tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post114655699756428755..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: The Little Red Book of New Labour SleazeIain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1146647578834658422006-05-03T10:12:00.000+01:002006-05-03T10:12:00.000+01:00An anonymous contributor claims "these poor sods a...An anonymous contributor claims "these poor sods are only apprentices in the court of Tory sleaze". What planet is this person living on, and why anonymous?<BR/>Is it the same anonymous that overlooks the fact that Labour does not have a mandate from the people of ENGLAND?<BR/><BR/>Another anonymous (? the same) claims that this lot are better than the Tories. God help us all.<BR/><BR/>John Reids dealer claims that the Tories are just as culpable for the Iraq war, presumably because they supported the government. So did millions of us, including myself, and I absolutely Hate and despise Tony Blair, but I supported him then because I could not believe that a Prime Minister would take us to war on a lie. The difference is that we can see it now, and are very very angry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1146622628872898482006-05-03T03:17:00.000+01:002006-05-03T03:17:00.000+01:00You missed the scandal of Nu Labour racially attac...You missed the scandal of Nu Labour racially attacking Mr Cameron about his colour ... well colours! Chameleon! That's racist isn't it! ;o)Tommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08174645670302583782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1146591817177280822006-05-02T18:43:00.000+01:002006-05-02T18:43:00.000+01:00Do the bloggers get any royalties? Or do you and G...Do the bloggers get any royalties? Or do you and Guido get all those?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1146566929821476772006-05-02T11:48:00.000+01:002006-05-02T11:48:00.000+01:00I found this list a useful aide-memoire during pre...I found this list a useful aide-memoire during previous general elections. It includes incompetence and mismanagement as well as sleaze but one or two cases might get some grey cells going:<BR/><BR/>Council tax skyrockets; NHS waiting lists to get on waiting lists; Peter Mandelson; Endless stealth taxes; TA slashed; VAT on spectacles; End to Assisted Places Scheme; Pandering to terrorists; Chaos on the railways; Massive tax on pensions; NHS winter crises; Over 100 EU vetoes surrendered; The Dome; Royal Navy kept in port due to lack of fuel; Abolishment of Married Couples’ Allowance; Depleted Uranium; Fishermen dumped; Pinochet fiasco; Butcher of Sierra Leone made Minister for Diamond Mines; Broken election pledge card; Lord Chancellor’s wallpaper; 200+ peerages for Tony’s Cronies; Hunting ban; Robin Cook replaces secretary with mistress; Bernie Ecclestone; Keith Vaz and passports; Millions spent to ditch the £; Fuel escalator; Farmers’ livelihoods wrecked; Twelve billion annual cost of business red tape; Crime hike; Sandline; Arms to Eritrea; Badger watching; Blair not bothering to attend Commons; Scottish student fees; CND ministers; Political Correctness; Cherie Blair; Zimbabwe; A Scottish Cabinet; Kosovo and the KLA; Illegal immigration; Ken Livingstone; Bureaucracy for teachers; Peoples’ Peers (originally an April’s Fool joke); Stone of Scone; Cook’s EU pizza logo incident; Treaty of Amsterdam interpretation gaffe; Gibraltar; Open support for foreign pro-EU polls; Denis Macshane links Euroscepticism and Xenophobia; German, Spanish coal subsidies endorsed, not British; Green belt housing; Eurofighter cannon swapped for lump of concrete; Slowdown in youth job creation coincides with New Deal; Corrupt Labour councils; French blockades tolerated; Alistair Campbell; Hairstylists for Cabinet wives; Blair usurping Queen’s role; Government Press releases re-spend same money; Beard bans; Prescott’s scuba holiday; Special advisers; Freebie flights and heli rides; Relaunch of old policies as new ones; September 11 “good day” to bury bad press release; Witholding Tax and City of London; Artists Resale Tax threatens UK auction houses; Open Government muddle; More pensions means testing; Select Committees leak to ministers and press; Labour MEPs vote for EU superstate; Passport queues; Geoffrey Robinson; Support for corrupt EU Commissioners; Gordon Brown thrown out of Euro meeting; Air traffic control sell off; Austrian elections sanctions farce; Tibet protest crushed by police; Civil service politicised, but ignores working time regs; 15 peacekeepers withdrawn for “cost” reasons; Robin Cook Kashmir comments; Increase in school class sizes; Tony’s fake accent; Blind eye in Burma; Hospital superbugs; Bloody Sunday enquiry; EU propaganda in schools; David Blunkett; Blair-Brown strops; Smoking bans; British regiments scrapped; 111 new quangos; School exams standards; East Lothian Question; House arrests; Arms to China; Weapons of Mass Destruction; Cool Britannia parties …Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1146563937733430252006-05-02T10:58:00.000+01:002006-05-02T10:58:00.000+01:00The title needs changing:"The BIG book of New Labo...The title needs changing:<BR/><BR/>"The BIG book of New Labour Sleaze!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1146563586498838112006-05-02T10:53:00.000+01:002006-05-02T10:53:00.000+01:00http://www.laboursleaze.comhttp://www.laboursleaze.comKen Frosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13568488818950912374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1146561178075925452006-05-02T10:12:00.000+01:002006-05-02T10:12:00.000+01:00Also check out the similarly named, yet seperate L...Also check out the similarly named, yet seperate <A HREF="http://labour-watch.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow" TITLE="labour-watch.blogspot.com">LABOUR-WATCH</A>, and also <A HREF="http://kenfrost.0catch.com/nulabour/story/categorylist.php" REL="nofollow" TITLE="The BLiar Party">The BLiar Party</A>.<BR/><BR/>The sleaze is all nicely categorised, so take your pick.<BR/><BR/>No trouble reaching a hundred entries methinks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1146559857628021192006-05-02T09:50:00.000+01:002006-05-02T09:50:00.000+01:00There is quite an extensive list of media links fo...There is quite an extensive list of media links for NuLab sleaze stories at this website: http://labour-watch.com/sleaze.htmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1146558729372434232006-05-02T09:32:00.000+01:002006-05-02T09:32:00.000+01:00No, you don't have to have your own blog. Blog rea...No, you don't have to have your own blog. Blog readers are bloggers to. Sort of!Iain Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1146558589594022332006-05-02T09:29:00.000+01:002006-05-02T09:29:00.000+01:00Do you have to be running a blog to contribute, or...Do you have to be running a blog to contribute, or are readers and commentators welcome to pitch in?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1146558035867769432006-05-02T09:20:00.000+01:002006-05-02T09:20:00.000+01:00Published in 3-4 weeks? The way things are going,...Published in 3-4 weeks? The way things are going, you might need to do Volume Two by then.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1146557723481829372006-05-02T09:15:00.000+01:002006-05-02T09:15:00.000+01:00This is just volume one, right?This is just volume one, right?quarsanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00549348822438488876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1146557549943192152006-05-02T09:12:00.000+01:002006-05-02T09:12:00.000+01:00Corrected. Thanks for pointing it out.Corrected. Thanks for pointing it out.Iain Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1146557303665583412006-05-02T09:08:00.000+01:002006-05-02T09:08:00.000+01:00Your final link gopes to a blog. I'll pre-order - ...Your final link gopes to a blog. I'll pre-order - give me a link that works!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com