Inselaffen

not the usual image of a Bulimic. Bet it was all at the taxpayers' expense too!

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/200804...t-fa6b408.html

Chris79

Thats a healthy looking bulimic! Not a thing to joke about but, how the hell can he be bulimic. He must have another medical condition as well that makes him fat then.

Madam Medusa

i was reading about this earlier...sounds bizarre, the guy is huge, he must have been eating shedloads to puke it up and still put on all that weight...

MM, xx

Coxy the Bear

What a complete load of ollocks! I don't believe a word of this. I'm actually quite sickened, no pun intended, that this tosser is seeking public sympathy and publicity like this. He should be ****** shot in his Jag at a McDonalds drive in as far as I'm concerned.
Rant over......stilll can't believe him!

Chris79

I'm with you on this one bud,
Another sick publicity stunt I dare say. Fat tw at.

Inselaffen

looks like sympathy from all!

Ozzidoc

I think that it was very brave of him to admit to his problem.

I hope that none of the people who made the comments above are ever in the unfortunate position of having a relative in the same position.

As for the 'how can he be bulimic, he's so fat' attitude. The typical patient with bulimia is overweight or close to overweight......purging isn't that great a weight-loss tool.

Slingshot

sadly it just shows the ignorance on the subject matter

Inselaffen

Most people would receive a sympathetic response to going public in such a way.

John Prescott is one person who in general won't receive much sympathy!
Could his revalations possibly be linked to this story from a couple of weeks ago??

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/...311768,00.html

Coxy the Bear

Actually yes I have, an ex girlfirend of mine. It took her a long time to admit it to me. That's why I've got a problem with him coming out with this crap now. He's been lying to the british public for years, what makes us think this is true?

Ozzidoc

Well, I actually don't think that £75 a week on food and groceries is an outrageous amount of money, especially for someone who is in the Cabinet and entertaining people.

Madam Medusa

that's his personal claim...he wouldn't pick up the bill for entertaining people...

MM, xx

Inselaffen

his entertaining would have been billed to his ministry. This was personal food and groceries and he got paid a damn good ministerial salary to pay for that!

Ozzidoc

Not all entertaining costs would go directly through his ministry. I disagree that the salary is very good. It isn't considering the hours, stress etc associated with it. Yes, it's good if the alternative is an accountancy or similar office-based job. And it's fabulous if the alternative was as a ship-yard labourer or similar.

Madam Medusa

he would absolutely not pay for any entertaining out of the expenses listed here...and as a cabinet minister, who basically had responsibility for sod all cos he couldn't be trusted, his salary was bloody good...

MM, xx