By Tom Guise
There have been rumblings in the press and on the blogs this week about Daniel "Tallest MP in the House" Kawczynski, the Conservative MP for Shrewsbury and Atcham, after he advertised for a new intern to replace the one he allegedly fired, blaming her for handing over a constituent's letter after police raided his Parliamentary office recently.
One might be tempted to regard 6’8” Kawczynski as a follower in the noble and distinguished line of lofty British funny men, in the vein of a sort of modern Rodney Trotter or political Keith from The Office - he's certainly acted as a foil for some of the most stinging one-liners in this parliament and on the blogs.
I give you Bob Grant, in The Spectator, 26th July 2008:
“Mr Kawczynski's first problem is that he is, by general cross-party agreement, the stupidest MP in the present House of Commons, arguably the stupidest ever. His second problem is that, unlike many stupid people, he doesn't appreciate how stupid he is.”
However, having managed to upset everyone from the Speaker of the House to Melanie Phillips and Simon Hughes, Kawczynski would be dangerous if anyone took him seriously.
Fortunately Kawczynski’s public attacks (unfounded, unsubstantiated or incorrect) on members of the police force and the Post Office have twice brought nothing more than the scorn of the Commons and advice from Michael Martin that he perhaps might like to, ‘give himself a breather’ before disparaging professional people.
For brevity, I have whittled my list of Kawczynski Clangers down to a top five, but please feel free to share any memories you have of the man whose judgement seems to be continuously questioned.
1: Daniel Kawczynski voices accusations that Post Office workers are involved in political corruption.
2: Daniel Kawczynski forced to apologise after making a fool of himself with comments regarding Melanie Phillips.
3: Daniel Kawczynski belittles the struggle of hundreds of thousands of oppressed people throughout history by describing Otis Ferry as a ‘political prisoner.’
4: Daniel Kawczynski accuses the police of underhand tactics after they apparently outwitted him by 'making an appointment with him and asking him a question.'
5: Daniel Kawczynski blames his intern (always someone else’s fault, Daniel?) for making a fool of himself in handing over letters to police, then forces his staff to sign a confidentiality agreement and is now advertising for a new intern.
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And then we have Iraq and Afganistan. Are we really in Afganistan so that girls can go to school. Of course not. So what is the reason.
Why is the number of civillian casualties in Iraq a state secret.
And as for the war on terror. Why are we against the people who want to get rid of the torturing kleptocracy that is Saudi Arabia and have a democratic settlement for palestine/israel based on universal sufferage regardless of race or religion. Oh yes, control and domination of the people who live on the world's oil supplies.
From the invasion of Afganistan onwards labour lost my vote. And judging by the current economic crisis I was right.
And then - how's this for stupidity? - he actually thinks the first past the post electoral system is a good idea. What a moron, eh?
And it was wrong of the Police officer to ask an intern to hand over a confidential letter. So he was right about that too. Nor could he realistically keep an intern on who had allowed themselves to be gulled in that way. No other constituent could trust his office. So he's right again. As for corruption in the post office - I see the big banks no longer trust the nail, using couriers to deliver new credit cards instead. But then, what do the banks know?
It's easy to diss and sneer perceived opponents but this just grows misunderstandings and hate. This is quite useless and anti-social. I'm no big fan of that so I'm not leaping on the get Kawczynski bandwagon.
Change comes from within.
Feeling like a martyr today Nick? The tagline to LabourList is 'Where Labour minded people come together'
not
'where sanctimonious 'true lefties' come and moan at people making fun of tories when they should be discussing serious politics'
No its where Borg-implanted little yes-wonks come to moon at the internet whilst the country goes down the toilet. Oooh, look! Tractor production in the east of the country is up 150%!
You are joking about the Royal Mail and letters, want the latest DVDs get down to the pub where postmen drink after finnishing their walk, trusty postie all ways has a spare new DVD or two to flog.
Living in Shrewsbury I'm thoroughly embarrassed to have this idiot as our MP, the number of gaffes he's made could give George Bush a run for his money.
I feel that anyone living in Shrewsbury, and the wider area, should be on the case to make people aware of how ridiculous this guy really is.
But back to handing letters over to the police: is that something you approve of?. Just wait until PC Plod turns up and takes one from a Labour MP.
The police are too politicised now (especially in London) than they have ever been. Remember when they turned up at 6.30 one Friday morning for Ruth Turner with the press in tow?. It is not to be welcomed.
*sigh*
Born too late...
Nasty personal attacks are rapidly coming to typify this site. It does indeed say something about the Labour Party ... at least, about those who try to personify it.
Those of us who - despite all our best instincts - remain as Party members for reasons of nostalgia even though we know that there's little chance of any Labour, social justice, redistributive or even basically fair values ever surfacing again can only look on and shake our heads.
He only gets away with it because he is Conservative. Could you imagine what Guido and his grime or the CCHQ comics The Mail or The Express would have said if he was the Labour MP for say Walton in Liverpool.
Well yes and seeing as all the links in the article were to the press, this has been covered. Perhaps a good comparison is our allegedly thieving Home Sec., I don't see anything about that here.I wonder why?
This man is obviously a nasty little tory creep and fair game, so lets have him on some of the other blogs. This site is more 'official' and already has Derek's Big Book Of Grudges to get over. This sort of article just seems to be the Labour Party Two Minutes' Hate.
http://www.order-order.com/2009/02/kawcznyski-irony.html
http://www.order-order.com/2009/01/polish-politician-provides-police.html?showComment=1233136500000
http://www.order-order.com/2009/01/polish-politician-provides-police.html
http://www.order-order.com/2009/01/kawczynski-whining.html
http://www.order-order.com/2009/01/has-oxygen-deprivation-brain-damaged.html
Just as Guido did Conway and Spelman. That is why my blog is so successful. It goes after them all.
"I'm as much of a believer in Capitalism as the most earnest of Young Conservatives, but couldn't we put acid in the punch at the YC ball and then really have a party?"
Enough said.
Unless Staines has his moment with his "higher power" I can't see the guy ever climbing out of the world of pain he's in.
Still, he makes me feel happier about being me. (And that's some trick.)
Well God knows we could do with a laugh in the current climate!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2r5d2Ccpo3I
Did you expose the fact that a few of these holiday chums are the bankers your dear leader publically derides but privately goes on holiday with.
I assume you are proud that the BNP point to your site as one of their own ilk?
Why do you hide behind a cartoon, everyone knows who you are.Still hiding in the shadows when going on Newsnight....I know your ugly, but there are uglier people on the TV and they don't hide in the shadows.