Something to amuse you on a dark January evening from iNews:
Our Lib Dem Lords make six out of the top ten profane peers
Six of the top 10 “sweary peers” are Lib Dems, with Baroness Sarah Ludford leading the pack with 51 profanities in 2017. It’s a pretty admirable feat given that peers only managed to score 287 swears between them across the whole year.
They have been joking about it on Twitter:
The Leader of the our Lords group was perhaps upset that he didn’t make the list:
B…..y disgrace! https://t.co/WwY8s2YzDX
— Richard Newby (@RichardNewby3) January 23, 2018
Sarah Ludford was modest:
I think I might be getting credit on false pretences since the worst I said myself was a – welldeserved IMHO – ‘twat’. Otherwise retweets, so the credit is to the originators! https://t.co/0zRIvUosk8
— Sarah Ludford #FBPE (@SarahLudford) January 23, 2018
Liz Barker is such a diplomat:
is proud to be a colleague of the most committed, hard working, passionate members of the House https://t.co/ICDoI09ftf
— Liz Barker (@LizBarkerLords) January 23, 2018
It’s a different story with our MPs, though. Not one of them made the list of sweary MPs, which was topped by Labour’s Jess Phillips.
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8 Comments
They would not get away with it on LDV!
They [redacted]ing would Nick!
Good to see another article full of piercing insight and relevance whilst the Lib Dems teeter on the bring of oblivion.
As long as they aren’t the most handsy
Mr Parker might consider that one of the reasons that we Liberals have survived in much worse times than these is that we have always had a good sense of humour including the self-deprecating kind. (some of the more slightly self-pompous members of our party might also think about that!)
Well there is a lot to swear about at the moment!!
You’re not ****ing kidding!
Was “Tory” one of the profanities?