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Comic Relief: Sugar's Apprentice Was as Good as Curtis's Casualty Was Bad
In my opinion. Wasn't it good? The girls completely smashed the guys. Piers Morgan knew how to reload a stapler but Alastair Campbell had not the slightest idea. Truly. What a twonk. Though he did come across really well overall. Who else was there on the boys team? Don't know. P and A were stand outs.
When it came to blagging gifts the girls stuffed the men almost 3-1. And on the catering 7-1. Boys got more ticket money. But between them they raised a million from wealthy individuals for Comic Relief. The girls almost got more from a single donor than the boys donor total. 
It was marvellous. If only the world was run by such women! Like Jenny Lennox and Nargis Khan - who I am probably going to support in some order or other, though I am still very much a floater. All to play for. Seriously!
Yogesh is lovely. To have as a mum or a gran perhaps. But she knows in her heart why I can't vote for her.
Naheed has put the time in and her CV is impressive. Every one of them is ten times better than dishonest John.
Naheed could be a good MP for somewhere or elected Lord - assuming Baron Bradley's pro appointment blocking doesn't stop that - but despite all Naheed's qualities she won't be Withington MP this time. This talented and successful woman has been very badly used by tactical voting which is not fair or reasonable. But Naheed and Yogesh will surely go out early.
I started with an idea that I'd back any of the eight who were NOT backed by the losing team last time, but to be honest even this wasn't certain because if the Good Lord's candidate had had policies I concurred with then even a Lucy vote was possible.
But I've not had any indication. "Leo" in endorsements says socialist. But everyone else says careerist. And if Lucy wants my vote (and who knows? I will reason with my partner also) she will have to hit home with an approach to Labour futures and smashing Leech that I like.
As a socialist it is hard to support anyone who votes against a democratic upper house. It is hard to support the candidate of the team that negligently lost the largest Labour majority to fall of the whole 2005 contest.
ANYWISE: Barring all the usual problems about sentimental charity TV this Comic Relief Apprentice was bloody marvellous. Sheesh. I even did a Sports Relief event myself in 06 (with my kids and Tarus) so we are all implicated.
Whereas, Comic Relief: Casualty was UTTER SHITE from the otherwise very respectable RICHARD CURTIS. My goodness Richard - and by the way thanks for not giving Baldrick a walk on - isn't that the ABSOLUTELY MOST PATHETIC AND PATRONISING (albeit exceedingly well meaning, and hats off for that) thing you've ever done?
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If Lucy is 'careerist' why would she be trying to get selected for this seat? Surely she would be better off trying to get selected for a safe Labour held seat? As I see it, she has made a lot of sacrifices in terms of her career in order to try to represent the constituency where she was brought up and where her family still live. Your attempts on this blog to appear even-handed about the selection are pretty poor to say the least. I just hope that if the person who gets selected is not your choice you stop knocking them and give them your support.
Answered on the blog you anonymous pipsqueak. If you tell us who you are I may even apologise for that gratuitous characterisation. But what is it that makes you come on here and write pissy comments and not identify yourself? What's fair or even handed or reasonable about that?
At least it's a bit more useful than previous "this is a crappy blog" type attacks.
Err, the desire to suggest an alternative view about Lucy? I really don't see why posting anonymously is relevant. You don't me, I don't know you. I don't know anyone else that posts on here. I guess it would be polite as I am a guest on your blog, but then you don't have to publish my comments do you?
Well anonymous. Don't assume I don't know you. Lucy is at this moment the ONLY candidate that has had any kind of endorsements or defensive comments or positive comments for whom NONE of them have been identified.
I don't have to publish your comments? Well on the current setting of no moderation and without me staying up 24/7 watching I do have to allow them to be published and while I could delete them that is not my policy unless they break rules or help the opposition beyond what they can find with a 10-minute google search.
I am not for censorship. I can't abide control freakery. And some anonymous and unattributed comments are just fine. I don't like yours much because they are pissy, they show a high level of controlling behaviour, and I can't for the life of me understand why no one is putting their names to anything positive about Lucy.
Hardly career death to back the establishment favourite now is it.
Now if you are someone intimately concerned with the running of the selection and/or implicated in the unfortunate manipulations that have been occuring then I can see you might want to preserve your anonymity.
Otherwise get out of the cowardly custards and pipe up in your own name!
Could anonymous explain what sacrifices Lucy has made in terms of her career? I understood she had a fantastic Manchester based job - "bringing investment to our city"
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