tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post116593048883530385..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: Bob Piper Quits: A Sad Day for BloggingIain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1166044070940370982006-12-13T21:07:00.000+00:002006-12-13T21:07:00.000+00:00Let me expand on that thought...Take towcestarian ...Let me expand on that thought...<BR/><BR/>Take towcestarian for example. He seems to have the impression, following numerous visits to your blog and Guido's, that political blogs should primarily be about entertainment.<BR/><BR/>I'm curious; if ever get elected as an MP, will you devote your time to entertaining people? If so, then you can cut out the middle man and start out at a C-list celebrity right now. You are semi-famous, after all.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13292436411579226284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1166043105116734082006-12-13T20:51:00.000+00:002006-12-13T20:51:00.000+00:001. More transparent than you. Coward.2. Pre-coffee...1. More transparent than you. Coward.<BR/><BR/>2. Pre-coffee typos? That's all you've got now? Pathetic.<BR/><BR/>Iain, you really have to do something about these people. If you lift your game you may attract a better class of hanger-on.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13292436411579226284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1166037967029945062006-12-13T19:26:00.000+00:002006-12-13T19:26:00.000+00:00Tim said..."He dishes out but cannot take"... says...Tim said...<BR/>"He dishes out but cannot take"... says the anonymous coward.<BR/>3:20 PM<BR/><BR/>You are so transparent, Tim?<BR/><BR/>Tim said...<BR/>griswold:<BR/>You days are numbered.<BR/>7:39 AM<BR/><BR/>Should that be "You days is numbered"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1166026918524208132006-12-13T16:21:00.000+00:002006-12-13T16:21:00.000+00:00griswold said: "I am not a secret activist and hav...griswold said: <I>"I am not a secret activist and have no hidden agenda"</I><BR/><BR/>I'm sure you'd love to leave it there, but how do we know that? Even if you do operate anonymously, where is your archive (i.e. your pedigree) that lets us know how much we should trust you when you say something like that?<BR/><BR/>Oh, and doesn't it strike you as odd that a political activist who does declare their identity should be vulnerable to those who do not?<BR/><BR/>PS - The Tories aren't the only party to play this game, only the latest. Mainly because they're the latecomers. And they're playing very old-fashioned games with new technology.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13292436411579226284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1166026494416842962006-12-13T16:14:00.000+00:002006-12-13T16:14:00.000+00:00Tim I do not believe it false dichotomy for me to ...Tim<BR/> I do not believe it false dichotomy for me to take the position that because I do not choose to publish my name and address that my comment is less true than otherwise. You are using slogans.<BR/>My opinion and comments on Piper are there for you to read. There is no hidden slur. If you disapprove my mentioning his deceiptful blogging activities then you have double standards. I am not a secret activist and have no hidden agenda. I make this explanation rather than using an expletive because I think you have principled stand on many issues. <BR/>Lets leave it here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1166024283945038852006-12-13T15:38:00.000+00:002006-12-13T15:38:00.000+00:00griswold: People have a right to know where inform...griswold: People have a right to know where information is coming from. That is all. You are one who mentioned ID cards, not me. Does every debate you join have to be reduced to a false dichotomy for you to get anywhere? FFS, you'll be on about the Nazis next.<BR/><BR/>towcestarian: I think you'll find plenty on Labour Cash for Peerages at Bloggerheads. And I'll be publishing the Labour Party's campaign return in full soon. Oh, and torture can be very entertaining... just ask Leo Blair.<BR/><BR/>Anonymous: It took you all afternoon to come up with *that*? No wonder you're too embarrassed to show your face. Anonymongrel.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13292436411579226284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1166021567900688542006-12-13T14:52:00.000+00:002006-12-13T14:52:00.000+00:00Tim said... "f**k off home. ...That goes for .. ev...<B>Tim said... </B><BR/><BR/>"f**k off home. <BR/>...<BR/><BR/>That goes for .. every other anonymongrel"<BR/><BR/>Such a tough timmy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1166018280468744412006-12-13T13:58:00.000+00:002006-12-13T13:58:00.000+00:00timNews for you - torture IS boring; not unimporta...tim<BR/>News for you - torture IS boring; not unimportant, just VERY, VERY boring.<BR/><BR/>Labour blogs like yours and RecessMonkey's are always so tediously on-message that they are a complete turn-off to the rest of us. By all means expose DC and his PR obsessed chums, but why nothing about Labour Cash for Peerages and, for a bit of light relief, what-Prescott-did-next posts?towcestarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15092802492560172339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1166017916346569612006-12-13T13:51:00.000+00:002006-12-13T13:51:00.000+00:00TimAll of our days are numbered. Yours no less tha...Tim<BR/><BR/>All of our days are numbered. Yours no less than mine. It seems you object to the message so you want to shoot the messenger. I have opinions not agendas. Would you restrict blogging to those with ID cards?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1166009623877310192006-12-13T11:33:00.000+00:002006-12-13T11:33:00.000+00:00PragueTory: I may as well keep my mouth shut and l...PragueTory: I may as well keep my mouth shut and let you get on with it then, right? Nice angle, mate. Like it.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13292436411579226284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1166008892755172582006-12-13T11:21:00.000+00:002006-12-13T11:21:00.000+00:00Tim - are you really working for the Tories? Becau...Tim - are you really working for the Tories? Because I can't imagine anything more motivating for us than the vitriol you spew.Praguetoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16520923731691837948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1166005990210195012006-12-13T10:33:00.000+00:002006-12-13T10:33:00.000+00:00newmania: Maybe have the courtesy to login each ti...newmania: Maybe have the courtesy to login each time you comment. Just an idea.<BR/><BR/>towcestarian: So torture is boring? Catching Tory activists posting anonymous paedo-smears is boring? You'll want to write some of your own material and stop nicking Iain's and Guido's, laddie.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13292436411579226284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1166005234132045092006-12-13T10:20:00.000+00:002006-12-13T10:20:00.000+00:00TimJust looked at your bloggerheads page and it ha...Tim<BR/>Just looked at your bloggerheads page and it hasn't changed my opinion on most leftie blogs. I won't be going back - dull, dull, dull. At least Unity and Bob Piper were interesting before proving my point.towcestarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15092802492560172339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1166004183873176872006-12-13T10:03:00.000+00:002006-12-13T10:03:00.000+00:00Tim people like you who pop in to make little virt...Tim people like you who pop in to make little virtual friends and enemies are really looking for a chat room . I gather there are many .<BR/><BR/>Anyway I can be found through the blue window but you are not invited round for teaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1166002527518399402006-12-13T09:35:00.000+00:002006-12-13T09:35:00.000+00:00Paul: Can't you smell the musky tang of wishful th...Paul: Can't you smell the musky tang of wishful thinking?Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13292436411579226284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1166001414068539612006-12-13T09:16:00.000+00:002006-12-13T09:16:00.000+00:00I've just read Bob's post in full and it seems to ...I've just read Bob's post in full and it seems to me he has absolutely no intention of quitting at all. I think he's simply taking the opportunity for an extended Christmas break, and good on him!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1165995585832773662006-12-13T07:39:00.000+00:002006-12-13T07:39:00.000+00:00griswold:Take your false dichotomy and f**k off ho...griswold:<BR/><BR/>Take your false dichotomy and f**k off home. Readers deserve to know where their information is coming from and what agenda (if any) is behind it.<BR/><BR/>That goes for newmania and every other anonymongrel sniffing around Iain of Guido's butt. You days are numbered.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13292436411579226284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1165964620630444292006-12-12T23:03:00.000+00:002006-12-12T23:03:00.000+00:00I have heard some exceedingly unpleasant rumours a...I have heard some exceedingly unpleasant rumours about Bob Piper who strikes me as having lost the requisite marble to write anyhing anyway.<BR/><BR/>Labour Blogs are useless they are so dull, the only decent ones are always escaping to swim in the delightful blue water of ConservatismAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1165962868648331672006-12-12T22:41:00.000+00:002006-12-12T22:41:00.000+00:00anonimity in blogging, for most of us, is the only...anonimity in blogging, for most of us, is the only way to go. <BR/><BR/>Given the party political shopping of councillors to the Standards Board for "being offensive", I think councillors who do blog really are playing with a loaded gun.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1165962546861036542006-12-12T22:35:00.000+00:002006-12-12T22:35:00.000+00:00anonimity in blogging, for most of us, is the only...anonimity in blogging, for most of us, is the only way to go. <BR/><BR/>Given the party political shopping of councillors to the Standards Board for "being offensive", I think councillors who do blog really are playing with a loaded gun.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1165951149494883192006-12-12T19:19:00.000+00:002006-12-12T19:19:00.000+00:00Actually it makes hypocrites of you all. Almost ev...Actually it makes hypocrites of you all. Almost every blogger writes about how they cut through the "spin" and the "filtered" view of the mainstream media, but the moment someone elected goes a little bit off-message, they get jumped on. I think most of us have noticed Iain becoming a lot more "on message" and pro-Cameron since his inclusion on the A-list and the same will go for anyone. When it's something as basically harmless as the blacked-up Cameron wheeze, it makes me sad to see supposedly free-speech loving, no-nonsense, anti-PC bloggers suddenly put on their "shocked" faces and say how appalled they are at such a terrible racist piece etc etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1165949665250492572006-12-12T18:54:00.000+00:002006-12-12T18:54:00.000+00:00Dear IainI hope that the highly-appreciated Senor ...Dear Iain<BR/><BR/>I hope that the highly-appreciated Senor Piper will reconsider and continue his blogging<BR/><BR/>We may not always agree with him ... but we are always well-entertained .. and we are always better informed<BR/><BR/>Your obedient servant etc<BR/><BR/>G EagleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1165947394135898322006-12-12T18:16:00.000+00:002006-12-12T18:16:00.000+00:00Is this a case of he who pays the Piper calls the ...Is this a case of he who pays the Piper calls the tune?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1165947071310749302006-12-12T18:11:00.000+00:002006-12-12T18:11:00.000+00:00Tim, Anon Coward here(Griswold).If I add my name a...Tim, Anon Coward here(Griswold).<BR/><BR/>If I add my name and address and telephone number to my post, does this make it more or less true?<BR/><BR/>Iain knows who I am, so does Guido. I do not have my own blog and I have no grand mission or wrongs to right. Lighten up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1165947047496405082006-12-12T18:10:00.000+00:002006-12-12T18:10:00.000+00:00He and Unity took a fair beating on Guido's hilari...He and Unity took a fair beating on Guido's hilarious thread yesterday.<BR/>I'm sure he'll be back, but I couldn't give a monkey's.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com