Dennis Skinner to Jeremy Hunt "wipe the smirk off your face"

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Scimmy said:
Skinners antics amuse me and I like his passion. But to be fair, he has made a political career of sniping at all and sundry from the safe position of never having been near the levers of power.

It's easy to do when you do not have to carry the can.
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Politics needs backbenchers like Skinner. They can't all be chiefs, some have to be Indians. A good constituency MP who stands up to the government is worth just as much as an opposition minister or cabinet minister.
 
Scimmy said:
Skinners antics amuse me and I like his passion. But to be fair, he has made a political career of sniping at all and sundry from the safe position of never having been near the levers of power.

It's easy to do when you do not have to carry the can.
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Interesting use of terminology, given the bloke has never used his time as an MP to lasciviously pursue his own personal gain or even abuse his expenses. Maybe he feels that if he had elevated to the front he would have to compromise his principles, something he has never done, ever.

Fair to play to him.
 
MrOompapa said:
Interesting use of terminology, given the bloke has never used his time as an MP to lasciviously pursue his own personal gain or even abuse his expenses. Maybe he feels that if he had elevated to the front he would have to compromise his principles, something he has never done, ever.

Fair to play to him.
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If he'd have spoken with a plumb in his mouth, or had been born into a family of Jewish intellectuals, he would have been leader of the Labour Party.
 
MrOompapa said:
Interesting use of terminology, given the bloke has never used his time as an MP to lasciviously pursue his own personal gain or even abuse his expenses. Maybe he feels that if he had elevated to the front he would have to compromise his principles, something he has never done, ever.

Fair to play to him.
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Yes I thought about that while I was typing it and you're right. Instead of "he has made a political career of" I should have said "his time as a politician has been characterised by mainly".
 
Scimmy said:
Skinners antics amuse me and I like his passion. But to be fair, he has made a political career of sniping at all and sundry from the safe position of never having been near the levers of power.

It's easy to do when you do not have to carry the can.
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this

waste of taxpayers cash , should let someone younger have a go rather than seek publicity every 5 mins
 
MrOompapa said:
Interesting use of terminology, given the bloke has never used his time as an MP to lasciviously pursue his own personal gain or even abuse his expenses. Maybe he feels that if he had elevated to the front he would have to compromise his principles, something he has never done, ever.

Fair to play to him.
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He'll have done just fine. With or without expenses.
 
MrOompapa said:
Interesting use of terminology, given the bloke has never used his time as an MP to lasciviously pursue his own personal gain or even abuse his expenses. Maybe he feels that if he had elevated to the front he would have to compromise his principles, something he has never done, ever.

Fair to play to him.
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He is a massive hypocrite though, so he does have a lot in common with the other MPs
 
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