tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post1082293371417455036..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: Who Do You Think...Iain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-7690049758420966772009-03-05T21:57:00.000+00:002009-03-05T21:57:00.000+00:00How about looking into Gorbals Mick's illustrious ...How about looking into Gorbals Mick's illustrious roots.<BR/><BR/>Glasgow is always going to interesting.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06810788783886456639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-40234895800399306812009-03-05T18:44:00.000+00:002009-03-05T18:44:00.000+00:00Boris Johnson has an interesting ancestry.Boris Johnson has an interesting ancestry.Andrew Allisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00001512586556659809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-44716254914872241972009-03-05T18:42:00.000+00:002009-03-05T18:42:00.000+00:00Chris Paul said "Still permitting Jonathan Cook to...Chris Paul said <I>"Still permitting Jonathan Cook to use that disgraceful profile picture Iain? Shame on you."</I><BR/><BR/>Taking offence on Dolly's behalf, are you? Surprised he hasn't written a massive article on LabourList calling him as a racist yet.The Grim Reaperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05543130733645367498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-13154167278224971772009-03-05T16:49:00.000+00:002009-03-05T16:49:00.000+00:00Jack Straw his brother is an interesting character...Jack Straw his brother is an interesting character to investigate!Administratorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15201045837141810889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-65695031206560926912009-03-05T13:43:00.000+00:002009-03-05T13:43:00.000+00:00Still permitting Jonathan Cook to use that disgrac...Still permitting Jonathan Cook to use that disgraceful profile picture Iain. Shame on you. How about John Leech MP - an appalling man willing to stop at nothing to get elected, including giving hoax leaflets to cancer patients? His dad's a Minister of the Church. How can this be?Chris Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15679067503215414300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-50723461109633765542009-03-05T13:35:00.000+00:002009-03-05T13:35:00.000+00:00Mad Paul "windbag" Flynn, I bet there is a Tory to...Mad Paul "windbag" Flynn, I bet there is a Tory toff in his history....Fidothedoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13588552210424845667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-41928599692706609642009-03-05T13:00:00.000+00:002009-03-05T13:00:00.000+00:00I'd like to know which demonic, despotic family pr...I'd like to know which demonic, despotic family produced the bloodline that led to Gordon BrownSixxstring90https://www.blogger.com/profile/05933864523348635275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-17441632717416975362009-03-05T12:45:00.000+00:002009-03-05T12:45:00.000+00:00Oh goodie.How far back do the David Cameron toffs ...Oh goodie.<BR/><BR/>How far back do the David Cameron toffs run? Is he a <B>thoroughbred toff</B> or just a <B>nouveau toff</B>?<BR/><BR/>And how much of an <B>oik</B> is George Osborne? Is he really the <B>oik</B> that his contemporaries clearly believed him to be? How far back is his <B><I>oik-ness</I></B>?Simon Gardnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17189501697856123305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-76294337302313019372009-03-05T12:41:00.001+00:002009-03-05T12:41:00.001+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Simon Gardnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17189501697856123305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-36282208217600758012009-03-05T12:41:00.000+00:002009-03-05T12:41:00.000+00:00Obvious choice is Nick Palmer MP!Maybe not well kn...Obvious choice is Nick Palmer MP!<BR/><BR/>Maybe not well known but his family background crosses to Tories, the Peerage and even Russians plus an interesting Royal close incounter! Their is even communism in there! Plus the perchant for hairy furballs of the meowing variety!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-60038441211204256982009-03-05T12:15:00.000+00:002009-03-05T12:15:00.000+00:00Ken Livingstone!Prove he isn't a descendant of a c...Ken Livingstone!<BR/><BR/>Prove he isn't a descendant of a commie.Bennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12060185317575781641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-46617516701474910802009-03-05T11:01:00.000+00:002009-03-05T11:01:00.000+00:00Harriet Harman - it's the only choice.Opening scen...Harriet Harman - it's the only choice.<BR/><BR/>Opening scene of modern selective school cut to black and white still of St Paul's School circa 1976, <BR/>and thence to framed portrait of Uncle in some grand hall - below which, on a display cabinet, is a set of silver spoons engraved with the names of those Harman babies from whose mouths they were retrieved...<BR/><BR/>Cut to:<BR/><BR/>Toynbee.P: I first met Harriet down the Maltby Number 3 main seam. She was a face-worker and I was an apprentice shot firer...hard days they were, with nowt but a sun-dried tomato foccaccia and a glass of chilled Sancerre to see yer through 'til teatime...Stepneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10515448384288265355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-57440819617833611452009-03-05T10:59:00.000+00:002009-03-05T10:59:00.000+00:00Dougie Hurd comes from stock but what of the other...Dougie Hurd comes from stock but what of the other half????Dick the Prickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02683095612320513712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-44792445209938162922009-03-05T10:55:00.000+00:002009-03-05T10:55:00.000+00:00Just go to the web site listings for Newgate Gaol ...Just go to the web site listings for Newgate Gaol and tap in a few names and away you go, over the hills and far away.Demetriushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17198549581667363991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-47392331468291889262009-03-05T10:49:00.000+00:002009-03-05T10:49:00.000+00:00This completely ruined Who Do You Think You Are? ...<A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c65QRaR16io" REL="nofollow">This </A> completely ruined Who Do You Think You Are? for me.<BR/><BR/>I hope whichever politician you choose has the same experience.Dave Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02330412326038302877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-22878372877262987402009-03-05T10:43:00.000+00:002009-03-05T10:43:00.000+00:00Alistair Darling may be quite good. It would halt...Alistair Darling may be quite good. It would halt the rumour that he's a Scot for one thing because it would be discovered he was born and lived in London for some years.subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-74413184813568134922009-03-05T10:35:00.000+00:002009-03-05T10:35:00.000+00:00Obviously, Gordon Brown. Let us see where he truly...Obviously, Gordon Brown. Let us see where he truly came from!<BR/>We may find, like the blessed Margaret, some blacksheep in his family!<BR/><BR/>Then, of course, another one of interest is David Boothroyd. I think he is related to Erskine and May?strapworldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18228784526399929300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-46436485899534598102009-03-05T10:32:00.000+00:002009-03-05T10:32:00.000+00:00Maybe you could ask John Major to help. he had som...Maybe you could ask John Major to help. he had some interesting views on his front bench team's parentage.<BR/><BR/>By the way it's not too late to vote<BR/><A HREF="http://barneteye.blogspot.com/2009/03/2009-barnet-eye-no1-hypocrite-award.html" REL="nofollow"> Vote for the No 1 Hypocrite here</A>Rog Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08139705078907584931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-70651121106762362522009-03-05T10:26:00.000+00:002009-03-05T10:26:00.000+00:00Oh yes, and Cherie Booth is related to John Wilkes...Oh yes, and Cherie Booth is related to John Wilkes Booth, assassin of Lincoln.David Boothroydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01161970886471901426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-85386913926556615662009-03-05T10:24:00.000+00:002009-03-05T10:24:00.000+00:00Alan Duncan could be interesting, I suspect.Alan Duncan could be interesting, I suspect.Nicholas J. Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17682213706024663955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-64843633019985429642009-03-05T10:23:00.000+00:002009-03-05T10:23:00.000+00:00Obvious choice is Henry Bellingham (North West Nor...Obvious choice is Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk), said to be a descendant of John Bellingham who assassinated Spencer Perceval in 1812.<BR/><BR/>I think I remember a story from the late 1980s where one of Margaret Thatcher's ancestors was discovered to have been hanged for murder.David Boothroydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01161970886471901426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-89698999340727498732009-03-05T10:22:00.000+00:002009-03-05T10:22:00.000+00:00I know this isn't exactly what you are looking for...I know this isn't exactly what you are looking for, but I'd be interested in a retrospective of Alan Clark and ancestors.........Trend Shedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04817609330878848716noreply@blogger.com