Labour MP Michael Dugher is spitting blood over an ‘outrageously stupid’ Nazi-themed gag apparently aimed at him by Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt.
As Mr Dugher (and his guitar) waited to perform at an MPs’ talent show for charity last week, compere Mr Hunt bizarrely name-checked SS chief Heinrich Himmler – before immediately adding: ‘And now here’s Michael Dugher!’
Friends of Mr Dugher, MP for Barnsley East in Yorkshire, say he is livid over the incident; the Health Secretary blames a misunderstanding.
Either way, Dog hears an apology will be on its way.
Ex-Tory Minister Gillian Shephard’s new book, which reveals how Maggie Thatcher used her sex appeal to woo Ronald Reagan and Francois Mitterrand, did not surprise defence chiefs.A veteran brass hat recalls Mrs T clinched a £30 billion fighter-aircraft deal with Saudi Arabia’s King Fahd after arriving at his desert HQ in a stunning long dress run up specially, with arms and head respectfully covered.‘Fahd had a soft spot for her and the moment he saw her outfit and flashed a rare beam, I thought, “Well played, gal, it’s in the bag”. I called it the £30 billion dress.’Amid all the bitching about Theresa May’s leadership manoeuvrings, Tory MPs say her new ambitious streak has coincided with a change in her wardrobe.
Out went mumsy quilted patterns, in came power dressing.
Her trendy East London fashion house, La Petite Salope, boasts of its ‘sophisticated, strong identity with a healthy dose of sex appeal’.
Salope is French for ‘slut’ or ‘bitch’.
Home Secretary Theresa May May’s bitter Tory leadership rival, Education Secretary Michael Gove, has been seen supporting Queens Park Rangers.The club’s stadium at Loftus Road is in Shepherd’s Bush, West London, handily only a stone’s throw from Gove’s home in posh Notting Hill.He is not the first politician to trumpet his supposedly gritty football-supporting credentials to boost his popularity.As an ally puts it: ‘A photo of Michael on the terraces with a blue-and-white QPR scarf round his scrawny neck would do no harm.’No stranger to conspiracy claims: Labour's Lord Ahmed
Labour's Lord Ahmed, who claims a ‘Jewish plot’ led to him being jailed for sending text messages shortly before his car was involved in a fatal crash, is no stranger to conspiracy claims.
He also said Labour Foreign Minister Denis MacShane suggested he was being spied on when he criticised the Afghan war.
Ahmed asked MacShane: ‘Are you saying MI5 have been bugging my phone?’
He said MacShane looked left, then right and replied: ‘They are probably listening here, for all I know.’
Tory MP Andrew Bridgen – who made his fortune selling ‘pre-washed potatoes’ – is frequently ribbed over his wealth.‘Your farmhouse must be worth over £2 million. Nick Clegg is going to clobber you with his mansion tax,’ one MP teased.‘Not so,’ replied the Leicestershire MP. ‘The High Speed 2 line will pass within 50ft of my door. It’s wiped millions off the value!’
