Recess Monkey is not suggesting he has seen the New Year’s Honours List, but the most interesting name thought to be on this list (which he hasn’t seen) is Mr Robert Jackson, the one-time Conservative MP for Wantage, who defected to Labour shortly before the 2005 General Election.
Evidently, Number 10 feels it’s time that dues were paid. However, considering the number of seats he is credited for saving Labour, Jackson should have held out for more than a peerage. Maybe he should have wangled a seat on the House of Lords European Scrutiny Committee, or even a quango Chairmanship or two.
In the meantime, Recess Monkey has produced the list below of 16 Labour MPs with a majority of under 500, who should probably send a letter of thanks to the new peer upon his elevation.
Laura Moffat
Derek Wyatt
Bill Rammell
Martin Linton
Bob Marshall Andrews
Paul Clark
James Plaskitt
David Drew
Nigel Griffiths
Lynda Waltho
Celia Barlow
John Grogan
Emily Thornberry
Any Tories wishing to defect in the coming four years should contact Recess Monkey who will, for a reasonable commission, sell your principles to the highest bidder.
recessmonkey@gmail.com
ADDENDUM
A Recess Monkey mole in Westminster informs us that Robert Jackson still sings in the Parliamentary Choir, reinforcing the assumption that he has no plans to go anywhere any time soon.
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I always found it of interest that his former seat was a contraction of “Wants a Peerage”!
M said this on December 6th, 2005 at 11:28 am
Monkey - i think u r well off the mark here, and that it is a bit patronising of you to think that this guy had any bearing on your list’s victories. didn’t help a great deal in Wantage did it?
PP said this on December 6th, 2005 at 12:37 pm
The New Years honours list has nothing to do with Peerages though…
PBS2 said this on December 6th, 2005 at 1:45 pm
You guys take all this very seriously - you must know I make up half of it…
Recess Monkey
Recess Monkey said this on December 6th, 2005 at 3:14 pm
MONKEY!!! YOU MAKE THINGS UP!!! We’re not talking about a blog site here. we’re talking about the the biggest news site in the country after: BBC News, ITN, Sky News, CNN, The Times, The Guardian, Observer, Independent, Sunday Times, Daily Telegraph, Financial Times, Daily Express, Daily Mail, Daily Mirror, Daily Star, News of The World and The Canterbury Times.
Not! Recess Monkey said this on December 6th, 2005 at 7:43 pm
I like how 9/13 of those MPs are from the South East (if you inc London)
Bob Freling said this on December 6th, 2005 at 7:59 pm
I like how Retard Donkey still thinks he’s funny. What a wasted piece - and then to admit you made it up!
Eskimo Nell said this on December 7th, 2005 at 12:58 pm