Wangja
Joined: 17 May 2004
Location: Seoul, Yongsan
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 Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2006 2:27 pm Post subject: The Liberal leadership contest |
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in UK .......
...Menzies Campbell has today pulled out of the race for the Liberal Democrat leadership after admitting to having fingered jazz legend Charles Mingus. 'I've always enjoyed his loose bass-oriented rhythms' said the experienced MP for Fife North-East. 'I felt the natural progression of my relationship with his music would be to give him an intimate tickle. It turns out I was sadly mistaken. He was cold and inaffectionate.
Whilst fingering a bassist is not in itself scandalous enough to cause the withdrawal, senior sources from within the party felt that Menzies had to 'pull out' due to the fact that Charles has been dead for almost 27 years.
Ex-leader Paddy Asdown commented that 'Had it been Courtney Pine, Jamie Cullum or anyone else with a pulse, the situation might have been different, but we at the Liberal Democrats are strongly of the opinion that progressive social and economic policy-making are simply not compatible with molesting deceased musicians....
Article continues at http://www.thespoof.com/news/spoof.cfm?headline=s1i10221
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Liberals having it both ways again.
It's all that fence sitting that does it.
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All the leadership contenders are watching their backs.
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It's enough to drive a good man to drink. |
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