Tuesday, August 09, 2005

Give John Prescott a medal

I've had a few issues with John Prescott in my time. He's unreconstructed but ultimately on the right side, and I always struggle with that combination.

Every now and again though he cuts through the New Labour crap so perfectly that I can forgive him pretty much anything.

Today he said to Omar Bakri Mohammed: "Enjoy your holiday - make it a long one", and one suspects there was a silent 'beardy weirdy' at the end of the sentence.

He is acting PM, so this is almost as good as Tony saying it, though of course Tony would never dream of saying anything so splendidly rude and splendidly funny. As the Aussies would say, beaut.

joella

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