Answering questions from the House following his statement on the BSkyB deal, Jeremy Hunt told members that the Prime Minister had said he had not been in touch with Andy Coulson since his resignation. This isn’t strictly true. In fact, on Friday, Mr Cameron told a press conference that Coulson “became a friend and is a friend”, [...]
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Jeremy Hunt multiplies government investment by factor of ten
As parliamentary recess looms, could MPs’ mental faculties already be aboard the Gatwick Express? After Michael Gove attributed the laws of thermodynamics to Isaac Newton last week, the secretary of state for rhyming slang has been caught out multiplying government investment by a factor of ten. Responding to a question from Ivan Lewis, Hunt wrote that DCMS [...]
Andrew Marr calls Hunt a c*** too!
How did we miss this from Start The Week this morning? Almost immediately after James Naughtie’s four-letter slip, Scrapbook’s favourite socially inadequate, pimpled, slightly seedy, bald, cauliflower-nosed old man put his foot in it: This certainly seems to be the settled view of Jeremy Hunt in Broadcasting House. Would it be easier for the BBC Trust to [...]
James Naughtie renames Jeremy Hunt (full version)
It’s possible some people are still unaware that James Naughtie called Jeremy Hunt a c*** live on BBC Radio 4 this morning. The Today Programme presenter then struggled to outline headlines on WikiLeaks, high speed broadband and shark attacks owing to barely stifled laughter: “I landed in one of those awful verbal tangles just before 8 O’Clock, courtesy [...]
Sky reveals top-10 hottest MPs in 'poll of polls'
It must be Friday: Sky have published their top-10 “hottest MPs” based on polling from the previous four years (alas without pictures). Burnham and Flint fly the flag for Labour but the eleven finalists (including tied placed) include six Tories and three Lib Dems. A former council leader’s description of John Prescott as “divinely sexy” impressed [...]
