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Alastair Campbell blogs on biscuitgate

I know you all drool over his trousers respect Campbell's sharp wit and insightful thoughts on the political issues of the day e.g. bisuits.

I'm not normally a fan of Alastair Campbell but I think he's right here. Especially about how this sort of nonsense gives the advantage to blank-headed Tory buffoons like Cameron.

Yes, agree with Zephirine.

Asking on mn about biscuit choice is fine and reasonable. But I'm depressed about how it's all been picked up by the media. The media is sooo hostile to GB, he can do no right. And it all adds to the trivialisation of politics - which does none of us any favours.

oh i blocked him on twitter

GB never answers any questions on PMQs - why on earth would he bother answering questions on mumsnet?

Best thing I heard was that if it had been Tony Blair his favourite biscuit would have been a Jammie Dodger!

Wow. The whole biscuit thing is really quite profound in ways that just had not occurred to me.

I was quite irritated the press coverage implied that all MNetters cared about was the biscuit thing. Although I still think GB should have just answered the bloody question....

Agree, fillybuster, that is particularly irritating. I suppose that mums asking the prime minister questions about fiscal policy doesn't sound much like a story to a newspaper editor. But everyone knows that mums are mostly only interested in biscuits and that kind of cute domestic stuff, right?

ugh.
What a twat Campbell is.

he's a spunk.

A twat and a spunk? A match made in heaven.

ROFL at the suggestion that GB was trying to answer serious policy questions. Wasn't it just a PPB? I don't recall seeing any actual serious answers, just lists of what his party have done. Perhaps he, like Karl Lagerfeld, thinks our mummy minds are far too frothy to be able to comprehend proper facts.

I won't have any dissing Alastair Campbell. Especially by boys <narrows eyes>

Still can't read fiscal without hearing fisting, then I think Julian Clary and Norman Lamont and the whole point is lost on me.

how does this thread have 15 posts and manage to mention spunk, twats, fisting and Norman Lamont? What is WRONG with you women?

Was Norman Lamont into fisting?

<sigh> You must be very young Someguy.

I love Alistair Campbell. Is it wrong to say that? He's all meaty and northern and troubled. And smart as fuck. Just the kind of bloke I am an utter sucker for. Good job I've shacked up with one.

Gordon should find a way for him to come back. Flawed genius, and a million miles better than the Smarmster.

Why must I be very young?

You can love whomever you like. Campbell IMO is a bully and is a malevolent influence on politics and the media.

Wilf is referring to Julian Clary's joke about Lamont in the early 90s. Hence the "young" comment.

here someguy

It - sadly - ruined his career for a while...

Julian Clary is a much better class of camp comedian than Graham Norton.

That may be damning with faint praise of course....

God I loathe Alsitair Campbell. He is so fucking smug.
I'd love to duff him up in a dark alley and send him on his way with a boot up his arse.

His 'partner' (shudder) is equally odious.