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10th July, 2009
LORD PETER MANDELSON ASKED IF HE’S PM’S WILLIE!!! HIGH QUALITY FUNNY!!
“I’m tempted to extend the metaphor, but decorum …”
We got the message.
As did Gordon.
Another “with friends like this” moment?
From the YouTube site:
Lord Mandelson displays a gift for comic timing after being asked by Tory MP Peter Luff if he is Gordon Brown’s “Willie.”Mr Luff, chairman of the Commons business committee, was referring to Margaret Thatcher’s famous comment about her deputy prime minister William Whitelaw – “every prime minister needs a Willie”. After a lengthy pause the business secretary prompts laughter by saying he is tempted to “extend the metaphor, but decorum…”
Tags: Gordon Brown, Peter Mandelson, Prime Minister's willie, Thatcher, Willie Whitelaw, willy, YouTube video Mandelson
