Now am I surprised he’s a crook, too? No. But should we just put up with it?


When the Nazi leaders at the end of the war were tried, the prosecutors bent some of the rules.

Nobody lost too much sleep over that. They were criminals, everyone could see, just as Pol Pot and his followers were, just as Mugabe is.

There are some things you just recognise – like beauty. And crime.

No; I’m not in the least bit surprised that Eyebrows Darling, current guardian of our nation’s financial probity, is ripping us all off on phoney expenses for homes he doesn’t need and makes a profit from, any more than I’m surprised that most of the people in parliament are doing the same including the Great Bloat Who Is Too Busy Saving The Universe To Learn To Count.

They all say “but I am not breaking any rules.” Nor were any of the people who ran Auschwitz and Belsen. They were just following orders. And who made the orders? The criminals in charge.

Who has made the orders that allow all these politicians to steal millions? They did. They are in charge. And they are crooks.

It is not good enough to say others are worse. Yes; they have bigger crooks in the U.S. They have much bigger crooks in Italy and Russia. They have much, much bigger crooks infesting all Africa. It is a matter of setting an example.

The failure to set an example is destroying our society. And we should make an example of the people who fail to set an example, because whatever the law says, these people are crooks. The Home Secretary is ultimately in charge of the police force. She is a crook. No wonder the police feel it is O.K. to kill an innocent news vendor as they did the other day. If their boss doesn’t have to answer for her actions, why should they?

Geoffrey Hoon – the Transport Minister – is a bigger crook. (Did you know that “hoon” is Aussie slang for a pimp? Very appropriate.)

Nor are they all from one party. Scots M.P. Malcolm Bruce who got £50,000 for one ten day trip to China is a Lib Dem crook. Red-faced speaker of the House of Commons Michael Martin is supposed to be above party (which he isn’t) and he certainly isn’t above claiming phoney expenses. He is a crook.

When Smoothie-Chops Cameron pretends to be riding a bike to work but is followed by a car, he is dishonest. He is a crook. When they all fly off to jaunts described as fact-finding tours, they are dishonest. They are crooks. When the jaunts are to do with saving the planet they are doubly crooks – and taking the piss.

A country gets the politicians it deserves. What have we done to deserve this lot?

About the Author

In 2003, the Chartered Institute of Marketing named Drayton one of 50 living individuals who have shaped today’s marketing.

He has worked in 55 countries with many of the world’s greatest brands. These include American Express, Audi, Bentley, British Airways, Cisco, Columbia Business School, Deutsche Post, Ford, IBM, McKinsey, Mercedes, Microsoft, Nestle, Philips, Procter & Gamble, Toyota, Unilever, Visa and Volkswagen.

Drayton has helped sell everything from Airbus planes to Peppa Pig. His book, Commonsense Direct and Digital Marketing, out in 17 languages, has been the UK’s best seller on the subject every year since 1982. He has also run his own businesses in the U.K., Portugal and Malaysia.

He was a main board member of the Ogilvy Group, a founding member of the Superbrands Organisation, one of the first eight Honorary Fellows of the Institute of Direct Marketing and one of the first three people named to the Hall of Fame of the Direct Marketing Association of India. He has also been given Lifetime Achievement Awards by the Caples Organisation in New York and Early To Rise in Florida.

6 Comments

  1. I recently came accross your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I dont know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often.

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  2. OK, I admit you have some issues across the pond, but do you want to trade with what we are dealing with here in America? Not to one up you but, our politicians make your guys look like pikers. They are throwing about Billions like they are peanuts at Elephants while stuffing their pockets full of at the same time.

    As Mark Twain said, “Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.”

    Then there is this.

    Our Constitution protects aliens, drunks, and U.S. senators.
    Will Rogers (1879 – 1935)

    And I think it might have been Will Rodgers that says when they call roll call in the Senate, they don’t know whether to say “Here” or “Guilty”.

    I will trade you….
    Andrew Anderson

  3. Drayton Bird

    I admit that our lot haven’t yet sunk to the basement level of, say, Blagojevich, the recent governor of Illinois.

    And it’s true that the Bliar didn’t do anbything as blatant as Clinton did in pardoning the criminal Marc Rich. Everything is bigger and better (or worse) over there.

    But give them time, give them time.

  4. The Bleached Bogbrush, Alistair Darling, who like the Great Slug, Gordo, also claims a London second home allowance when he lives in a grace and favour home at number 9 Downing Street, would be appalled by the announcement from the Irish Parliament yesterday.

    The Finance Minister said, “Before we ask anyone else to give, we in this House and in this Government must examine our own costs. Those of us in politics have been entrusted with a great privilege by the people. We must lead by example.”

    Pensions for serving politicians are to be discontinued. Expense allowances are reduced by 10% across the board. The President is taking an immediate 10% pay cut as are her other ministers. The opposition party has taken a 5% pay cut for all members. The governor of the Central Bank has also taken an immediate 10% cut in salary. The board of RTE, their equivalent of our BBC (Bolshevik Broadcasting Corporation) has also taken a significant pay cut.

    The Labour Government are a bunch of crazed commissars. It is now illegal to photograph a police officer under the anti terrorism act. The Lisbon treaty, signed by the Slug, allows for the death penalty in the case of civil disorder. To open a bank account with any part nationalised bank now requires you to declare your political affiliation.

    Guy Fawkes has never been so sorely missed.

  5. Rupert

    Did I say the bleached Bogbrush lived at 9 Downing Street? Obviously I can’t count, rather like him and the gay Slug next door. No, no. it should be number 11 of course.

    Anyone notice that the Chancellor is the Second Lord of the Treasury and that the Slug is actually the First Lord of the Treasury?

    If only Bliar had realised this he could have had drop kicked that anal wart into touch.

  6. Anonymous

    I take it you are not one of the lucky recipients of this morally and financially bankrupt government’s advertising budgets then?
    “Tax doesn’t have to be taxing” and all that bollocks! And then there’s those wonderful people from the DVLA who waste countless millions advertsising to entice us in to buying private number plates, then squander even more, telling us they’re waiting to prosecute and fine us some more, for displaying them illegally!!

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