William Hague - a **** burglar or just naive ?

[Iceni]

Either way he seems to have shown poor judgement in making his personal but not official statement and drawing attention to something of which most people were previously unaware. Is removal of one's common sense a pre-requisite before becoming a Minister ?

A. Liberal (but not necessarily liberal)

[woolybanana]

His attempted outing is part of a deliberate ploy by gay opposition people to embarrass the government, maybe even P Mandelson knows something about it. The hotel clerk who dropped a hint to the press should be tried for something or other.[6]

[Chancer]

I love the title Iceni [:D]

My immediate rection was that I had always had him down as a shirt***** but I didnt think I would get away with saying that on a forum, but after your title...........................[Www]

Actually the story, that that I know of it sounds exactly like the plot of an Edwina Currie novel that I have just read, her of course being robustly and delightfully hetero [;-)]

[Dog]

Sorry but I thought you had to be of that persuasion to be a Liberal?

That's three more politicians recently - it will be compulsory soon.

[woolybanana]

If footballers can protect their private lives, why not politicians?

[Chancer]

[quote user="Dog"]

Sorry but I thought you had to be of that persuasion to be a Liberal?

That's three more politicians recently - it will be compulsory soon.

[/quote]

Its going back a few years but at the time of the pillow biting affair there were posters put up saying "I'll be bu****ed if I vote liberal!"

Funny how long the stigma has stuck.

In this day and age a politicians sexual preference does not count against them at all, take Mandie as an example its the duplicity etc that gets them into trouble.

[Dog]

[quote user="woolybanana"]If footballers can protect their private lives, why not politicians?[/quote]

Do you vote for footballists?

 

[Iceni]

[quote user="woolybanana"]His attempted outing is part of a deliberate ploy by gay opposition people to embarrass the government, maybe even P Mandelson knows something about it. The hotel clerk who dropped a hint to the press should be tried for something or other.[6][/quote]

wooban - unsure whether you mean those opposed to gays or gay Opposition - we should be told.

Why has no-one asked for a translation of **** or ***** ? Have we no secrets ?

John

[woolybanana]

sorry, members and supportes of the opposition who are also gay though not necessarily in parliament

[Dog]

[quote user="Iceni"]

[quote user="woolybanana"]His attempted outing is part of a deliberate ploy by gay opposition people to embarrass the government, maybe even P Mandelson knows something about it. The hotel clerk who dropped a hint to the press should be tried for something or other.[6][/quote]

wooban - unsure whether you mean those opposed to gays or gay Opposition - we should be told.

Why has no-one asked for a translation of **** or ***** ? Have we no secrets ?

John

[/quote]

I though veiled bad words were verboten (oops - foreign words too) - if the dodgy word started with an 'a' the preceeding word would have been 'an'. So I must conclude the veiled word started with a 't'.

I still won't vote.

[Hoddy]

I don't see any problem. It used to be commonplace for men to share rooms and even beds without any conclusions of this kind being drawn. Eric and Ernie frequently appeared in bed together.

Hoddy

[woolybanana]

which is why I think this is a politically motivated attack!

[sid]

Watch it, Mandelson will be on here shortly claiming that he knows of no monkey business going on behind his back! [Www]

Sid

[Anton Redman II]

The idea that anybody from Yorkshire would pay for another room for a colleague when there was space and separate bed in his room demonstrates just how deep the North South divide is

[mint]

That's the best defence of W Hague that I have yet to hear, Anton![:D]

[Iceni]

[quote user="Anton Redman II"]The idea that anybody from Yorkshire would pay for another room for a colleague when there was space and separate bed in his room demonstrates just how deep the North South divide is[/quote]

Nearly as daft as thinking that anybody from Yorkshire would pay for a room.

John

[Théière]

The whole government are!

they will shaft all of us in the end [:-))]

[Hoddy]

The more I think about this story the nastier I think it is. Taken to its logical conclusion it would mean that no heterosexual could have a close working relationship or friendship with a homosexual without it being suspect.

What a sorry state of affairs.

Hague's mistake was to comment on the story at all. He should have ignored it with all the contempt it deserves.

Hoddy

[Iceni]

[quote user="Hoddy"]

Hague's mistake was to comment on the story at all.

[/quote]

For me this is the most worrying aspect of the sordid matter. As Foreign Secretary he should display more sense, perhaps the Americans who normally tell our Ministers what to think and do are all back-packing in the Mojave desert. Who knows, the next time the story might be something really important.

John

[woolybanana]

The problem surely was that he was being questioned about this during news conferences about foreign affairs, was it not whilst in germany on the last occasion? I think he may have done the right think ultimately though it is a sad day when it had to happen.

But it shows the sick nature of  some opposition political interest or other.

[Chancer]

[quote user="Iceni"]

[quote user="Hoddy"][/quote]

 perhaps the Americans who normally tell our Ministers what to think and do are all back-packing in the Mojave desert. [/quote]

Perhaps Williams advisors had been ***** packing? [6]