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"Macho?
Moi?"
British
Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott
(pictured above) in the House of Commons, responding to
claims by France's woman environment minister -Dominique
Voynet - that he is an "inveterate
macho man." The bitter exchanges follow the
breakdown of the world summit on greenhouse gases. Mr
Prescott thought he had brokered a deal on US emissions,
only to have it vetoed at the last minute by France's "Green
queen".
November
2000
"Pensioners were not born
yesterday."
Liberal
Democrat Social Security spokesman Professor
Steven Webb, warning of the dangers of
underestimating the elderly in Britain.
October
2000
"He didn't like heads,
did he?"
British Deputy Prime
Minister John Prescott, at the opening
of an exhibition of abstract artist Henry Moore's
sculptures in China, during a 'cultural' trip.
October
2000
THE "TESTING, TESTING,
ONE...TWO...ONE...TWO" AWARD GOES TO....
"There's Adam Clymer, a
major league asshole from the New York Times."
Republican
presidential candidate , George Bush,
mistakenly believing that a microphone at a rally had
been turned off.
September
2000
"Oh don't you know, I'm
the new tea lady round here."
British
MP Mo
Mowlam to Bill Clinton, after being
cold-shouldered by Prime Minister, Tony Blair, at a meeting with the US President
September
2000
"Life is not easily lived
by anyone and if opportunities come, even if it for a
comparatively short time, to gain happiness then you
should seize the moment."
Veteran
Labour politician Leo Abse, 83, following
his marriage to former Polish electrician, Ania
Czeputkowska, 33. The couple met in a chance encounter
when Ania paused outside his multi-million pound London
house to admire his flowers.
August
2000
"I think I learnt more
going round the the clubs in Barnsley than I learnt at
Oxford about the human race in general."
Tory
leader William Hague, Who revealed that
he used to down 14 pints a day as a teenage driver's mate
delivering soft drinks and beer around South Yorkshire.
"He was known as Billy
Fizz and Billy the Pop."
Terry
Glossop, 47, assistant manager of The Angel,
Rotherham, South Yorkshire - where William Hague was
brought up.
August
2000
"If he [Tony Blair]
thinks he's had a rough time, he should see what's coming
over the next year."
Tory
leader William Hague, removing the kid
gloves and outlining in a recent speech how he intends to
personalise the next General Election campaign.
July 2000
" Be happy for me."
Commons
Speaker Betty Boothroyd, 70, who stunned
MPs in the Houses of Parliament by announcing she was
standing down after the summer break. Her shock decision
brought a huge round of warm applause from most MPs and
the public gallery. Tories did not join in - clapping is
normally viewed as a breach of parliamentary protocol.
July 2000
"It has not been the
greatest day, let's put it like that."
British
Prime Minister Tony Blair, following his
16 year old son, Euan's arrest for being drunk and
incapable in Leicester Square, London. His son initially
gave a false name and age and the family's old address to
the police. The episode was particularly embarrassing to
the PM as only days earlier he had called for on-the-spot
fines for drunken youths.
July 2000
"We are not going to give
a running commentary."
A
Downing Street official attempting to deflect
the worldwide press interest in the imminent birth of Leo
Blair. The first baby to be born to a serving Prime
Minister in Britain since Lord John Russell in 1849.
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