http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/pm/2009/01/just_confirmed_for_tonights_pr.shtml en-gb 30 Thu 31 Dec 2009 02:59:32 GMT+1 A feed of user comments from the page found at http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/pm/2009/01/just_confirmed_for_tonights_pr.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/pm/2009/01/just_confirmed_for_tonights_pr.shtml?page=18#comment15 mittfh (7) : 'WAS' a member of the Bilderberg group?I thought once you were in, you were in! Mon 19 Jan 2009 19:47:09 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/pm/2009/01/just_confirmed_for_tonights_pr.shtml?page=17#comment14 Ah Yes,Ken, Dear Ken...The Butt-end of Toryism.Still, it was only for money..! Mon 19 Jan 2009 19:41:16 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/pm/2009/01/just_confirmed_for_tonights_pr.shtml?page=16#comment13 I just rang my bookie hoping to get 6/4 about Jeremy Thorpe; but the bookie said: "I'll have to ring you back. After I've checked to see if he's brown bread or not." Mon 19 Jan 2009 18:08:47 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/pm/2009/01/just_confirmed_for_tonights_pr.shtml?page=15#comment12 PUFFGummer has just pronounced Clarke: "LIFE ENHANCING". Not exactly what it says on the packet! Mon 19 Jan 2009 17:58:27 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/pm/2009/01/just_confirmed_for_tonights_pr.shtml?page=13#comment11 I've always liked Ken Clarke. Mon 19 Jan 2009 17:55:27 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/pm/2009/01/just_confirmed_for_tonights_pr.shtml?page=12#comment10 neoGrandad (3):"And you have....?"A clear conscience, thanks for asking. Mon 19 Jan 2009 17:50:09 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/pm/2009/01/just_confirmed_for_tonights_pr.shtml?page=11#comment9 I I I I I I I SAY - BLAH BLAH BLAHIf Clarke brings to the Tory top table, all his trade-mark concern for the poor and dispirited, whome the Caring Cons now root for; the same huddled masses that he so adroitly served when in the tobacco industry; then the Conservatives should accrue a large uptake of addictive followers, and Our Ken's handsome remuneration will AGAIN be well 'deserved'. That he will perform head to head with that other 'relaxee of wealth' Lord Mandy, goes a long way to define the underlying ethos of the 2009, British political scene. Do they still take innocent school children to watch such men of status 'at work'? Mon 19 Jan 2009 17:34:16 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/pm/2009/01/just_confirmed_for_tonights_pr.shtml?page=10#comment8 Tory donors threatening to cut off financial support now Ken Clarke is back need to wind their necks in and get back in their boxes. The same applies to the likes of Rupert Murdoch. We shouldn't tolerate so-called tycoons who try to buy up British politics. I'm not a Tory or a Europhile but I do think the bloke has a contribution to make. He's certainly an improvement to what is otherwise pretty much a crew of nonentities in the shadow cabinet. Mon 19 Jan 2009 17:27:34 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/pm/2009/01/just_confirmed_for_tonights_pr.shtml?page=8#comment7 re mitthfThank you- an open mind at last Mon 19 Jan 2009 17:23:25 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/pm/2009/01/just_confirmed_for_tonights_pr.shtml?page=7#comment6 Looking at a certain online encyclopedia, he certainly likes to keep himself busy...As well as serving as the Deputy Chaiman of BAT, he's also had the equivalent post at Alliance Unichem; been Directors at Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust and Independent News & Media; been on the advisory board to Centurius Capital (a hedge fund); been a member of the Bilderberg Group; written a monthly column for Financial Mail on Sunday, presented a weekly commentary or interview for Bloomberg Television and presented several series of jazz programmes on BBC Radio Four.And that's ignoring his political life, where amongst other things he's attempted to run for the Tory leadership on 3 occasions.Debates between him and Peter Mandelson could get quite interesting... Mon 19 Jan 2009 17:03:27 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/pm/2009/01/just_confirmed_for_tonights_pr.shtml?page=6#comment5 a 5, Is that what that song is? I always thought they were saying Messy Doormat. Mon 19 Jan 2009 17:02:41 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/pm/2009/01/just_confirmed_for_tonights_pr.shtml?page=5#comment4 Is he singing "Nessun Dorma"? Mon 19 Jan 2009 16:58:26 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/pm/2009/01/just_confirmed_for_tonights_pr.shtml?page=3#comment3 A great man, as the Big Beasts of the blog will tell us.He should be the next but one ex-Leader of the Tory Party who never became PM. ('Cos PM ® is a registered trademark of successful political endeavours). Mon 19 Jan 2009 16:45:18 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/pm/2009/01/just_confirmed_for_tonights_pr.shtml?page=2#comment2 Comments on shoes and fags are soo yesterday! Get real you people and engage in useful political discussion. Ken Clarke is one of the most level headed politicians`we still have, has vast experience of industry and commerce to bring to the table, has held 3 Cabinet positions very sucessfully, is widely trusted amongst the electorate. And you have....? Mon 19 Jan 2009 16:37:05 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/pm/2009/01/just_confirmed_for_tonights_pr.shtml?page=1#comment1 Is Mr Clarke the chap employed by BAT to sell cigarettes to children in Africa, or am I thinking of some other Tory ex-chancellor? Mon 19 Jan 2009 16:23:44 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/pm/2009/01/just_confirmed_for_tonights_pr.shtml?page=0#comment0 Wot..you mean Hush Puppies are back in fashion!!! Mon 19 Jan 2009 15:55:39 GMT+1