Why On Earth Do Politicians - Including, Sadly, the Tories This Week - Fawn Over This Smug, Hypocritical, Whining, Tax-Dodging Irish Mountebank?
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TO ENCOUNTER Bono at one party conference might be construed a misfortune. To be subjected to a Save The Third World sermon by this runty rock squillionaire at both Labour and Conservative party conferences was enough to make a reasonable man come over all Pete Townsendish and want to snap Bono's guitar in two.
What is it about this whiny little Dubliner that makes one's gorge rise? What is it that makes him feel he can lecture the rest of us about how to spend our tax money, while he himself leads a life of near-unimaginable wealth? Has he ever been elected? No. Is he particularly eloquent? Nope. He just happens to be exceedingly rich. And famous. And convinced that he is a figure who can transcend politics and somehow shame us into accepting higher taxes. Because pop singer Bono said so.See the full content of this document
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Why On Earth Do Politicians - Including, Sadly, the Tories This Week - Fawn Over This Smug, Hypocritical, Whining, Tax-Dodging Irish Mountebank?
Surely one of the greatest of life's impenetrable mysteries is just why politicians of all hues and on both sides of the globe bow to this little Irishman.
From George W. Bush and Obama to Nelson Mandela and the UN's chief Ban Kimoon, they all swoon at St Bono.Last week he spoke to the Labour party conference, appearing in a film clip to say what a great bloke Gordon Brown was. Only a few weeks ago he awarded our bu...See the full content of this document
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