tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post2365064372486685086..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: PlayRadioUK.com Live BlogIain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger93125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-35313986900169995072009-06-05T17:41:49.796+01:002009-06-05T17:41:49.796+01:00Iain-Don't delete this. BRILLIANT TOUR DE FORC...Iain-Don't delete this. BRILLIANT TOUR DE FORCE. Looking forward to Sunday night...assuming that Brown hasn't declared a dictatorship by then and banned reporting of the Euro elections!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13261568249907909203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-5641615423270378232009-06-05T17:39:04.168+01:002009-06-05T17:39:04.168+01:00Some good news for Hopi. Kate Hoey on Beeb just no...Some good news for Hopi. Kate Hoey on Beeb just now-Lab increased their majority in a council election in her constituency.... which is I assume very close to your new offices, Iain!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13261568249907909203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-64658463612725430262009-06-05T17:32:32.988+01:002009-06-05T17:32:32.988+01:00Harman just had a mental breakdown on PM programme...Harman just had a mental breakdown on PM programme-Sugar perfect for the job as "I notice that the Apprentice final has 2 female finalists"Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13261568249907909203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-89709676205711542012009-06-05T17:30:58.997+01:002009-06-05T17:30:58.997+01:00Flint- "[Brown ] treated me like female windo...Flint- "[Brown ] treated me like female window dressing"Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13261568249907909203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-15302969116097701362009-06-05T16:47:02.750+01:002009-06-05T16:47:02.750+01:00Oliver Letwin had nothing to answer for despite Ho...Oliver Letwin had nothing to answer for despite Hopi Sen smearing him. He was presented with a statutory notice by the water company to repair a leaky pipe under his tennis court. It is entirely right that expenses would cover a cost such as that. The money didn't improve anything just returned to its previous state.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10611938286584363712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-86947883348660791852009-06-05T16:38:10.653+01:002009-06-05T16:38:10.653+01:00Gibson will help the Labour candidate's campai...Gibson will help the Labour candidate's campaign if he/she wants his assistanceUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13261568249907909203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-18201267352032131272009-06-05T16:37:03.231+01:002009-06-05T16:37:03.231+01:00"I have hundreds of emails asking me to stand..."I have hundreds of emails asking me to stand as an independent but I would never desert the party. That is not me, I am afraid" (Gibson )Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13261568249907909203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-20433309080089412522009-06-05T16:36:09.677+01:002009-06-05T16:36:09.677+01:00Gibson just being interviewed by DimblebyGibson just being interviewed by DimblebyUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13261568249907909203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-51877178628518185462009-06-05T16:35:01.858+01:002009-06-05T16:35:01.858+01:00Hopi Sen is again falling back to top down authori...Hopi Sen is again falling back to top down authoritarian control against recall mechanisms and other forms of checks. No mechanism will ever get rid of corruption. It is human nature and impossible to eliminate. The Founding Fathers understood this. All you can do is make sure as much power as possible is in the hands of the entire electorate to judge and rectify unacceptable behaviour from its representatives. Let the people decide and if we make mess of things then at least it is democratic.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10611938286584363712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-43436287129612736152009-06-05T16:19:10.413+01:002009-06-05T16:19:10.413+01:00Gibson's statement in full-
Following Tuesday...Gibson's statement in full-<br /><br />Following Tuesday's meeting with the panel set up by the National Executive Committee of The Labour Party, and the upholding of their recommendations by the Organisation Committee, I wish to make the following statement:<br /><br />“Although I was told it was not to be a disciplinary hearing, it turned out to be so. I was allowed to bring one 'silent friend' with me and Martin Booth, President of Norwich Constituency Labour Party, offered to accompany me. He has commented elsewhere that their final decision was a fait accompli and I have to agree. I felt the panel had made their mind up prior to the interview and the considerable local and national support from constituents and non-constituents, although available, was not examined. A document produced by the CLP was presented but there were no questions addressed to it. Nor were any questions asked about my personal statement which I had also submitted.<br /><br />The panel asked me if I felt my actions contravened the 2009 Code of Conduct clause in The Green Book, which states that claims should not give rise to “improper personal financial benefits to themselves or anyone else”. This clause did not feature in Codes of Conduct in Green Books prior to 2009, when my daughter and her partner were living with me and when I sold my property to them, and even if it had I do not believe that there was anything improper about my actions. It still remains unclear which rule I have broken and I have not received the verdict in writing yet. I asked them to draw a line in the sand and to think carefully before taking a position on the family life of MPs, and the ways in which Parliamentary life intrudes upon family life. I was really pleased to be able to share my flat with my daughter and her partner. <br /><br />The issue of my selling-on my second home below the market price begs the question why did I not sell it on the open market and make a profit? Some MPs did and, no doubt, gave or shared the proceeds with their family members. In my case I was not motivated by making a profit. I received the equivalent of the mortgage loan for the flat, namely £162,000 which was due to be repaid in November 2009. I will be required to repay an additional loan incurred by having to re-mortgage my first home in Norwich in order to buy the flat for £195,000 in 1999.<br /><br />It was, and will be, my personal money and not the taxpayers which will be used to pay-off the re-mortgage. This helped to reduce the mortgage interest payments made by the taxpayer for my second home. I will, of course, be paying Capital Gains Tax on the sale of my second home, the exact amount of which will be determined in consultation with my accountant when preparing my 2008-09 tax return later this year.<br /><br />I did not cover up, as implied by The Daily Telegraph, that my daughter and her partner shared my second home. Their names appeared on the electoral register. The address was only removed from my published receipts to meet the requirements of the House Authorities who were redacting, ie blanking out, members and staff addresses, telephone numbers and bank account details to comply with the Data Protection Act. Unredacted material was, of course, sold to The Daily Telegraph.<br /><br />It has been my great honour to have served the people of Norwich North as their MP since 1997. I am proud to have voted with the Government on the introduction of Tax Credits, Pension Credits and the Minimum Wage etc., but equally proud to have voted against invading Iraq, ID Cards, renewing Trident missiles and the charging of University Top-Up Fees.<br /><br />I wish to publicly thank the hundreds of people who sent me messages of support. The decision of the NEC leaves me today bowed but not broken. However, I believe that my position as an MP between now and the next election is untenable. And after discussions with my family, colleagues, party members and my admirable staff, I have decided to tender my resignation as an MP with immediate effect and I expect it to be accepted.”Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13261568249907909203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-7004752163604486862009-06-05T16:12:10.416+01:002009-06-05T16:12:10.416+01:00Gibson said that his position is untenable
Just to...Gibson said that his position is untenable<br />Just to emphasise-Definitely NOT standing as an indie. PA confirms that and it's on Beeb trackerUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13261568249907909203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-49658318953494385502009-06-05T16:11:03.073+01:002009-06-05T16:11:03.073+01:00Gibsin NOT standing as an indie (Beeb just played ...Gibsin NOT standing as an indie (Beeb just played his statement)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13261568249907909203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-7236575265822777952009-06-05T16:03:46.487+01:002009-06-05T16:03:46.487+01:00Let me add to my remarks. Hopi Sen is perfectly en...Let me add to my remarks. Hopi Sen is perfectly entitled when defending his politics to say whatever he likes. But Sen also has to deputise for Iain and do a bit of presenting and co-interviewing at which point he is incapable of turning off or subduing his political hackles. I think that would be a skill in that particular situation that he would do well to learn and would earn him more respect from across the political divide to boot. On the other hand no one has spoken up for David Cameron when he has been trashed on a few occasions by guests and Sen.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10611938286584363712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-82960427718222625662009-06-05T16:01:48.346+01:002009-06-05T16:01:48.346+01:00A BNP councilor has got into Hertfordshire County ...A BNP councilor has got into Hertfordshire County Council by 27 votes:<br /><br />http://libcync.blogspot.com/2009/06/bnp-councillor-in-leafy-hertfordshire.htmlLibCynchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13025602133865137272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-78023604264167882402009-06-05T15:45:07.298+01:002009-06-05T15:45:07.298+01:00The problem with the radio broadcast is that Iain ...The problem with the radio broadcast is that Iain is doing a good job as a mostly impartial presenter with the only the odd revelling in Tory success. But Hopi Sen has an unremittingly anti-Tory angle to everything he says, suggests and implies. He si incapable of presenting anything impartially. Either Iain should be a bit more outspoken or there should be another Tory to make the more overt comments and and trash the the usual socialist bilge from Sen.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10611938286584363712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-47068896137878273262009-06-05T15:14:17.933+01:002009-06-05T15:14:17.933+01:00Move over darling and pass the sugar- D Mail repor...Move over darling and pass the sugar- D Mail report in March 1992 regarding the recession argument with Brown<br /><br /> <br /><br />Daily Mail <br /><br />Saturday 21 March 1992<br /><br />CUT OUT THE CREAM FOR FAT CAT FLOPS<br /><br />Michael Walters<br /><br /><br /><br />YOUR heart went out to him, of course. Alan Sugar, the chairman of electronics group Amstrad, wrote to the press on Thursday, referring to the 'pretty meagre' salary he has been taking - about £170,000. <br />He was replying to accusations by Gordon Brown, shadow Trade and Industry secretary, that he had been doing well out of the recession. Of course, he has not.<br />But Sugar did sell £34m of Amstrad shares at 79p a year ago (they are now 34p) and, if Amstrad holds the dividend this year, he will earn nearly £2.9m on the 205m shares he has left. So he is not doing too badly - quite apart from his other job as chairman of Spurs football club. <br />Good luck to him! As he says, at least he has built a substantial business that creates wealth and generates employment.<br />We are getting in a real muddle, though, about board pay. Incredibly, Sugar almost has a case when he calls £170,000 'pretty meagre'.<br />While profits are plunging and thousands of the lower-paid are being thrown out of work, pay is often actually rising at the top of big companies. And the rewards of failure at the top continue to look absolutely outrageous.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13261568249907909203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-32845773088567338862009-06-05T15:03:43.052+01:002009-06-05T15:03:43.052+01:00Hopi Sen is deluded if he thinks we know what Labo...Hopi Sen is deluded if he thinks we know what Labour MPs and cabinet members think. It is patently obvious that some members of the new cabinet have bitten their tongue and in truth despise Brown. The same old machinations will continue. I find it funny that some of the Labour rebels are actually supporting Brown as I suspect a trojan horse tactic to bring back old extremist hardcore socialism to the Labour. New Labour is very much dead and they are laying the ground work for another 20 years in the political wilderness.<br /><br />Hopi Sen is displaying the classic statist socialist totalitarian approach. No wonder Labour voters are moving to the BNP - they operate in the same manner.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10611938286584363712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-9101475775872880162009-06-05T15:01:18.296+01:002009-06-05T15:01:18.296+01:00Another BNP supporter who is all over the place.Another BNP supporter who is all over the place.SHBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-72732292223498023702009-06-05T14:58:02.166+01:002009-06-05T14:58:02.166+01:00Peter Hain back in the cabinet-Sec Of State Wales ...Peter Hain back in the cabinet-Sec Of State Wales (Beeb sourced)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13261568249907909203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-3389506591288133172009-06-05T14:54:22.760+01:002009-06-05T14:54:22.760+01:00PS I assume she also gets the "Chancellor of ...PS I assume she also gets the "Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster" gig as wellUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13261568249907909203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-3742641798258796602009-06-05T14:51:57.481+01:002009-06-05T14:51:57.481+01:00Tessa Jowell becomes Cabinet Office Minister (BBC ...Tessa Jowell becomes Cabinet Office Minister (BBC 2.49pm-She refused to deny it when Dimleby began his questioning. Now she's just reciting the doc on Paul Waugh's Blog. Yawn. Zzzzzzzzzzzzz)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13261568249907909203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-40050840605432582832009-06-05T14:44:50.438+01:002009-06-05T14:44:50.438+01:00Use the http://audio1.playradiouk.com:8490 link on...Use the http://audio1.playradiouk.com:8490 link on a Mac and it works fine, should also work on a PC(just tested it on a PC laptop, works fine). The link bypasses all the front end non working bullshit and you can listen in two clicks.Jabba the Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08378736389976858775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-86675112896982929492009-06-05T14:18:21.159+01:002009-06-05T14:18:21.159+01:00Kevin Maguire says that Brown is safe (Beeb 2.14pm...Kevin Maguire says that Brown is safe (Beeb 2.14pm) <br />That should lead to a shortening of the odds of a June resignation!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13261568249907909203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-83291117218008517102009-06-05T14:10:23.665+01:002009-06-05T14:10:23.665+01:00Clive Soley has just stabeed Brown in the front on...Clive Soley has just stabeed Brown in the front on the BBC- "Was a good Chancellor but that's a different job from PM. He should go now"Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13261568249907909203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-61732928657849631912009-06-05T13:32:17.385+01:002009-06-05T13:32:17.385+01:00Are you sure Brown is doing a reshuffle?? Looks m...Are you sure Brown is doing a reshuffle?? Looks more like he's filling in the holes in his cabinet!! A bit like the little boy with his finger in the dyke!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03143032576349687851noreply@blogger.com