LONDON – “The ego has landed,” was Frank Dobson’s line on Ken Livingstone’s independent candidacy for Mayor of London. Jeffrey Archer responded with the comment that “If the
Archangel Gabriel had stood with the name of Winston Churchill, Ken would still have won.”
Not so says Arthur Scargill who “wouldn’t vote for Ken Livingstone if he
were running for mayor of Toytown.”
AND MORE ELECTION NEWS…
George Bush: “Now that the votes are counted, it’s time for the votes to
count.”
Bill Clinton: “Let’s just watch this happen. It’ll be over soon.”
“I promised him that I wouldn’t call back this time” – Al Gore’s speech
after having phoned George W. Bush to concede.
EVENTS AND NON EVENTS IN 2000…
“It will give the public a rest as much as it will reward his family,”
said Frank Field when commenting on whether Tony Blair should take
paternity leave.
“The man who said nobody ever lost money by underrating public taste has
been proved wrong,” – W.F. Deedes on the Millennium Dome.
Meanwhile from across the pond “Busy times,” was Madeleine Albright’s
take on the week which saw the overthrow of Slobodan Milosevic and the
breakdown of the Middle East peace process.
FROM THE RICH AND FAMOUS…
Noel Gallagher: “Oasis are still the best band as far as I’m concerned.
But I’m not bothered about that kind of stuff anymore. When you’ve got
four houses and nine cars it doesn’t really matter.”
Hugh Grant: “My word, it’s like Notting Hill,” when he was besieged by
photographers after the break-up of his romance with Elizabeth Hurley.
“Television cookery is a kind of visual porn, where you get turned on by
someone whipping up magic meals,” thinks Janet Street-Porter but perhaps
not when watching Delia Smith who declared just recently “I am not some
prim Brownie pack leader; in fact, I am a bit of a bitch.”
Stephen Fry: “Reading Harry Potter books out loud is more fun than I
feel a single human being could ever deserve. It’s like swimming in
chocolate.”
Elton John: “I’m not a nest-egg person,” on giving evidence in court on
his average monthly expenditure.
LAST WORDS…
“Time’s up!” – Betty Boothroyd concluding her farewell statement as
Speaker
Dmitry Kolesnikov lost in the Kursk: “It is dark for writing but I will
try by touch. It looks as though there is no chance.”
Taken from the comprehensive database of quotations held at Oxford
University Press.
