It's a bit like the [iWail[/i declaring, a year or so ago, that one of the very greatest bits of St Maggie of Grantham's legacy was that we in the UK are now the only Europeans who are working longer than in the 1980s (even though our GDP has fallen but don't let's mention that).

Or "not quite got immigration under control as we'd have liked"

I was rather hoping they'd add:

11) Hasn't declared war on Iran (yet)

12) Hasn't been caught shagging a goat

That would be the appropriate way of phrasing it for the Tory spin machine as well.

"We're not saying he doesn't shag goats, or that he hasn't at some point in the past shagged one, but he certainly hasn't been caught doing it. At least not by anyone who lived long enough to tell the rest of the world what they saw."

He has admitted that he rode Rebekah Wade's horse ... maybe that was just a euphemism though.

I like to think I have a vivid imagination, I have a flair for exaggeration and can make the mundane seem colourful and interesting at the drop of a hat. But I am foooked if I can imagine Nick Clegg "demanding" anything other than another spanking from matron.

[url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/9185208/Ken-Clarke-US-intelligence-agencies-are-holding-back-evidence-from-Britain-over-fears-of-open-courts.htmlErr, it's cos the US doesn't trust open courts.[/url

There are other items on that list which are not-even-thinly-disguised bull droppings, such as...



All of which is meaningless, unless it means that I, as a local person, can approach Leeds City Council and tell them I'd like to experiment with one of their refuse trucks for a month as I think I can empty the bins quicker than the council staff can.

On the other hand Biffa tried that one with the council and they all went out on strike for three months.

I could say, my company is withdrawing all customer support, this should allow innovation in problem solving that we can then claim credit for.

You have be a special kind of stupid to fall for this.

... and even many of the Tories posters comments after the article are not that dumb.

[url=http://liberalconspiracy.org/2012/04/05/there-arent-any-security-reasons-to-introduce-secret-courts/Yet more lies from the lying liars that tell them[/url

[iJustice Secretary Ken Clarke defended the Government’s dangerous secret justice plans on the grounds that the changes were needed to reassure a “nervous” CIA which had “started cutting back” on intelligence-sharing with the UK. [/i

This despite never discussing the issue with US authorities

And

A former senior CIA officer said:

[i“the Central Intelligence Agency would never hold any information back from the British that was important to their domestic security, or to the security of their people and facilities overseas.”[/i

So, more bollox then eh?

Mind you, if you've got nothing to hide...

Mind, how much would you trust the CIA etc?