the 1980s and early 1990s, so you can probably guess I was surprised to find myself in a Leeds hotel lift with her in my dressing gown. People who know me will know that I quite a keen [...]
Posted by johnault on November 27, 2009
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What they say about John…
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