Margaret Thatcher’s former spin doctor is as well known for his eyebrows as his outspoken remarks. In November 2013, this Yorkshireman commented that Northerners who refused to vote Conservative conveyed an “image of bovine stupidity” and has previously derided Scottish nationalists as being “as greedy as sin”. He believes that the Hillsborough disaster was caused by a “bunch of tanked up yobs” but was himself bound over to keep the peace in 1999 after a dispute with a neighbour. Ingham is not one for apologising.
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Anna Soubry MP
In discussion with UKIP’s Nigel Farage MEP in June 2014, “lighthearted” Soubry suggested that some people who raise concerns about immigration are “frankly racist”. Immediately disowned by Downing Street, this former television presenter turned Conservative politician is a single mother of two children and a supporter of the legalisation of cannabis. In December 2013, she […]
Giulio Andreotti (1919 – 2013)
“He condensed good and evil. An extraordinary personality” was Pier Ferdinando Casini, head of the Italian centrist Democratic Center Union party’s description of this seven times Prime Minister of Italy. Andreotti was given many nicknames by his detractors. Amongst them were the monikers of Beelzebub, The Hunchbank, The Black Pope and Divo Giulio (after Julius […]
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He is a legend.
A bigot who knows not a single boundary. His comments about Hillsborough are sick. He should be put down. The man is a racist dog.
Why is he a racist dog? I rather like his eyebrows….incredible
I am sure alcohol had something to do with it….now calm down Kenny dear