The Gord: real fame at last!

Gooood afternoon folks, it's time for the weekly round-up of the Sunday papers and let's start with some excellent news. Yup, negotiations are underway for the Gord is to appear in his very own episode of the Simpsons, and the Independent on Sunday has got its mitts on a leaked a segment of the script.

To the less edifying subject of the fate of Ian Blair next. Simon Jenkins thinks that accountability has become a "random bloodsport" and is unconvinced that Blair is ultimately to blame, Andrew Rawnsley reckons his resignation is inevitable, and the Observer talks of the report that's to pinpoint his failings.

The Times draws attention to recent Treasury figures which show that eight out of ten jobs created since 1997 have gone to immigrants, whilst the Observer claims that the Government ignored warnings that immigration estimates were "seriously flawed" for more than four years.

Lest the Tories start feeling too smug about all this, one of their prospective Parliamentary candidates has been diagnosed with a severe case of Foot In Mouth disease on the subject of our comrades of foreign extraction.

On the subject of the Conservative plans to introduce a local committee for local people to determine the English nation's affairs, Vernon Bogdanor says: "don't think that will work, ackshually." Meanwhile Patrick Hennessey has an exclusive interview with Gordon Brown.

Henry Porter is talking about ... have a guess ... yes! He's talking about how speed cameras are turning this once great nation into an Orwellian Dystopia and interviewing David Cameron on the subject. A genuinely hilarious read with Porter asking Dave lots of tough questions like "do you like jam?" and "I think your hair is much nicer than Mr Brown's, Mr Cameron. What do you think?" The Comedy Club beckons, Henry.

Further proof that the Telegraph editorial team are an episode of "The Secret Diary of a Call Girl" away from donning silk shirts and medallions and hanging around the female changing rooms comes with this article on Mad Nad Dorries' white lacy smalls. Urgh.

On the subject of general wrongness, the Royal-aide-sex-drugs scandal rumbles on.

And finally, the Times hears rumours that the Queen's Speech will contain a commitment to put the squeeze on Tory Party spending.

Written by Lloyd Shepherd on 4 Nov 2007 12:26 PM. Permalink