Ken and Boris in battle to be crowned biggest baffoon

[trousers]

Ken just edging it IMO....

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-16955851

 

Ken Livingstone in Tory 'riddled with homosexuals' row

Conservative MPs have called for Labour's candidate for London mayor to apologise for saying their party is "riddled" with homosexuals.

 

Ken Livingstone said some Tory MPs denounce homosexuality while secretly "indulging".

He later refused to apologise saying the remark was meant to be humorous and a "backhanded compliment".

But two Tory MPs have written to Labour leader Ed Miliband calling on him to ensure the remarks are retracted.

Discussing the issue of privacy in an interview in the New Statesman magazine, Mr Livingstone said: "[The public] should be allowed to know everything, except the nature of private relationships - unless there is hypocrisy, like some Tory MP denouncing homosexuality while they are indulging in it."

Asked why he referred particularly to Conservative MPs, he added: "Well, the Labour ones have all come out.

"As soon as Blair got in, if you came out as lesbian or gay you immediately got a job. It was wonderful.

"You just knew the Tory party was riddled with it, like everywhere else is."

He also said in the interview that Baroness Thatcher was "clinically insane" while prime minister.

 

On Thursday, Mr Livingstone defended himself on LBC radio, saying the Conservatives used to be "horrendously homophobic", but acknowledged that is no longer the case.

"It was a slightly backhanded compliment," he said.

[buctootim]

Baffoon / Baboon?

 

I like both Ken and Boris. Better to be a real politician who says what they think and makes a gaffe occcasionally than a clone who never expresses a genuine conviction or speaks out of turn.

Edited 9 February, 2012 by buctootim

[trousers]

Baffoon / Baboon?

 

 

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=baffoon

 

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[TD=class: text, colspan: 2]an educated person. One who uses correct spelling and grammar.

Only non-baffoons spell "buffoon" as "baffoon".

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[buctootim]

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=baffoon

 

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[TD=class: word]baffoon

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[TD=class: text, colspan: 2]an educated person. One who uses correct spelling and grammar.

Only non-baffoons spell "buffoon" as "baffoon".

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Ken and Boris in battle to be crowned most educated person then?

[Ken Tone]

Is a slightly backhanded compliment some sort of gay street slang?

[trousers]

Ken and Boris in battle to be crowned most educated person then?

 

Look, I'm trying to squirm my way out of spelling baffoon (sic) incorrectly. I don't think anyone has noticed yet so if we both ignore it I'm sure I'll get away with it...

[TopGun]

I'd certainly describe Boris as a buffoonish baboon.

 

Ken is more a gentlemanly viper.

[Verbal]

Baffoon, buffoon, or baboon - it doesn't matter. Boris is history. Londoners want him out.

[Saintandy666]

I really think what he said isn't that big of a deal. He has a point to a degree, i.e gay Tories voting for section 28, but riddled isn't really a good word. Gay people I know aren't offended by this and if there is one thing I dislike, it is orchestrated outrage. Ken Livingstone as far as I am aware has always advocated and fought for equality regardless of sexuality and good on him. A much better record than the Tories who are threatening revolt over Gay marriage.

[trousers]

if there is one thing I dislike, it is orchestrated outrage.

 

Agree. We've had far too much of this recently....

[Verbal]

Agree. We've had far too much of this recently....

 

So you're withdrawing this thread then?

[trousers]

So you're withdrawing this thread then?

 

Only when we've reached the same level of orchestrated anger as the Clarkson and Hester media storms in a tea cup

[Verbal]

Only when we've reached the same level of orchestrated anger as the Clarkson and Hester media storms in a tea cup

 

If everything is the same, how do you make sense of the world?