Lovers of risqué puns could barely contain their delight today as the Ed Balls scandal continued to simmer.
Guffaws were heard when Michael Gove, the Education Secretary, refused to be blamed for the fact that Balls had been thrust into the spotlight.
Posted: Jun 13th, 2011
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The former Foreign Secretary, who died in 2005, will give evidence at a special evening séance of the Chilcot Committee via television psychic, Derek Acorah. ‘I am delighted to be helping Robin give evidence to the Inquiry,’ said Acorah, ‘I have been practising his voice and I have even grown a little pointy beard for the occasion.’
The séance, held in conjunction with Living TV’s Most Haunted, will be conducted in candlelight using the traditional round table format, billowing curtains and ouija board – a method previously employed by the intelligence services to establish whether Iraq was harbouring WMDs.
Posted: Mar 9th, 2010
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Members of the Iraq Inquiry panel have complained that witnesses have seemed ‘lacking in razzle-dazzle’ in comparison to last Friday’s star turn by first-rate sorceror Tony Blair, whose triumphant appearance really stunned and staggered ‘em and left ‘em begging for more.
Posted: Feb 2nd, 2010
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