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| May I have a word about… Steve Bannon and his bedroom badinage | |
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| What with Michael Cohen being banged up and Robert Mueller soon to spill the beans of Donald Trump’s connections to Russia, US politicians also live in interesting times. | What with Michael Cohen being banged up and Robert Mueller soon to spill the beans of Donald Trump’s connections to Russia, US politicians also live in interesting times. |
| And few political beasts are more interesting than Steve Bannon, Trump’s former strategist and not someone to whom I would gladly lend my last tenner. Reflecting on Trump’s travails, he said: “The Democrats are going to weaponise the Mueller report and the president needs a team that can go to the mattresses.” | And few political beasts are more interesting than Steve Bannon, Trump’s former strategist and not someone to whom I would gladly lend my last tenner. Reflecting on Trump’s travails, he said: “The Democrats are going to weaponise the Mueller report and the president needs a team that can go to the mattresses.” |
| Go to the barricades I fully understand, but invoking bedding to defend a president has me stumped. Given that the Donald’s problems with where he put his, ahem, would-be presidential protuberance, it seems rather unfeeling to invoke images of the boudoir. Such a sensitive soul. | Go to the barricades I fully understand, but invoking bedding to defend a president has me stumped. Given that the Donald’s problems with where he put his, ahem, would-be presidential protuberance, it seems rather unfeeling to invoke images of the boudoir. Such a sensitive soul. |
| So thank heavens for Google, which elucidates that this is a reference to a line from The Godfather. Yet, given the unpleasantnesses that were highlighted in those movies, I don’t think this is going to help the presidential cause much. | So thank heavens for Google, which elucidates that this is a reference to a line from The Godfather. Yet, given the unpleasantnesses that were highlighted in those movies, I don’t think this is going to help the presidential cause much. |
| Moving from Trump’s nether regions, I was much taken by a statement from Crossrail. Responding to its delayed opening, it said its chief executive, Mark Wild, and his team were “working on a robust and deliverable schedule”. Rough translation – no, we haven’t a bloody clue when the damn thing is going to open either. | Moving from Trump’s nether regions, I was much taken by a statement from Crossrail. Responding to its delayed opening, it said its chief executive, Mark Wild, and his team were “working on a robust and deliverable schedule”. Rough translation – no, we haven’t a bloody clue when the damn thing is going to open either. |
| For plain speaking, I refer you to Southampton FC’s new manager, Ralph Hasenhüttl. When asked about his team’s prospects, he replied: “If you want guarantees, buy a washing machine.” Attaboy - what a refreshing change from most managers (yes, José Mourinho, I do mean you). But sorry, Ralph, as a lifelong Pompey supporter, I hope after your promising introduction to the English game you fall flat on your face. | For plain speaking, I refer you to Southampton FC’s new manager, Ralph Hasenhüttl. When asked about his team’s prospects, he replied: “If you want guarantees, buy a washing machine.” Attaboy - what a refreshing change from most managers (yes, José Mourinho, I do mean you). But sorry, Ralph, as a lifelong Pompey supporter, I hope after your promising introduction to the English game you fall flat on your face. |
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