tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post8777536394354777363..comments2024-02-06T16:17:25.826+00:00Comments on THE GRØNMARK BLOG: Reasons to be cheerful about the cabinet reshuffle... starting with the abolition of Green crap!Scott Gronmarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-48438643192522505012016-07-16T17:03:28.685+01:002016-07-16T17:03:28.685+01:00Let's hope, Mr. Moss, that she doesn't &qu...Let's hope, Mr. Moss, that she doesn't "do a Whittingdale" by becoming yet another victim of Stockholm Syndrome. Apparently, BBC staff cheered when it was announced that Whittingdale had been sacked, but I've no idea why - he'd caved in to all the corporation's demands!Scott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-46235274218329615872016-07-16T17:00:05.873+01:002016-07-16T17:00:05.873+01:00Okay, that's really good, Tomahawk - but Boris...Okay, that's really good, Tomahawk - but Boris Johnson's effort actually prompted an attempted coup against Erdogan (no one has actually alleged this yet, but it's only a matter of time).<br /><br />But if you feel strongly about it, I'd demand that Fraser Nelson reruns the competition: it's all the rage these days. Scott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-7357817906899776302016-07-16T11:01:21.228+01:002016-07-16T11:01:21.228+01:00Johnson's limerick, which won a £1,000 prize, ...Johnson's limerick, which won a £1,000 prize, is woeful - all contrived rhymes and incorrect scansion. The result was a stitch-up and nearly made me cancel my Spectator subscription.<br />I'm trying not to sound like a sore loser, but this was my entry:<br /><br />Old Recep, while visiting Kurds,<br />Would sneak off and play with the herds.<br />They caught him red-handed and guess what the man did?<br />He burgled a billy goat's turds.<br />tomahawkhttps://www.facebook.com/Chico1Chicanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-84331262681209099322016-07-14T23:35:10.160+01:002016-07-14T23:35:10.160+01:00I was shocked to read in the Guardian today that: ...I was shocked to read in the <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jul/14/theresa-mays-decisive-reshuffle-draws-line-under-cameron-era" rel="nofollow"><i>Guardian</i></a> today that: "Priti Patel, the former employment minister, takes over as secretary of state for international development, despite a history of being sceptical about foreign aid. She haspreviously called for the department to be abolished".<br /><br />My friend Alastair is in Greece today where, he tells me, you can't go into a taverna anywhere without hearing Boris Johnson's <a href="http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2016/05/boris-johnson-wins-the-spectators-president-erdogan-offensive-poetry-competition/" rel="nofollow">Ode to Erdogan</a>.David Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12345636878071983416noreply@blogger.com