The People's Party
James Forsyth 11:33am
MPs who return from canvassing in Glasgow East are full of talk about the broken society or the challenges of urban regeneration, depending on which party they belong to. But Kevin Maguire rather wickedly reports that the Labour deputy leader had a very different experience:
Maguire notes that Harman failed to convert any of them to the Labour cause.“To the Glasgow East by-election, where Labour foot soldiers swap stories of a 90-minute state visit by Hattie Harperson. The multitasker was directed to a swanky road in the deprived constituency where detached houses nudge a million quid each. Up the gravel drive she went, past the new 4x4s, to canvass. Twenty minutes later she returned. What did Hattie discuss with the owners? Tax credits? Jobs? Schools? Err . . . showjumping.”
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Liz Brown
July 24th, 2008 1:26pmNo wonder Heathcliff is holding his hand to is head - she gives me a headache too
Hazel Blears' P45
July 24th, 2008 1:35pmUsername : Harriet
Password : Harman
Verity
July 24th, 2008 1:50pmAn attachment to socialism is a symptom of clinical insanity or deep-seated malevolence. Just look at Gordon Brown and the Cabinet.
Alex
July 24th, 2008 2:06pmIt's refreshing to know that at least a handful of people in Glasgow East realise how this Government has failed them, and what decades of socialism have done to their constituency.
Kevin is correct; 'deprived' is the word.
Nicholas
July 24th, 2008 6:20pmThere is something of "The Munsters" about that heading photograph.
Ann
July 24th, 2008 8:52pmA headache? She makes me reach for a bucket.
What socialism? Stalinism is not 'socialism'.
I believe it's
username: harpic
pw: harridan
Diablo
July 24th, 2008 11:09pmI don't know how you can give Maguire, that horrible Labour Party toady, the oxygen of publicity. "Druggie Dave" and "Oik Osborne" are about the extent of his ability to engage in intelligent commentary. OK, he maked a joke about Harriet Harman but she is deeply hated within her own party as well as the wider country.
Silent Hunter
July 25th, 2008 12:19amIs this a caption competition?
Are they doing a bad impression of Morcambe & Wise?
On second thoughts it's Dumb & Dumber isn't it. LOL