Ilford North’s new MP, the irrepressibly ambitious Lee Scott, thought he would earn a few brownie points by name-checking Tory Party Vice Chairman Andrew Rosindell’s dog during his maiden speech.
Lee said, “During the election, I had many visitors, including Lord Tebbit, my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Devizes (Mr. Ancram) and my hon. Friend the Member for Romford (Andrew Rosindell) and his dog Spike. I want to stop a rumour here and now: Spike did not eat any of my opponents’ supporters.”
No he certainly didn’t because he had in fact been dead for some time. Deader than the EU constitution some might say. The loss of Spike was a traumatic experience for Rosindell and he is now accompanied by Spike’s reputed son, Buster. An aide to Rosindell refused to confirm that the VC had hauled Lee in for a dressing down. He did say, “Andrew was in the chamber at the time and he had words with Lee afterwards”.
Lee can be forgiven for thinking Buster was Spike as there is some filial resemblance. Saying that, there is some resemblance between Andrew Rosindell and Jeffrey Archer, but I wouldn’t draw the same conclusion (without DNA evidence and a stack of lawyers).
I think the moral of this tale is; when you get a new job, try to settle down a bit before angling for a promotion.
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Wise words Monkey. Ever thought of following them yourself?
Catullus said this on June 9th, 2005 at 10:56 am
By way of correction, Spike passed away on St. George’s Day 2002. Lee Scott has confirmed to Recess Monkey that he will not be sending a condolence card.
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Recess Monkey said this on June 9th, 2005 at 2:22 pm
St Georges Day, you say?
Maybe the patriotic excitement from his owner was too much for him…
RedSam said this on June 12th, 2005 at 12:23 am
i think this shows how crap this man is. paying homage to dead dogs. maybe to redeem himself he signed rozzer’s edm moaning about a crossrail depot being put in romford. apart from the romford rap there is nothing good bout romford. bring back perham.
* said this on June 20th, 2005 at 1:37 pm