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That Sarah Vine column

557 replies

candycane222 · 02/07/2021 17:23

Well twitter.com/joepike/status/1410993004874248193?s=19

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RedToothBrush · 03/07/2021 12:27

the hideous Mark Francois (who's thankfully dropped out of sight. can't think why...) is Penfold too.

No he's Peter Griffin.

Penfold was at least reasonably intelligent and capable of scheming.

Peter Griffin isn't at that level.

EvilPea · 03/07/2021 12:29

I have a feeling the temperature was being turned up by the press on whatever has been going on in their marriage and they decided (having watched the hancock fallout) that they needed to get it done and out there.

Peregrina · 03/07/2021 12:30

Interestingly is the person he’s allegedly shacked up with...but I can’t write it down else it’ll get deleted.

I would love a cryptic clue here. Like cryptic crosswords, I probably wouldn't get it, so nothing would be given away.

Stokey · 03/07/2021 12:32

@VestaTilley someone who is very fond of cheese?

RedToothBrush · 03/07/2021 12:35

@Peregrina

Interestingly is the person he’s allegedly shacked up with...but I can’t write it down else it’ll get deleted.

I would love a cryptic clue here. Like cryptic crosswords, I probably wouldn't get it, so nothing would be given away.

Education, Environment, succeeded in Justice.

seems to be doing the rounds.

Or you could just search twitter for Gove Affair.

SecretSpAD · 03/07/2021 12:35

someone who is very fond of cheese?

Well I used to be in the Westminster bubble and my husband still is....and neither of us have a clue who you are talking about !

SpindleWhorl · 03/07/2021 12:35

Oh yes, Peter Giffin is right!

One of the more comedic moments I remember from the otherwise depressing Brexit parliamentary process was Mark Francois being interviewed on the green outside the HoC, and a protestor with an amazingly loud voice interrupting the interview by screaming across the grass, 'Mark Francis [sic] you fat cunt!'

Brutal. Audible. And broadcast live.

RedToothBrush · 03/07/2021 12:36

[quote Stokey]@VestaTilley someone who is very fond of cheese?[/quote]
That is a DISGRACE!

sadperson16 · 03/07/2021 12:37

Gove the creature who single handedly detroyed the hopes and dreams of little kids. Detroyed any shred of creativity and spontaneity with his ghastly Public School style nonsense. Academies, unqualified teachers, blazers, the house system, stupid pointless grammar lassons for fucking 6 year olds.
Bastard.

Oh and fucked up the GCSE's and A levels while he was at it.

sadperson16 · 03/07/2021 12:39

he is a rat and he has shacked up with a mouse?
Stranger things have happened I guess.

panachronic · 03/07/2021 12:42

Diane A was stunning in her hey day and Jeremy was fit in a hippy kinda way.

Blossomtoes · 03/07/2021 12:43

@Peregrina

Interestingly is the person he’s allegedly shacked up with...but I can’t write it down else it’ll get deleted.

I would love a cryptic clue here. Like cryptic crosswords, I probably wouldn't get it, so nothing would be given away.

According to Twitter something that might be used by someone with a hernia may be involved.
Classica · 03/07/2021 12:44

I'd somehow forgotten Gove's failed previous leadership bids! That warms my soul to know he's loathed by many of his own side. Andrea Leadsom's bid is forever etched on my brain though. I remember Tim Loughton leading a group of her supporters through the streets yelling 'What do we want? 'LEADSOM FOR LEADER!'. It was the cringiest thing Grin

That Sarah Vine column
SwedishEdith · 03/07/2021 12:45

[quote Classica]I watched this earlier on Twitter, regarding Sarah Vine's calls for privacy after the divorce announcement. It's a clip from back in 2015 of Michael Portillo taking Sarah Vine to task for a bitchy column she wrote about Ed Miliband's wife Justine.

twitter.com/lbob15/status/1411221557419118597[/quote]
That was the first time I'd ever come across SV. I'd had no idea up to that point and was so horrified I remember googling her. And then it all made sense.

I'm confused about G potential partners. I mean, I get the cheese one but assumed not his type.

Classica · 03/07/2021 12:45

@SecretSpAD

someone who is very fond of cheese?

Well I used to be in the Westminster bubble and my husband still is....and neither of us have a clue who you are talking about !

***ed up like a chicken
RedToothBrush · 03/07/2021 12:47

@Classica

I'd somehow forgotten Gove's failed previous leadership bids! That warms my soul to know he's loathed by many of his own side. Andrea Leadsom's bid is forever etched on my brain though. I remember Tim Loughton leading a group of her supporters through the streets yelling 'What do we want? 'LEADSOM FOR LEADER!'. It was the cringiest thing Grin
Its funny how your mind erases such horrors.

Like that enemies of the people thingie.

Have the nerds got it yet?

RedToothBrush · 03/07/2021 12:49

I mean, I get the cheese one but assumed not his type.

You mean that you are shocked that they are with pulse and not more at home in parts of Romania where bats were all the rage?

eddiemairswife · 03/07/2021 12:51

I don't get the cheese hint. Can someone enlighten me?

Hobnobswantshernameback · 03/07/2021 12:55

I'm confused
I thought the rumour was that he's gay
But all the clues are pointing to a woman

cariadlet · 03/07/2021 12:57

@eddiemairswife

I don't get the cheese hint. Can someone enlighten me?

It's about a speech made at the 2014 Tory conference which included mention of the UK importing a lot of cheese which - apparently - is a DISGRACE.

EvilPea · 03/07/2021 12:58

Spitting image?

Odisia · 03/07/2021 12:58

I thought I quite liked Sarah Vine. I've just watched that clip - she's awful! Good for Michael Portillo.

Odisia · 03/07/2021 12:59

Cheese?

Zilla1 · 03/07/2021 13:00

@Classica @o8T8o

How dare you? You leave Penfold out of this. I will report both of your posts.

As an aside, what's Mark Francois been up to recently?

RedToothBrush · 03/07/2021 13:01

@Hobnobswantshernameback

I'm confused I thought the rumour was that he's gay But all the clues are pointing to a woman
There's two rumours.

Theres one about love being blind and one about cheesey chickens.

The latter seems to be the more recent of the two. But that doesn't rule out the former either, though that smells of horse manure to me due to the nature of who hates who and who snitches to the media on who.