Friday, 2 May 2008

On the Edge of My Seat


The Lord Provost of the City of Aberdeen is Peter J Stephen.


This man, by virtue of office, is also:

That's really interesting isn't it? Would you rate your interest in the civic legislature of my town highly?

Just thought I'd let you all know what the level of interest of 97% of the country is on Boris Johnson, Ken Livingstone and the London Mayoral Elections.

Now on the identity of that coke snorting, blow-job-giving male member of the Royal Family...different matter......

Interested. Definitely interested.

19 comments:

Noddy said...

Think of a Welsh mountain add scandal and go Google!

Groanin' Jock said...

Can't we all just pretend it's Edward? He looks the type.

Gorilla Bananas said...

I hear they have sheriffs in Scotland. Do you have one in Aberdeen? If the Londoners had any sense they'd have a sheriff instead of a mayor.

Noddy said...

Gorilla,

Quite a few actually, but then they ARE quite busy.

Helga Hansen said...

I heard a rumour that said royal may well not want to come out of his closet... even if it made by his fair hand.

Quite honestly... I don't really care, as it's really none of my business, and I'm not his wife and family.

Jaggy said...

Yes Groaning Jock, I'm pretty sure it's Edward too. In fact, lets start the rumour mill right here right now.

I heard The Phantom Sword Swallower of Old London Town was definitely Edward. (allegedly)

Misssy M said...

Noddy: Gosh! Really? The Lovejoy (ahem) one or the Photographer one?

Jock: He does seem the obvious choice and for a good while there were rumours going around in media circles. Personally I thought it might be his big brother. I mean Sarah Ferguson has "beard" written all over her (and he was in the Navy). Of course none of this is based on any substantiated fact. He is also the best looking of the brothers and isn't that always the way. The best looking guys are always gay...sigh.

Gorilla: Boris does have a certain cowboy-ness...

Helga: I see where you are coming from but really, as long as this is kept secret then being homosexual really doesn't have Royal approval and hypocrisy reigns. And I'm sorry, but anyone cheating on their wife, regardless of who they are, deserves to be outed.

Jaggy: DO you think that by discussing this on the Misssives I might go to the Tower?

What gets me about this story is that the newspaper offered the evidence decided not to touch it. What's going on there? Have the tabs gone all moral on us? I don't think so. So what has stopped them?

Misssy M said...

Yup folks,the identity has been broadcast in both US and Australian press, but we can't mention it in the UK.

In the days of WWW a UK court injunction is a bit pointless really.

Backpacking Dad said...

I would rate my level of interest as very high! Vice Admirial of the Coast, you say?

Ro said...

I am Londoncentric as I live in London and was keenly interested in the London mayoral elections ... right up until I got the result this morning.

It's going to be an interesting few years!

Misssy M said...

Backpacking Dad: Hello and Welcome! Yes, he's out there right now down the beach. Just patrolling. Takes it very seriously, he does.

Ro: If I were a London dweller I would be interested too. It would concern me greatly. My beef is with the media, really. Top story in the news...nationwide? Hmmm.

Noddy said...

I'm giving out no more clues as I do not wish to go to the Tower.

Misssy M said...

Noddy: No, Scottish people don't tend to fare well in the Tower. Quite right.

Anonymous said...

Lets be fair, Missy, I'm from Liverpool, and while I have no personal interest in the London Mayor, but I have to admit that there is an infinite greater importance over your own Lord Provost. What annual budget does Peter J. Stephen control? What relevance has he to the outcome of the countries next general election??

Now I won't belittle your Lord Provost, but you had to admit the national relevance of what unfolds in the Capital.

Misssy M said...

Anon: Thanks for your comment and yes of course I am being flippant to a certain degree. Aberdeen is no where near as big as London. The Misssives is not a political comment blog...it's a silly flippant jokey little thing. Hence my off-hand remarks.

But on the whole I disagree with you. The civic running of London's doesn't really affect me in the slightest. No more so than the running of Edinburgh, my actual capital.

At one point I thought it might, given that this whole congestion charge might domino around all UK cities ...but it didn't and to be honest I don't really hear any more going on of importance outwith the usual political vanity nonsense.

I really couldn't give a toss who runs London and that's the truth! Sorry.

Mr Farty said...

Hey, hey! How dare you impugne(sp?) your great capital like that, Misssy??!!

Not that I have the faintest idea of who our own Lord Provost is these days...

Misssy M said...

Mr Farty: I love Edinburgh as much as the next man. In fact it's the only other Scottish city I would dream of living in. But you get my point, I don't live there so really the civic running of it is really not of tremendous interest to me. (Unless they decided to turn the castle into an Asda's- I might get upset about that)

So for a city that in general I don't like very much (especially after seeing how the French do capital cities) I care even less about the running of London. it just irritates me that we are forced to care because lots of journalists live there!

MP said...

Hi..I tried to copy and past your list but mine came out all running together..how did you get it to be like that?

FYI..I found you cause someone came to see ME off of your blog..this is fun.

Misssy M said...

MP: Hi and welcome. Mmmm, I just copied it and pasted and it all worked fine. I would try it again.

Glad you're getting visits off the back of this.