After painful-to-watch attempts at “comedy” from the likes of Sarah Teather and Andrew Stunnell, the Liberal Democrats will crown the awkwardness of their party conference with a Glee Club, a chorus singalong, as recently popularised by the hit US TV series. And as the image above reveals (more lyrics), attendants are set for another cringeworthy [...]
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John Bercow: Children’s minister shouldn’t behave like child
UPDATE: Apparently the children’s minister concerned was not Sarah Teather, as stated here previously, but her junior, Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families Tim Loughton. This gives us the perfect opportunity to reprint the front cover of Community Care magazine, from which Loughton pleads pathetically: “I want to be your friend”! Though the prime [...]
How to get your own back on Sarah Teather
With Sarah Teather hitting the headlines last Friday for controversial campaigning tactics, Scrapbook heard a most amusing tale about the Brent Central MP this weekend. One of Teather’s ex-boyfriends is apparently fond of the following anecdote. Whenever her passive-aggressive former flatmate was annoyed with her he would go to the kitchen and move the breakfast cereal [...]
They're behind you!
Teased in the Members’ Lobby by a Labour MP yesterday, Sarah Teather didn’t seem to be taking jokes about an early morning ambush by a TV news crew in the spirit in which they were intended: MP: “Watch out, Sarah, Sky News are behind you!” Teather: “F*** off.” With a future change of career looking more [...]
Cracks begin to show as pressure mounts on tuition fee MPs
It seems the pressure of, y’know, being in government ‘n’ stuff is getting to some Liberal Democrat MPs. With Nick Clegg having told the nation “it’s time for promises to be kept” the coalition party is now on the wrong end of a significant public backlash for the first time in living memory. If the correspondence of [...]
Quote of the week
A very senior Liberal Democrat has reportedly made a number of close-to-the-bone quips about party colleagues over the weekend: “It’s great to see Liberal Democrat ministers speaking behind the despatch box – or hear them, in the case of Sarah Teather.” And coalition partners didn’t escape the sharp tongue of this market liberal: “Eric Pickles is the only [...]
Video: Tory Bear doorsteps Sarah Teather office in Brent
It may no longer be the only blog with a weekly video (click here if you haven’t seen Conor Pope’s vlog) but Guy News is becoming required viewing – even for guilty lefties who quickly alt-tab back to The Staggers when surprised by a comrade. In an act of Labour/Conservative non-partisanship unlikely to be repeated [...]
EXCLUSIVE: Sarah Teather charged £1,700 of Lib Dem furniture, insurance and telephone bills to expenses
Brent East MP Sarah Teather has been dogged this week by revelations about expense claims for her constituency office and allegations that taxpayer money has been used for political campaigning (all articles here). Scrapbook can today disclose that, in addition to bills for her Parliamentary office, Sarah Teather has claimed for invoices worth £1,700 addressed to her local political party. Despite [...]
