At a rally of 300 or so supporters on Saturday night the Mayor of London extolled the capital's achievements.
"Where was penicillin invented?" He asked.
"In Praed Street. And very useful penicillin after a good night out in Praed Street."
And later:
"I read somewhere the other day that we (Englishmen) are one inch taller than the average Frenchman, to say nothing of our other measurements."
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Comment number 1.
At 4th Oct 2010, stanilic wrote:"I read somewhere the other day that we (Englishmen) are one inch taller than the average Frenchman, to say nothing of our other measurements."
Probably read it in one of his many columns.
Nothing more pompous than an indigent cyclist.
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Comment number 2.
At 4th Oct 2010, stevie wrote:they cannot be pleased......Tory central office, this being their big day and all....5live doing wall to wall golf coverage from Wales boyo, the Welsh always had it in for the Tories and then to cap it all the bruvvers want to black out the big speeches by the top table and jeremy and Huw (another Welshie) try to save the day and it looks like it has all ended happily as we are all to hear that we won't have the proverbial pot to p...in by next year so we can hope that someone, somewhere tries to buck things up by the close of conference. My monies on Ann doing the Can Can......
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