In Praise of Ken Clarke

Friday, 17th July 2009

James's comments on Ken's latest are all very germane and all that. But whatever the party's differences with Big Bluff Ken, this is a sentiment all sensible people can endorse:

Jogging is for people who are not intelligent enough to watch breakfast television.

Quite so.

UPDATE: Buzzards join the anti-jogging movement.

[Hat-tip: Tory Bear]

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Kevyn Bodman

July 17th, 2009 3:58pm Report this comment

On the contrary.
Ken Clarke's bluff, blokeish bonhomie is for people who can't follow precise and lucid speech.

I really don't understand his appeal; to me he comes across as the loud-mouthed salesman in the bar of a country town pub.

He was on TV last week talking about past actions of Gordon, and then Alastair.
Well, they are not his mates,they are not my mates, but they are holders of important offices.At the least when on TV he should be referring to them as Mr. Brown and Mr. Darling.
And he should be putting the stilleto through their policies, not appealing to mateishness with the viewer or with them.

And he's wrong about jogging.

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