Whitehall gossip
Written by The Voice on 14th May 2008 – 2:26 pmCharles Clarke speaking into mobile phone, central London, today:
I trust him, but I am not sure about her
Who could he have been talking about?
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14th May 2008 at 3:22 pm
Edward Timpson and Elizabeth Shenton? (-:
14th May 2008 at 3:34 pm
Posh & Becks.
14th May 2008 at 4:23 pm
Ruth Kelly and Margaret Beckett?
14th May 2008 at 4:54 pm
Hillary and Barack?
14th May 2008 at 5:25 pm
The Blairs? Could there be more tittle-tattle to be serialised?
Alternatively, could it be the various contenders to lead the Labour Party to defeat once Gordon’s out of the way? Miliband’s too sensible to challenge him but what about Harman?
14th May 2008 at 8:47 pm
More likely that he was just talking about a film review by a couple they know? Not everything overheard on a phone conversation is a plot for world domination…
14th May 2008 at 10:22 pm
Well clearly it’s Liz Shaw and Brigadier Alastair Gordon Lethbridge Stewart he’s talking about…
[/obligatory Lib Dem Who Geekery]
Seriously, though, does anyone actually give a toss what Charles Clarke thinks or who he was talking to or about?
14th May 2008 at 11:01 pm
Might it not have been ‘trussed’?
14th May 2008 at 11:15 pm
Ewwwww! Can I move that Stan wins a mug or something for that?
15th May 2008 at 11:04 am
Call yourself Lib Dems with this kind of public eavsdropping?