Stephen Pollard

By Stephen Pollard

Opinion

She said it

June 28, 2007 24:00
1 min read

I think this (via Iain Dale) is the best comment so far on the Cabinet:

Kay Burley: So Liam Fox, Gordon Brown has named defective Tory Shaun Woodward in his Cabinet

Liam Fox: I think you meant defector, rather than defective, but your
words, not mine...



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