By contrast, the Millibeast has no outside interests because he's such a useless tosspot.

And that piece of political insight and astute analysis from wonkotsane tells you more, in a single sentence, about the English nationalists than you will ever need to know.

Clutching at straws Bobby boy. What has that comment got to do with England or English nationalism?

Hague's a muppet but my god, the Millibeast is the kind of fool that only a mother could love. You only have to watch him bumbling his way through press conferences to see what a national embarrassment he his. He's definitely found his ideal home in Gordo's cabinet of all the talentless.

"the current Congolese crisis"

What crisis? And what's it got to do with me? Or you? Or, indeed, the shadow foreign secretary? Neither I, you or he, can do anything about it, we have no national interests involved, so apart from a bit of tut-tutting from the side lines, there is nothing we can do, so why pretend? If the French feel they have an interest, let them get on with it - for a change!

Mmm, David Milliband is currently in the Democratic Replublic of Congo doing what he can, in conjunction with his French counterpart, to bring at least initial stabilty so that thousands of innocent people can receive aid. It looks like there is at least some progress this morning as an aid channel opens out from Goma.

He didn't have to make these efforts - he could have 'delegated it down' in the face of events and developments closer to narrow UK economic interests. He could have taken much the same 'wait and see' line as the UK government in 1994, which stood by, watching the development of French complicity with genocide, and then wrung its hands after the killing had abated.

But he took responsbility and got on with it.

And the response to this is that he's a 'tosspot'.....

Ah , but check out Andrew Mitchell's register of interests. It's far more interesting.
He appears to be covering for Hague over the DRC crises and has his office part funded by 'cluff gold' who have mining interests across the DRC and surrounding states.

Not that the instability in the DRC has anything to do with mining and minerals, oh no.

Still, a Shadow international development secretary that recieves cash from a company that stands to gain hugely from interventions he makes cant be that big a deal right ?

I've always known that Conservatives are bad for our health but this current crop of shadowless, shadow cabinet are quite literally, useless.

In the 'good old days', it was all brown envelopes, buggering and Ford open prison.

Today, this bunch of brazen harlots spend hours and Months writing books, sitting on bank boards(of course) and recruiting Nazis for European duty (new tory grouping) in Strasbourg.

What happend to the days when a Tory was a Tory (drunks thugs fraudsters) and we in the gutter knew that the old school tie ws being serviced for the good of the Country?

Today, we have windmills, sledges, Gideon and failed market economics.

Is it any wonder we Marxists shoot up in the polls, as the Tories forget how to pull the rip cord?

No wonderIain Dale doesn't want to be an MP anymore. Can you blame us for helping him decide?

wonkotsane... you're right. I was being unfair on the nationalists. Everyone has their embarrassments. We had Prescott, and they've got you.

Yup Gary - just watch that surge! All the way to 32% a mere, what, 14 points behind the Tories. Surge baby surge!