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The former Cabinet Minister has said he regrets losing his temper, after being recorded launching an expletive-ridden tirade at a taxi driver following a visit to Buckingham Palace
Apology: David Mellor has apologised for a swearing rant against a taxi driver A former Cabinet Minister has said he regrets losing his temper, after being recorded launching an expletive-ridden tirade at a taxi driver following a visit to Buckingham Palace with his partner who had just been awarded a CBE. David Mellor, a QC and former Conservative MP, called the cab driver a "sweaty, stupid little s**t" during an argument about the route he wanted to travel on Friday. Mr Mellor, who had accompanied his partner, VisitEngland chairman Viscountess Penelope Cobham, to an Investiture ceremony with the Prince of Wales, was heard in a mobile phone recording given to The Sun. He told the paper the driver, who is not named but is described as a 38-year-old from south east London, had provoked him. "This man seriously provoked me and ruined a wonderful day," he said. "Once I had lost my temper, which I regret, he then secretly recorded me. I will leave the public to judge his actions." |
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Another private moment blown out of proportion. Good job he didn't call him a foreigner. All hell would have broken loose.
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"Private moment"? Really?? If you talked like that to the average Glaswegian - man or woman
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Sweaty and little? We do not know
A sh1t? Almost certainly Stupid? Played a former cabinet minister like a computer game! |
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We don't know what was said before his "horrendous" rant though, do we?
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taxi driver cab is his place of work
if I went into the House of Commons drunk,and started mouthing off,I'd be arrested |
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"And how do you like to spend your free time, David, your PRIVATE MOMENTS so to speak...?"
"Well, I...I love classical music, especially opera, and I'm a huge fan of Chelsea FC - I have been since I was a boy - but most of all I do so enjoy ranting rabidly at London cabbies - mainly black cab drivers. Yes, I thoroughly enjoy covering the back seat in spit and sweat as I assail them with my credentials as a QC, broadcaster, politician and all round power-broker. It is in these special PRIVATE MOMENTS that I most feel at ease..." |
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Such a CULTURED fellow...
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I would imagine that Mellor has atrocious halitosis
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ooh a bit of unintentional assonance
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A thoroughly rancid human. Would have loved the driver to have slammed the passenger door on Mellors throat.
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Top name for a race-horse, Sultan..........
![]() TWO top names!! Love to hear Simon Holt cope with those..."And as they go down into the dip, it's Unintentional Assonance - JUST! - from Atrocious Halitosis..." ![]() |
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can say fek all these days
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wac the driver is, selling the recording to a paper. probably a sting in which he was deliberately wound up.
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Right, Kenny -- OOTSIDE! NOW!!!!
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If it was a sting then Mellor is as thick as a Sevco fan donating to The Craig White Fighting Find for the Restoration of Ibrox Stadium.
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"This man seriously provoked me and ruined a wonderful day," he said.
"Once I had lost my temper, which I regret, he then secretly recorded me. I will leave the public to judge his actions." |
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Eh?? Freudian slop, there...
Craig Whyte Fighting Fund FFS...sure hope they don't FIND the wee guy... ![]() |
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Don't ask me outside Vel'. I used to do a bit of boxing mate.
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I am the public...I have judged his actions...
Mellor, your opera column will be getting used as bogroll in ma hoose...and...previously, there was a 1-in-a-100 chance of me voting Tory...now, it is 1-in-a-feckytwat-gazillion...cubed...ya rancid coont... ![]() |
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I thought their was only one route out Buckingham palace
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A thing of nothing. You would have to be a bit of a sh1t to record this and publicise it.
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Kenny - honestly - that won't matter once RAGE enters the equation...I once fought a guy who was into martial arts in a big way, but he ended up skittering along a puddle in a lane...I did removals for 10 years, moving overstrung pianos and fire-safes ; I'm a big guy ; I weigh 17 1/2 stones and there's not much fat...don't let the artsy stuff deceive you...
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Forgot to mention I have a broken nose which was never fixed...I ain't making this up...I look like a psycho Jonathan Ross with a crew cut...
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come on Kenny,give him the punch line (no pun intended)
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How would you price this up, Betfair dudes?
English Tory cat-lover who did a bit of fisticuffs...VERSUS...psycho heavyweight Glaswegian piano shifter...? ![]() |
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apparently this happened after his girlfriend was awarded a CBE at the palace.......... and now he is all over the papers and on the TV and radio news ........ well that soon ruined her day didn't it !!!!!!!
That picture of him at the palace on the Mail Online, he looks like Ken Dodd. |
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All-in...with chibs and melee weapons 'n' ****...doon a Glesga lane...at midnight...
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crikey Vel I always imagined you as looking like Will Gompertz, but should've guessed you were the cliched "homicidal maniac in a claymore and a kilt"
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I know, Sultan - I managed to fool you all, ere these long long years!
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BARROWBOY
25 Nov 14 12:48 Joined: 11 May 03 | Topic/replies: 1,999 | Blogger: BARROWBOY's blog come on Kenny,give him the punch line (no pun intended) OK IN A MINUTE, OBVIOUSLY HE'S NEVER HEARD MY LITTLE GEM. ![]() |
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kenny boxed for Fyffes though so watch yourself
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HH you spoilsport.
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That's the one.
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Indeed BARROWBOY, I'll let him off though, as HH has done some sterling work on the cat photo thread.
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lol sorry barrow I'm too trigger happy with chit chat punchlines
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Had to google Will Gompertz...not best pleased...ur yoo next, Sultan...fer the CLAYMORE treatment...??
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