Every person who is offered a knighthood has the opportunity to say yes or no. You get a letter from the Prime Minister saying you've been recommended for a knighthood and there are two little boxes, one says yes, one says no.
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I found the offer of a knighthood something that I couldn't possibly accept. I found it to be somehow squalid, a knighthood. There's a relationship to government about knights.
quote by Harold Pinter
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No woman in my time will be prime minister or chancellor or foreign secretary - not the top jobs. Anyway, I wouldn't want to be prime minister; you have to give yourself 100 percent.
quote by Margaret Thatcher
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The preparatory education of candidates for knighthood was long and arduous.
quote by Thomas Bulfinch
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It even has the same phraseology as the English orders of knighthood, companions and this sort of thing.
quote by George Woodcock
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I gather, young man, that you wish to be a Member of Parliament. The first lesson that you must learn is, when I call for statistics about the rate of infant mortality, what I want is proof that fewer babies died when I was Prime Minister than when anyone else was Prime Minister. That is a political statistic.
quote by Winston Churchill
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Admitting, however, for the sake of argument, that I am prime and sole minister in this country, am I, therefore, prime and sole minister of all Europe? Am I answerable for the conduct of other countries as well as for that of my own?
quote by Robert Walpole
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Once, when a British Prime Minister sneezed, men half a world away would blow their noses. Now when a British Prime Minister sneezes nobody else will even say 'Bless You'.
quote by Bernard Levin
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I am 73 years old. I was born in Jerusalem. I'm the first prime minister of Israel to be born here. I am the only former general to become a prime minister.
quote by Yitzhak Rabin
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Individuals have little opportunity to get elected to Parliament under the label of the government party... unless they are in good standing with the Prime Minister and pledged to be cooperative.
quote by Stockwell Day
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Religion united its influence with those of loyalty and love, and the order of knighthood, endowed with all the sanctity and religious awe that attended the priesthood, became an object of ambition to the greatest sovereigns.
quote by Thomas Bulfinch
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Every cabinet minister gets a mission statement from the Prime Minister.
quote by Brian Mulroney
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Are We Falling Short?
A provincial premier should be appointed prime minister each year,
Because we don't vote for our prime minister by name right here,
We vote for someone in his party and sometimes we're not sure,
Because the party system can sometimes be very obscure.
Or in order to elect a prime minister, we should see his name,
On a special ballot because this is a serious game,
And the religion-like party system should be rearranged,
For individuals - not parties - and not considered strange.
I realize of course that this idea will be shot down,
Appointed high aristocrats want to keep their dressing gowns,
Proportional representation and binding referendums please,
Because the way things are now; it's the parties they appease.
They say that the Senate is a place of sober second thought,
Where unknown establishment appointees are never distraught,
Did I mention we need an elected Senate and High Court?
Because under our present system we seem to fall short.
poem by James Bredin
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If the prime minister really believes it, he must be the only person left who thinks that the recent bombs in London had no connection at all with his policy in Iraq.
quote by Kenneth Clarke
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Better Off Dead
(rod stewart / chen, savigar, cregan, grainger, appice)
Call the girls and dress up fine
Tonight I felt like suicide
Roll them dice and pour the wine
Shuffle them cards and deal them fine
Got nobody to kiss tonight
Nothing to lose but my appetite
Wanna be silly and sing and shout
Gotta get legless and fall about
Turn the music up nice and loud
Cheer me up dont bring me down
Gonna lose my job next week
Getting replaced by a silicone chip
I might have been a hero
But I chose to stay in bed
I might have been prime minister
But right now honey Im better off dead
I might have been a hero
But I chose to stay in bed
I might have been prime minister
But right now honey Im better off dead
Dont like the scenery dont like the set
Tear it all down and start again
Man keeps talking on the radio
Telling me what I dont wanna know
Radiation wars and layatril
If tax dont get ya then cancer will
I might have been a hero
But I chose to stay in bed
I might have been prime minister
But right now honey Im better off dead
I might have been a hero
But I chose to stay in bed
I might have been prime minister
But right now honey Im better off dead
Better off dead, better off dead
Better off dead, better off dead
song performed by by Rod Stewart
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I have no great urge to be minister of this or minister of that, but instead would feel incredible blessed to have the opportunity to be a champion for a constituency and fight for their cause.
quote by Adam Rickitt
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Panacea
Panacea for the worlds ills.
Chicken soup in America.
'Mr President, the twin-towers
were destroyed by el caida terrorists.'
The President replies:
'You wouldn't have any chicken soup
on you, would you? '
A cup of tea in England.
'Prime Minister, the nazis have bombed
the shyte out of London.'
Prime Minister replies:
'Bastards, we'd better have a cup of tea
and think about this.'
poem by Jerry Hughes
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Self made Man
Alas alack and woe is me
My life is filled with misery
I loved a lass who loved not me
She treated me disdainfully.
She saw herself as upper class
And much superior to me.
A barrier I could not pass.
A subtle form of cruelty.
But time moves on and so did I
I went to university
Where somewhat different rules apply
You’re judged on your ability.
I earned a double first degree.
I studied politics and law
So I was qualified to be
What I decided either or.
My tutor recommended me
to several of his well placed friends.
Who he felt quite probably
Would use me to suit their own ends
I became a secretary
To a rising star in politics
Who chose to place his trust in me.
To cover up his dirty tricks.
I managed this successfully.
He taught me more than what he thought.
Although I served him loyally
I knew much more than what I ought.
Eventually he sponsored me
to be his party’s candidate.
I was elected as M.P
Then all I had to do was wait.
For the right opportunity.
To demonstrate what I could do.
Show my potentiality
To the elite, the favoured few.
The men who held the power to
Promote me or to hold me back.
I paid respect where it was due
and very soon I was on track.
To realise my ambition.
To be a junior minister.
Perhaps in education
or something rather similar.
I knew enough to toe the line
Without appearing threatening
And soon a junior post was mine.
Which in itself was heartening.
I was quite sure I could secure
all the support that I would need.
To land myself a sinecure
I had no doubt I would succeed
I had recorded secretly
The dirty tricks that they had played.
And told them confidentially
About records I had made.
I soon acquired cabinet rank.
My erstwhile mentor taught me well
Although his methods sometimes stank
I learnt as I endured the smell
I am the minister for trade
I travel everywhere first class
My only job is to persuade
The members of the working class
I have their interests at heart
It’s not an easy thing to do.
My lies are truly works of art
They sound as if they could be true.
I never promise anything.
But they are convinced that I do
I am well used to public speaking
They believe ‘cos they want to.
That is the art of politics.
If you can fake sincerity.
And conceal your dirty tricks.
Then you are where you ought to be.
The public now do not believe
That M.P.s have integrity
Who earn respect they don’t receive.
I do not let that worry me.
I shall receive my knighthood soon
And then retire from public life.
Nobody can prick my balloon
Although rumours may be rife.
There is no concrete evidence
That anybody can provide
I can say that with confidence
No one can prove that I ever lied.
I only claimed what I was due.
I made quite sure to follow rules.
The claims I made were always true
Unlike the other greedy fools.
I will retire with dignity
With my integrity intact
At least it will appear to be
although it may not be in fact.
Appearances are all that count.
In the modern world today.
You never hear the true account
Which people know but dare not say.
Sunday,18 September 2011
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poem by Ivor Or Ivor.e Hogg
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I met an Honest man in this precarious World
Yes, on the street
While I was idling
He sleeps on the road happily
And he said very politely;
'Brother I tell you frankly
I don't know how to write my name properly.'
I shouted 'Ureka! And I met an honest person
His name is Man.'
*' I can't help living in a society that pays the Rolling Stones more than its Prime Minister.'
-Paul Simon
poem by Nimal Dunuhinga
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The True Knight
FOR knighthood is not in the feats of warre,
As for to fight in quarrel right or wrong,
But in a cause which truth can not defarre:
He ought himself for to make sure and strong,
Justice to keep mixt with mercy among:
And no quarrell a knight ought to take
But for a truth, or for the common's sake.
poem by Stephen Hawes
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The Gordon Back Step (Fun Poem 102)
Lets all do the Gordon back step.
We will make a decision
and when that falls flat
we will all step back
and apologize for that
and do the Gordon back step
like our Prime Minister likes to do.
I am sure it would make
a great dance to do.
First, make a decision
as daft as the last one you made.
Step forward with a proposal
and watch out for the no’s to the left.
Then step back and apologize for that
and do the Gordon back step.
It is so easy to do
or at least our Prime Minister
makes it look that way.
1May 2009
poem by David Harris
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