Comments on: Peers List http://downingstreetsays.com/briefings/2005/11/14/1946 Every day the Prime Minister's Spokesman meets a small coterie of political journalists known as 'the lobby' for a topical chat, or 'briefing'. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 05:30:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Chuck Unsworth http://downingstreetsays.com/briefings/2005/11/14/1946#comment-3822 Chuck Unsworth Wed, 16 Nov 2005 08:41:09 +0000 http://downingstreetsays.com/briefings/2005/11/14/1946#comment-3822 PMOS speak for 'Who knows? I certainly don't. Anyway, until all the cheques are in we can't draw up the list.' Anyine know what the going rates are? I did fancy myself as a Viscount (no, not the biscuit) or at the very least an Earl. Still I suppose all the decent titles will have been snapped up by the high bidders. Maybe I'll have to get down to the post-christmas sales to see if there are any bargains there. PMOS speak for ‘Who knows? I certainly don’t. Anyway, until all the cheques are in we can’t draw up the list.’

Anyine know what the going rates are? I did fancy myself as a Viscount (no, not the biscuit) or at the very least an Earl.

Still I suppose all the decent titles will have been snapped up by the high bidders. Maybe I’ll have to get down to the post-christmas sales to see if there are any bargains there.

]]> By: tasty macfadden http://downingstreetsays.com/briefings/2005/11/14/1946#comment-3821 tasty macfadden Tue, 15 Nov 2005 21:19:18 +0000 http://downingstreetsays.com/briefings/2005/11/14/1946#comment-3821 Out here in cyberworld people are wondering if the late John Lennon could be posthumously awarded a peerage or an earldom or something. As well as laying down his life for peace, heroin and the people of Liverpool the late fabster was also a greedy, limelight-seeking, unprincipled, emotionally troubled scouser with too many teeth married to a posturing, egomaniacal control freak with no talent for anything. Might I be the first to press John's case for ennoblement with Mr and Mrs Blair who decide these things. For services to his first wife and child alone the much-missed moptop deserves recognition. Lord Lennon of Manhattan. Has a lovely, aspirational NewLabour ring to it, doncha think? Remember, in the end, the money you take far outweighs the money you make. I think Ringo Starr said that. Out here in cyberworld people are wondering if the late John Lennon could be posthumously awarded a peerage or an earldom or something. As well as laying down his life for peace, heroin and the people of Liverpool the late fabster was also a greedy, limelight-seeking, unprincipled, emotionally troubled scouser with too many teeth married to a posturing, egomaniacal control freak with no talent for anything.

Might I be the first to press John’s case for ennoblement with Mr and Mrs Blair who decide these things. For services to his first wife and child alone the much-missed moptop deserves recognition. Lord Lennon of Manhattan. Has a lovely, aspirational NewLabour ring to it, doncha think? Remember, in the end, the money you take far outweighs the money you make. I think Ringo Starr said that.

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