Is anything going right for this Government at the moment? The latest gaffe: Caroline Flint revealing the front page of an internal Cabinet memo on housing to waiting photographers. They dutifully snapped an image, and now we know the Government thinks house prices will drop by around 10 percent this year. As the Sun quite rightly points out, this could trigger a price crash all by itself.
Anyway, thanks to Flint, you can read it for yourselves:
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Perry
May 13th, 2008 3:02pmSo will this be classed as an ‘attributable’ briefing? – but in the style of ‘watch my words – not my lips’?
Truth will always out, - sooner or later.
Lance Diatessaron
May 13th, 2008 3:03pmI'd forgive Caroline Flint almost anything. She's lovely.
slothrop
May 13th, 2008 3:09pmThe bottom line also seems to spell the chancellor's name incorrectly
Austin Barry
May 13th, 2008 3:15pm"But it is vital that we show that at this time of uncertainty we show that we are on people's side." There, in all its glorious repetitive illiteracy, is a statement which should not need to be made. What a bunch of buffoons.
Perry
May 13th, 2008 3:42pmAnd isn’t this a sign of just how casually the ‘government’ treats matters of huge concern to ‘little’ folk?
Tiberius
May 13th, 2008 3:42pmClearly a piece of planted evidence to hasten Brown's departure.
bt
May 13th, 2008 3:56pmWhat appears to be 7.3% scribbled in trhc.
Is that they estimate as their share of the vote at C&N?
Perry
May 13th, 2008 4:21pm‘ . . . 7.3% . . . ‘ . . . well now. . . . there’s a nice little question to kick off PMQs tomorrow . . .. . or, if the luvvies at the BBC can bring themselves . . a question for ‘Today’ or ‘Yesterday’ or whatever it’s called.
CBD
May 13th, 2008 4:47pm@Perry: Are you getting paid for each apostrophe you use?
Max Kaye
May 13th, 2008 5:58pmLance Diatessaron, You can't seriously think Caroline Flint 'lovely': She's tackier than a chav hairdresser.
Hysteria
May 13th, 2008 6:22pmCareless - but not conspiracy methinks.
Erm - can we leave subjective views on appearance to other sites perhaps?
Lance Diatessaron
May 13th, 2008 7:31pmMax: Maybe it's just the company she keeps, but she's welcome to expose her briefs inadvertently to me any time.
Austin Lynch
May 13th, 2008 9:24pmLance, this misguided erotomania can be treated: unfortunately you will likely transfer your obsession to Hazel Blears and end up in secure accommodation in Harlesden.
Max Kaye
May 13th, 2008 9:32pmWell Lance, maybe it's your lucky day. If Darling's declarations today are anything to go by, Nu Labour ministers seem willing to do absolutely anything for a vote.
Max Kaye
May 13th, 2008 9:33pmWell Lance, maybe it's your lucky day. If Darling's declarations today are anything to go by, Nu Labour ministers seem willing to do absolutely anything for a vote.
Lance Diatessaron
May 14th, 2008 9:06amMax: No dice: it's got to be pro bono.
Austin: My taste might be open to question, but I've still got my dignity.