David Cameron - Did New Labour put an end to fagging? I don't know. You'll have to ask them. What I do know is that Brown looks the kind of fellow who could do with a damn good thrashing now and again.
Ed Balls - I can't remember the last time I threatened to kick the shit out of anybody. My wife takes care of that kind of thing nowadays.
Harriet Harman - Can I just make it very clear that there is a wealth of difference between bullying and the kind of pressure a working mum has to put on her partner in order to make the relationship work. I'm sure my husband Jack would agree.
Tony Benn - Well, of course m'father introduced me to a number of famous bullies: Lloyd George, Herbert Morrison, Mosley. And I worked with one or two m'self - Ernie Bevin and Jim Callaghan, to name but two. And y'know what? To a man they said to me "This is going to hurt me more than it will you." And they were right, y'know.
Ann Widdecombe - The Catholic Church should never have dispensed with torture. All it's led to is an orgy of sado-masochism and self-pity. Of course you'll get bullying if you're always telling people that they must 'turn the other cheek'.
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I would like to say that Harriet is right. Relationships are all about compromise. I realise that I sometimes have to do more of the compromising, as I started from a position of strength. (Although Harriet is more important than me.)
ReplyDeleteAll this, its political correctness gone mad. I mean, how you supposed to get things done if you cant break a few omelettes now and then? He's the flaming Prime Minister for crying out loud.
ReplyDeleteA silver tongue slicing through many an ego - it's how I glided through the upper echelons and cut down those who stood before me.
ReplyDeleteGoes on all the time. In France they want to outlaw the non-physical kind of bullying as well
ReplyDeleteIt is usually the culture of a place that breeds bullying. Male dominated, testosterone fuelled offices should be taken to task, for starters.
ReplyDeleteIn my experience women bully in the work place as much as men. And often they bully their own sex. It is nonsense to say that it is a male problem - unless you're a feminist of course.
ReplyDeleteSince physical violence is rare in the workplace, men are no more likely to be bullies. A tongue-lashing from a woman is more common. Deal with that!
ReplyDeleteThe Green movement is one big bullying organisation. Anyone who doesn't sign up is bullied and badgered
ReplyDeleteWhy don't you stop deflecting? There is a huge difference between protest which the Green movement takes part in and victimisation.
ReplyDeleteYou are just twisting the truth
That hectoring style. Wouldn't that constitute bullying? Or just wingeing?
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