Seems to be pretty important to the Tories these days, and so will probably have a hand in running the country sooner rather than later. What was he like when he was in Town Hall? Wikipedia says 'controversial' but doesn't elaborate.

I suspect that Wiki alludes to a fairly 'controvertial' cut of services in the late 80's that IIRC involved the closure of a number of family centres and the council run welfare rights 'Benefits Shops' that offered free advice on state benefits that could be claimed.

The measures were forced through by the casting vote of the Lord Mayor and there was a big demonstration outside the Town Hall during the vote.

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Politicians are all the same. Tories and Labour no different. Power corrupts, ask Nero



Any political system where the masses have power is bound to fail eventually. Especially given the state of the education system in this country in which 57% of the populace think Caesar is a dog food producer

Romane eunt domus!

People called Romanes they go the house?

What's that then? People called Romane they go the house?

It says "Romans Go Home!"


[size=42I love this bit in the film[/size

Don't let Nero hear you say that

This gag seems to have fallen on stoney ground

Wasn't it writ large on a big wall (100 times, in capitals) than a patch of stony ground?

Sorry we only did classical studies if you were to thick to do German at my school



But not clever enough not to need to edit this twice lol

and that didn't include Monty Python?

But as they say, it doesn't matter who you vote for, the government always gets in.

Hey if it looks like a greedy fat b@stard and walks like a greedy fat b@stard ...etc

Now write it out 100 times by morning or I'll chop yer balls off.

Don't think I ever laughed so much at a film

One of the reasons was that the council had even seats between Tory and Labour when he was Lord Mayor. Pickles gained infamy by using his position as Mayor to vote when, like the speaker in the commons, the Mayor
traditionally didn`t vote.