Keep Your Mouth Shut
Published by James E on Tuesday, October 30, 2007.
Some amusing quotes from Matthew Parris' and Phil Mason's Mission Accomplished – Things Politicians Wish They Hadn't Said:
Peter Mandelson, reported remarks in a fish and chip shop in his Hartlepool constituency, pointing to the mushy peas. He insists that the story is apocryphal.
Tony Blair, press conference, during Northern Ireland Good Friday peace negotiations, April 1998
Jack Straw, Home Secretary, visiting a Bournemouth old people’s home during the 1999 Labour Party conference, to a resident: “Do you know who I am?” Resident: “No dear, but if you ask matron, she will tell you.”
John Major, former Prime Minister, reminiscing, November 1999
Italian Ambassador to Britain, Luigi Amaduzzi, 2001
Can I have a pot of that nice avocado mousse.
Peter Mandelson, reported remarks in a fish and chip shop in his Hartlepool constituency, pointing to the mushy peas. He insists that the story is apocryphal.
It’s not a day for soundbites, really, we can leave those at home. But I feel the hand of history on our shoulder in respect to this.
Tony Blair, press conference, during Northern Ireland Good Friday peace negotiations, April 1998
Jack Straw, Home Secretary, visiting a Bournemouth old people’s home during the 1999 Labour Party conference, to a resident: “Do you know who I am?” Resident: “No dear, but if you ask matron, she will tell you.”
I asked Boris Yeltsin to tell me briefly what the situation in Russia was like. “Good,” he said. I asked for a longer version. “Not good,” he replied.
John Major, former Prime Minister, reminiscing, November 1999
I asked the barmaid for a quickie. I was mortified when the man next to me said it’s pronounced “quiche”.
Italian Ambassador to Britain, Luigi Amaduzzi, 2001
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