From Bulldog to Plonker @ No 10

Arturo and I watched 'Boy David' Cameron's performance at the House of Commons yesterday. He seemed tremendously pleased with himself. His orange face was aglow with pleasure as various of his backbenchers rushed to praise their lord and master.

"One way to get noticed and get promotion," Arturo whispered in my ear, "is to lick his boots! And they're all licking so hard, their tongues will fall off!"

He was right! Loyal backbencher after loyal backbencher assured him of their admiration. We browsed through Hansard and found some of the contributions captured for ever for Cameron to cherish.
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm111212/debtext/111212-0001.htm

Here for example we have Sir Peter Tapsell (Louth and Horncastle). He declared his:

admiration and full-hearted support for my right hon. Friend at this definitive moment in his first premiership ...

"Well," said Arturo, "he's bursting with sycophancy!"

Then, we had that desperate hanger-on Mr John Redwood (Wokingham). He almost stumbled over his words of praise:

I congratulate my right hon. Friend on his excellent statesmanship. Does he agree that Britain has much more negotiating strength today, because Europe knows that it is dealing with a Prime Minister who will say no if he needs to, than when we had two Prime Ministers who gave in to bad deal after bad deal, including giving away our rebate for no good reason?

"Now! That's what I call 'Telling 'em!' He learnt a thing or two from his time with the Iron Lady!" Arturo giggled.

Who else partook of this kow-towing fest? There were so many that I cannot include them all! Here is just a sample:

Mr Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex) who said:

May I congratulate my right hon. Friend on sticking to a very simple principle of fairness in the European Union: that the institutions for the 27 are there for the 27? May I also remind him and those on the Opposition Benches—and, indeed, the BBC—that he has the support not only of the Conservative party but of the British people for what he has just done?

Note the dig at the poor old BBC! The journalists there need to keep their heads down - 'Boy David' Cameron's allies have got snipers strategically positioned! They are ready to fire when they perceive adverse comments against 'beloved' leader!

Now, we come to the contribution from the Peroxide Boudicca, Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire):

Over the weekend it was impossible to meet a resident of Mid Bedfordshire who was not full of praise and admiration for what the Prime Minister had done in Brussels, but does he share my concern about the fact that the most cowardly and negative attacks over the weekend came not from the Labour party—which is incapable of opposition—but, unfortunately, from the Liberal Democrats?...

Oh Boy!! Dodgy, dodgy! What's she up to? Arturo and I guess she's trying to wreck the Coalition! With 'Wailing Lad' Clegg gone missing - who can stop her? She is known as a loose cannon and loose cannons can wreck. Though she adores 'Boy David', at the moment, she is a one-woman fusillade! He needs to be wary of her compliments.

Next up in the 'I love you, Cameron' brigade was Andrew Rosindell (Romford):

If there were ever any doubt before, may I tell the Prime Minister that there is none today in the minds of the British people that we are led by a Prime Minister with the courage to put our country’s interests first? I thank him for displaying the bulldog spirit in Brussels last week ...

This 'bulldog spirit' was abounding in the kennels of the admirers!

Anyone who tweets knows of the 'amazing' Mrs Bone! Her adoring husband did not let her down in the admiration stakes being run yesterday. Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough) said:

I have received an important message to pass on to the Prime Minister: “The efforts of the Prime Minister on Thursday night gave me great pleasure. Yours ever, Mrs Bone.”

There were even more sick-making contributions! Take this one from David Rutley (Macclesfield):

I should like to pass on the hugs, best wishes and kisses from people in Macclesfield, who are very grateful for the stance that the Prime Minister took last week. ...

However, there was someone, admittedly not of the Conservative persuasion, who gifted us with a different atmosphere. It was Mr Dennis Skinner (Bolsover)

Is this not the same Prime Minister who month after month has been castigating working people for not staying at meetings to deal with pensions? He has walked out, without using his veto; he has walked out, without getting a rebate like Mrs Thatcher; and he has walked out without a couple of opt-outs like Major. As Del Boy would say, what a plonker!

So - there we have it - from bulldog to plonker in one afternoon!

We're off to chew on some sardines. 'Bye' from us both!