David Mellor and taxi driver

Ooh no, please, papa he just hasn't got the physique.

Nice to imagine Mr Mellor in the middle of a scrum of London cabbies!

Rugby has a video playback facility for the ref to refer to before he makes his final decision. Football does not for some reason.

And what is more, they don't argue with the ref's decisions. It's a pity that football doesn't have a sinbin like rugby does.

Rugby players are quite different to footballers lookswise. Chunkier and with much fatter necks!

papa I am not recommending you for Poet Laureate

Boring? Rugby? All those lovely dirty men?

I am glad when we beat other countries !!
But I think Rugby is the ultimate boring game !!
IMHO

Yes, * Ana *, fired up by a nice win over Australia yesterday, but it won't last...

Nonu

Papaoscar, you do seem to be very much in Mr Angry mode today!

I think it is good of him to make substantial donation, he has no need to.

A fella called Mellor was rude
To a London taxi-driving old dude
Who whipped out his 3G
Took it down for posterity
And left Mellor looking like an arrogant, patronising old snob!

And the moral of this story is........ never get drunk and then get into an arguement with a taxi driver.

A requirement of the CV.

So was Emily Thornberry, must be trait.

Well, he was a barrister.

Apology was grudging and not aimed directly at fhe taxi driver. Weasel words.

Even more of a tricky, arrogant bast*rd than I thought he was!

Apology was very grudging, blaming the drink. I think the phrase 'in vino veritas' may well apply. I wonder if he would have tried to deny it, but for the recording.

Apology or not he is still an utter oik

It was LBC- they clearly told him he had to apologise if he wanted to continue with his overpaidshow with them and especially as he had threatened the cabbie with exposure on that same show

Can't get the video to work, anno, but I assume he did it after his mate had been found guilty of calling a policeman a pleb.
Hope the taxi-drivers are still going to refuse to pick him up.

Here's his grovelling apology to his listeners on Radio 2. He says he will only drink water at future celebrations and will give a 'substantial' donation to the taxi drivers' Christmas fund for under-privileged children. So that's all right then.

When I complained to our MP (an ex GP) about the closure of the local midwife led birthing unit his reply was that no woman in his family would be allowed to give birth except in a hospital with a doctor!!! Arrogant and overbearing - or am I wrong in thinking it's the 21st century?

Maggiemaybe That is so funny!

If you've seen today's news you will know what Andrew Mitchell has to do with this, too.