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 Fri 19 Nov 10 17:11 
 Eric Joyce MP Banned - Drunk Driver - Falkirk Bairn
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-11798863

Caught 11:15pm last night.
Refused Breath Test
Kept in overnight @ local nick
Court today £400 fine, banned 12 months

Now more of that type of rapid justice for all offences might lead to a better UK.

What do you think?
Last edited by: Falkirk Bairn on Fri 19 Nov 10 at 17:12
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 Fri 19 Nov 10 17:14 
 Eric Joyce MP Banned - Drunk Driver - RattleandSmoke
I would have liked to see him banned for more than a year. Refusing a breath test should also carry a penalty for obstructing the police.
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 Fri 19 Nov 10 17:14 
 Eric Joyce MP Banned - Drunk Driver - R.P.
Good.
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 Fri 19 Nov 10 17:15 
 Eric Joyce MP Banned - Drunk Driver - Iffy
...caught lasrt night...court today...

When he sobers up, he'll probably want to plead not guilty.

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 Fri 19 Nov 10 17:25 
 Eric Joyce MP Banned - Drunk Driver - madf
For a man who held the record for expenses claims.. over £1 million - a £400 fine is chicken feed..

Maybe he'll claim it on expenses?


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 Fri 19 Nov 10 17:26 
 Eric Joyce MP Banned - Drunk Driver - Bromptonaut
Strictly speaking there's no proof he was drunk. The conviction is for refusing the test.

Moddies my wish to amned the subject line accordingly.


Is he likley to be better, worse, or just differently off as a refuser rather than excess alcohol convict one he's behind the wheel again.
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 Fri 19 Nov 10 17:30 
 Eric Joyce MP Banned - Drunk Driver - R.P.
Reading between the lines seems he was very tired and emotional....
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 Fri 19 Nov 10 17:31 
 Eric Joyce MP Banned - Drunk Driver - BiggerBadderDave
Nervous exhaustion.

Tour cancelled.
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 Fri 19 Nov 10 17:44 
 Eric Joyce MP Banned - Drunk Driver - Perky Penguin
As overtired as a newt, as they used to say about George Brown
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 Fri 19 Nov 10 18:24 
 Eric Joyce MP Banned - Drunk Driver - madf
>> As overtired as a newt, as they used to say about George Brown
>>

And who was George Brown? A relation of Gordon's?
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 Fri 19 Nov 10 18:28 
 Eric Joyce MP Banned - Drunk Driver - Iffy
...And who was George Brown? A relation of Gordon's?...

Don't think so, but he was certainly a drunk:


en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Brown,_Baron_George-Brown
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 Fri 19 Nov 10 18:34 
 Eric Joyce MP Banned - Drunk Driver - Perky Penguin
Not a relative but a known associate of Gordon's Gin
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 Fri 19 Nov 10 18:52 
 Eric Joyce MP Banned - Drunk Driver - madf
I actually saw GB's TV interview when he was tired and emotional.. It was Private Eye I think who coined the phrase or at least brought it into prominence at that time.

I doubt he drank Gordon's : their output would have been insufficient :-)

Morrisons sell 1.5 litres of gin (37% proof) for about £13 iirc.. That was his drinking style!
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 Fri 19 Nov 10 19:51 
 Eric Joyce MP Banned - Drunk Driver - Robin O'Reliant
>> I actually saw GB's TV interview when he was tired and emotional.. It was
>> Private Eye I think who coined the phrase or at least brought it into prominence
>> at that time.
>>
"Tired and emotional" was the excuse George himself used (or perhaps his solicitor on his behalf) to explain why his speech was slurred and he could hardly stand. The Eye then used the phrase to describe anyone who was one over the eight, often to avoid libel problems.

"Ugandan discussions" was similarly borrowed by the magazine to allude to illicit romping among the great and good, though I don't remember who originally used it as to explain why they spent the night in the flat of a member of the opposite sex.
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 Fri 19 Nov 10 20:11 
 Eric Joyce MP Banned - Drunk Driver - Perky Penguin
"Ugandan discussions", or a variation thereof, is often used as a euphemism for illicit sex, usually while carrying out a supposedly official duty. The term originally refers to an incident at a party hosted by journalist Neal Ascherson and his first wife, at which fellow journalist Mary Kenny had a "meaningful confrontation" with a former cabinet minister in the government of Milton Obote, later claiming that they were "upstairs discussing Uganda"
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 Fri 19 Nov 10 20:05 
 Eric Joyce MP Banned - Drunk Driver - Falkirk Bairn
Ex PM Gordon Brown is MP for Fife - Home of Gordon's London Gin - Cameronbridge Distillery + Leven Bottling plant - they make Grain whisky, Gin & Vodka.

What is the difference between Gin/Whisky/Vodka made there?- nothing it is grain spirit- its the additives that give it the flavours we all recognise and in the case of whisky maturing in sherry casks.
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 Fri 19 Nov 10 20:10 
 Eric Joyce MP Banned - Drunk Driver - L'escargot
A £400 fine will be peanuts to him.
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 Sat 20 Nov 10 10:17 
 Eric Joyce MP Banned - Drunk Driver - Robbie34
He'll probably claim it on his MP's expenses.
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