I can hardly believe it! Quite extraordinary! The news has shaken me to the core! What's the French for 'gobsmacked'? You had better sit down because this is going to come as a shock: that very nice man, M. Jaques Chirac, has been found guilty of corruption! Yes, really!
I know, I know, incredible - or even incroyable! According to BBC News the poor old chap wasn't in court because, you see, he suffers with memory lapses. (Funny that, I once tried that on the Inland Revenue - and they actually giggled!) Apparently he will go down in history as the second French Head of State to be convicted in a court of law. The other was Marshal Petain. A match made in heaven, I reckon! Anyway, I cannot write more because I have run out of exclamation marks!
This is worrying. Given that he was accused of paying for jobs that didn't exist, does this mean that Cameron can be charged over Clegg's post?
Posted by: Whyaxye | Thursday, 15 December 2011 at 13:49
Oh, 'W', do I ever love that one!
Posted by: David Duff | Thursday, 15 December 2011 at 15:44
suffers with memory lapses
Also known as the Saunders defence, although following his acquittal in the Guinness/Distillers trial farce lucky Ernest became the first known case of miraculous improvement from a diagnosis of Alzheimers.
And the odds on this happening for cher Jaques have just been slashed at Paddy Power.
Kind regards
Posted by: david morris | Thursday, 15 December 2011 at 16:32
Hello, David, and you're spot on. I never understood why Saunders didn't market that 'wonder cure'!
Posted by: David Duff | Thursday, 15 December 2011 at 16:59
A 2 year suspended sentence - that'll show 'em.
Ken Clarke must like Europe enough to have done some moonlighting for the French judiciary.
SoD
Posted by: Lawrence Duff | Thursday, 15 December 2011 at 19:49
Devil's Island for you , my son!
Posted by: David Duff | Thursday, 15 December 2011 at 21:16