"My fellow Americans . . ." |
"Whoops! I keep having fantasies about being Barack O'Bama and able to blow trillion$$$." |
"MPs' expenses are a serious matter. But hey! It's only taxpayers' cash, right?" |
"And I need to keep the scroungers sweet or I'd have no mates in Parliament." |
"It is not my fault that the expenses reforms suggested by Sir John Baker in 2008 were rejected." |
"It is not my fault that the thieves in my Cabinet voted against having to give receipts with expenses claims." |
"The whole expenses abuse thing is that David Cameron's fault, anyway." |
"If he hadn't kept going on and on about it at PMQs, we could have brushed the whole mess under the carpet." |
"As Prime Minister, I claim nothing at all in expenses." |
"When I need some cash, I just go down a dark alley and mug a pensioner." |
"It is right that MPs should be paid £150 every time they turn up for work . . ." |
". . . even though they already get 300 grand in salary, expenses and pension." |
"But fear not, I have a plan to change the face of British Parliamentary expenses." |
"Which takes cash away from Tories in Outer London and gives it to Labour MPs in the sticks." |
"Believe me when I tell you all this kerfuffle over abuse of expenses by my MPs is just a very small storm in a tiny teacup. " |
"Nobody will give a rat's arse about MPs stealing a few millions after the Budget announces a deficit of hundreds of billions." |
|
"Oh, crap! I was being so bloody boring, I dropped off to sleep for a minute."
|
"Some people call me wooden and a poor communicator. They are wrong:" |
"I can fake sincerity better than Blair any day of the week."
|
"Now, a word about the economy. If reckless spending got us into one Hell of a mess . . ." |
". . . then it is right to assume that more of the same will solve all our problems." |
"And now a word on honesty . . ." |
". . . a subject very close to my heart" |
"It is right for the Government to lie to the people to keep up their morale." |
"Especially if it keeps me in my job!" |
"Most people think they can tell when I'm lying because I have have my mouth open." |
"But sometimes, I just have my mouth open." |
| |
|
"Whoops, I dropped off again." |
"In conclusion, I would like you to search your hearts and answer this question:" |
"Is this the face of a man you couldn't trust?" |
"Oooh, aaah, missus!" |
"Frankie Howerd lives!!" |