tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post13889470786740433..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: Possibly the Worst Ministerial Interview Ever...Iain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-14032329678519468412009-03-20T11:51:00.000+00:002009-03-20T11:51:00.000+00:00i too heard the interview and was forced to wonder...i too heard the interview and was forced to wonder if perhaps Sion Simon is part of a 'social incluesion programme'in which case sympathy rather than condemnation might be more appropriate.davidchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15928205954476712575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-67926797605262783472009-03-20T11:47:00.000+00:002009-03-20T11:47:00.000+00:00>> yarnesfromhorsham and anyone else who wan...>> yarnesfromhorsham and anyone else who wants to email dear Sion - try<BR/>simons@parliament.uk<BR/>I've done so congratulating and asking him to keep up all the good work towards getting all these charlatans outseebaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14002326418829458395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-80414817434658530482009-03-20T10:51:00.000+00:002009-03-20T10:51:00.000+00:00Amazingly, though he comes over as immensely thick...Amazingly, though he comes over as immensely thick he was educated at Magdalene College, Oxford....perhaps if he is going blind then he has trouble briefing himself properly, but then in that case he really shouldn't be a minister.<BR/><BR/>Any sympathy I had for him however was completely overshadowed by his awful columns in the Daily Telegraph right at the start of the New Labour era. For anyone who remembers them they showed what was coming in all its arrogance, cynicism and utter contempt for the electorate.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13997546418164172397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-27496513119728423162009-03-20T09:52:00.000+00:002009-03-20T09:52:00.000+00:00Sion Simon was clearly operating at his real level...Sion Simon was clearly operating at his real level when he made that infamous video in his baseball cap, uttering barely coherent slang. <BR/><BR/>When Labour came to power we gave up all pretence of a government containing the best and brightest.<BR/><BR/><B>Sunny</B> in comment above: Can you not discern between criticism of BBC editorial policy in general and a blog posting about an interviewer being stunned into disbelief by the utter incompetence of a government minister, who was incapable of articulating his thoughts in English?Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05936858144046032905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-78001848275625960652009-03-20T09:50:00.001+00:002009-03-20T09:50:00.001+00:00I blame DIUS for hanging out to dry a junior minis...I blame DIUS for hanging out to dry a junior minister who clearly has next to no media experience.<BR/><BR/>We need to be a bit careful not to confuse competence of a Minister with their ability to pulll off an interview, this wasn't a paper review or a chit chat about politics.Nick Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05896501935518187459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-65910999939725423222009-03-20T09:50:00.000+00:002009-03-20T09:50:00.000+00:00Strange that its not possible to contact this idio...Strange that its not possible to contact this idiot via his e-mail address provided on his blog. Only wanted to say "Resign you Prat" So much for an open societyyarnesfromhorshamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18112140071835310267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-89005733573946004402009-03-20T08:53:00.000+00:002009-03-20T08:53:00.000+00:00Education! Education! Education!And what do we get...Education! Education! Education!<BR/><BR/>And what do we get? Lammy and Simon. Good grief. But I suppose it's true that they could both do with some.Windsor Tripehoundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16923036087016324862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-65585160112996207842009-03-20T08:28:00.000+00:002009-03-20T08:28:00.000+00:00I only caught the tail end of this interview but t...I only caught the tail end of this interview but the sound of a man floundering helplessly is pretty unmistakeable. <BR/><BR/>It's impossible to believe that a man of this calibre could make it to ministerial level. <BR/><BR/>Perhaps its a reflection of Gordon's insecure nature that he surrounds himself with lightweights incapable of mounting a credible challenge to him.Dave Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02330412326038302877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-66222072861863328432009-03-20T07:30:00.000+00:002009-03-20T07:30:00.000+00:00...and yet around 30% of the populace thinks this ......and yet around 30% of the populace thinks this not only acceptable but also the way forward for the next five years from 2010. Agree with your analysis - they know the game is up and its just a matter of marking time and racking up pension entitlements and expenses. How very sad, and what a lost opportunity for the country.Tuscan Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196343713837375340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-86244292747589126932009-03-20T02:55:00.000+00:002009-03-20T02:55:00.000+00:00Iain, I can't wait to read your review of Jody Mar...Iain, I can't wait to read your review of Jody Marsh on This Week...Nick R Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07897212689201185554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-37433022360157442662009-03-20T01:25:00.000+00:002009-03-20T01:25:00.000+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Brummie Toryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11194394442971775434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-73434446069315570882009-03-20T01:09:00.000+00:002009-03-20T01:09:00.000+00:00Sion Simon was ever thus. Curious his website biog...Sion Simon was ever thus. Curious his website biography makes no mention of his less than distinguished role in the 90s as campaign manager at the European Movement. He always gabbled complete nonsense then. And now ... plus ca change...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-33329315798889106502009-03-20T00:22:00.000+00:002009-03-20T00:22:00.000+00:00Well....(bollocks)Well.....(crap)Well......(BS)Sio...Well....(bollocks)<BR/>Well.....(crap)<BR/>Well......(BS)<BR/>Sion Simong seems to be a total Hoon.<BR/>On the plus side(for him)he is going blind just like Gordon McMental, Imagine having to look at that face every morning whilst having a shave.<BR/>Probably explains why Draper has a face like a bears arse.<BR/>A slapped one.drevetailiminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15020768683115841350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-77233135124637641162009-03-19T23:59:00.000+00:002009-03-19T23:59:00.000+00:00He seems to have lost an awful lot of weight as pa...He seems to have lost an awful lot of weight as part of his meeja training since the Telegraph employed him under some sort of care in the community projectGordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17316201994992560892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-15090757357893298042009-03-19T23:49:00.000+00:002009-03-19T23:49:00.000+00:00Simon and Lammy represent the dregs of a Labour ad...Simon and Lammy represent the dregs of a Labour administration. Would you, in your right mind, appoint tossers like this? I can only suppose that no one wants the job, that is, no one with a scrap of dignity left wants to be associated with this sprout-farting rump of decay known as the Labour Government.Wrinkled Weaselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05291551539649118631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-87516369603245387752009-03-19T22:41:00.000+00:002009-03-19T22:41:00.000+00:00HAHHHAHHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHHAHHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHOld Holbornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10164491045068093627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-48930292931439646202009-03-19T22:38:00.000+00:002009-03-19T22:38:00.000+00:00Where did you get that photo? It's even more embar...Where did you get that photo? It's even more embarrassing than the interview!Doubting Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16507892426345836143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-58108111926617738062009-03-19T22:33:00.000+00:002009-03-19T22:33:00.000+00:00"SS nearly caused me to give up the Telegraph when..."SS nearly caused me to give up the Telegraph when he was a so-called journalist on it."<BR/><BR/>He had a weekly column as he was supposed to know the inner working of New Labour. It was very illuminating in the sense that it was clear he was a complete tosser.<BR/><BR/>As further evidence he apparently wrote this in The New Statesman back in Sept 07 (according to Wiki)<BR/>"Shortly there will be an election, in which Labour will increase its majority. That is a frightening responsibility. The young princes who now stride the parade ground with the confidence born of aristocratic schooling can never be afraid. They never have been. Like latter day Pushkins drilled in the elite academy of Brownian blitzkrieg, they are bursting with their sense of destiny. It’s not the Milibands, the Ballses or the Burnhams who are unconsciously nervous. This is the moment for which they were created. They are ready."<BR/><BR/>I presume this was the Magazine not the TV Satire, but I do wonder.<BR/><BR/>He also led (well fronted) the plot to get rid of Blair, so thats why he is now a minister.<BR/><BR/>But as I read it he was also amazingly an associate editor of the Spectator!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-50876238029179931152009-03-19T22:15:00.000+00:002009-03-19T22:15:00.000+00:00The made junction 10 of the M25 bearable this morn...The made junction 10 of the M25 bearable this morning.Mostly Ordinaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11940615088493840939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-56598535287311635872009-03-19T21:53:00.001+00:002009-03-19T21:53:00.001+00:00I heard it as well. It was utter pish! The most ...I heard it as well. It was utter pish! The most absolutely unassuring absolute assurance I have ever heard!Jess The Doghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01694805454982688213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-44270344986352894642009-03-19T21:53:00.000+00:002009-03-19T21:53:00.000+00:00Lot of lead pipes still left in Brum .....explains...Lot of lead pipes still left in Brum <BR/>.....explains the generational drop off in average IQ. <BR/>.... causing things like, annoying accents, considering spaghetti junction as road improvement,giving birth to Jasper Carrot and voting for an utter tool like Sion ,to represent them ...!<BR/><BR/>Maybe an ideal choice perhaps !<BR/>do you think that his gums bleed too ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-40125527127148311942009-03-19T21:44:00.001+00:002009-03-19T21:44:00.001+00:00If that clown (not you Mr Obo) had performed that ...If that clown (not you Mr Obo) had performed that poorly whilst I was interviewing him, I would have terminated the interview and called in the next applicant...<BR/><BR/>I mean, come on! No employer would allow that drivel to continue.<BR/><BR/>The game is overNullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14097211775158236323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-25563591598131646542009-03-19T21:44:00.000+00:002009-03-19T21:44:00.000+00:00I too heard the interview and found it most encour...I too heard the interview and found it most encouraging; if Gordon Brown (himself totally unsuited to Office) is reduced to using twerps of this calibre as ministers there is some hope that the electorate will come to understand quite what they elected in 1997.<BR/><BR/>And when Lammy was interviewed last week how did Sarah M manage not to ask him about the difference between Curie and Aintoinette?<BR/><BR/>Woolas is not much better, a sort of sub-Hoon minister for folding chairs (thank you C Mullins) but less flamboyant than Little UniBen. <BR/><BR/>But can Cameron find a full set without resorting to the Gummers/Spelmans/Mays and other detritous?Glyn Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756226316614600769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-63409149808803825952009-03-19T21:42:00.000+00:002009-03-19T21:42:00.000+00:00oh..my..godoh..my..godjohnAKAmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01716410324636221719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-56419773893583061002009-03-19T21:39:00.000+00:002009-03-19T21:39:00.000+00:00SS nearly caused me to give up the Telegraph when ...SS nearly caused me to give up the Telegraph when he was a so-called journalist on it.<BR/><BR/>My goodness, I might nearly give up the Labour Party too, if he carries on like this.<BR/><BR/>I heard recently that in the good days of A.M., no interview lasted more than 3 minutes. What a good policy.<BR/><BR/>Alan DouglasAlan Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16071898364060640779noreply@blogger.com