Possible Clues:

• Cobblers' coarse laugh a wife ignored
• Short with no end of water? Nonsense!
• Sassy talk
• 'You can't run them on patriotic songs . . . and —, and bugaboo' (G B Shaw, The Apple Cart)
• Worthless for Government to get in touch with union leader at party
• Nonsense from some backward well-off fugitives
• Worthless talk/ideas