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01 Feb 10
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Documentary following four politicians as they sample life on council estates in some of Britain's most deprived neighbourhoods. Liberal Democrat Mark Oaten and former Conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith head to London to experience Goresbrook Village in Barking and the Carpenters estate in Stratford respectively, Shadow Children's Minister Tim Loughton visits the gang-divided Newtown estate in Birmingham and Labour MP Austin Mitchell learns about life in Hull's Orchard Park
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the geez on the right is talking sense
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Mark Oaten ends up lying on the ground crying because some lads shout "rent boys" at him.
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fair comment
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he's explained why he done it -cos he was going bald. now leave him alone.
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Wiki :
On 21 January 2006, Oaten resigned from the Liberal Democrat front bench when it was revealed by the News of the World that he had had a relationship with a 23-year-old male prostitute between the summer of 2004 and February 2005. The newspaper also alleged that Oaten had engaged in 'three-in-a-bed' sex sessions with two male prostitutes.[6] Rumours that the sex sessions had involved coprophilia were subsequently reported in Private Eye[7] and an opinion piece in the The Daily Telegraph.[8] Shortly after the scandal broke, Oaten's wife of 13 years, Belinda, fled to their neighbours' house and then left the country taking their two daughters on a skiing holiday to Austria. While it was initially alleged by The Daily Mirror newspaper that she planned to divorce him[9] later reports on the BBC News website (as of 27 April 2006) stated that their relationship was improving due to weekly counselling sessions. A poll for the Southern Daily Echo revealed 58% of 1,000 respondents believed he should resign his seat.[10] On 29 January the News of the World revealed that one of the male prostitutes involved was 25-year-old Tomasz (pronounced as "Tomash"), a Polish former ballet dancer. The newspaper quotes Tomasz as saying "he was very specific about something special he wanted us to do to him. It's a gross act of humiliation which only a few punters ask for. It's quite revolting really." Oaten's wife, Belinda, was interviewed in Hello magazine in April 2006, while Oaten himself gave an explanation for his actions in an essay in The Sunday Times[11] in which he claimed a "mid-life crisis" and the stress of going bald were partly responsible for his actions. This was partially contradicted by a 2009 Press Gazette interview Oaten gave, in which he said "Journalists...had my story for three years I think, but hung on to it and never did anything with it. They could have made that public interest argument at any point in the three years. I had always been a Member of Parliament, but they waited until it could sell most newspapers, at the point at which I became well-known and at my most famous." implying that the story was not a recent development.[12] Oaten has been reported as saying he will stand down from Parliament before the next General Election[13]. Consequently members of the constituency party selected Martin Tod, a direct descendant of Thomas Garnier, Dean of Winchester in the mid 19th century, to stand for election to the House of Commons.[14] |
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yes, but apart from that he was a pillar of the community. you let one reny boy **** on you on some people never let you forget ffs!
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Did it cure his baldness?
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No.....but his stalker decided to move on...
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lol....
girl in tower block: i'm a herion addict... posh idiot woman: well, when i feel down i have a nice glass of new zealand white wine fckin stupid cnt |
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Cheers
Forgot about this will watch on ch4 +1 |
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Not a great edit for Austin.
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liberal M.P. comes out the best imo.
Austin Mitchell treats it as a joke and comes out worst as he needs baby sitting from his Missus. |
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Already its just so clear how out of touch these blokes are.
Why on earth should it be a tough week as they put it ? |
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Took his wife ffs :^0
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Austin mitchell being shown up as a fraud
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I like the dancing at the end and the black bird was fit !
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IDS KEEPING IT REAL
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This is a good programme imo - but Austin Mitchell was awful and a complete idiot.
Shame we didn't have less of him and more of Duncan-Smith who seemed remarkably more savvy, but sadly cicumstances didn't allow. |
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are the MPs really so out of touch? A lot of the behaviour shown shocked me and I led a very ordainary life.
There's far too much tiptoeing around the important issues: Being reliant on the state for everything - food, accommodation etc Having a child when you expect the state to pay for everything People need to work for benefits (and before you start, yes I have signed on during my life). It will give them routinue and social contact. |