tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post2484422667822132022..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: The Top 100 Left Wingers in BritainIain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-72834974615322065942009-10-01T23:12:52.370+01:002009-10-01T23:12:52.370+01:00Can't believe you left out Giggs.Can't believe you left out Giggs.Jimmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01542633492362670045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-80549083302425435852009-09-29T00:07:27.936+01:002009-09-29T00:07:27.936+01:00Sharks on the right?
Come on, Iain - we all know ...Sharks on the right?<br /><br />Come on, Iain - we all know that the only reason these 'sharks' are being fed is because they're feasting on floating corpses. <br /><br />Not to mention that half the people on the list are... well...<br /><br />...left-right is SO tiring when neither really exist in modern politics, except in the heads of the players.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14539092574984288403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-12888744830184574942009-09-28T20:25:05.618+01:002009-09-28T20:25:05.618+01:00If Mandelson is top of the pops, he doesn't se...If Mandelson is top of the pops, he doesn't seem top of the party faithfuls' pops if their reluctance to applaud some key messages in his party conference speech is anything to go by - for analysis and video clip, see http://bit.ly/p4GsnMax Atkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06163447049027217653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-77578734469043133782009-09-28T17:56:16.297+01:002009-09-28T17:56:16.297+01:00Oi !!
Where's Surallen ?
Word check: reweedin...Oi !!<br />Where's Surallen ?<br /><br />Word check: reweedin.Dimotonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-13715632829513125772009-09-28T17:49:32.894+01:002009-09-28T17:49:32.894+01:00I hate this soft Tory love-in with Mandelson. It s...I hate this soft Tory love-in with Mandelson. It seems they still hanker after a sleazy manipulator of their own. <br />Manderson needs to be surgically removed from British public life, permanently, for everybody's good.<br />If you want to be a Mandy groupie Iain, feel free - but for Christ's sake do it in private !!Dimotonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-71985491247278532072009-09-28T17:34:23.591+01:002009-09-28T17:34:23.591+01:00Who gives a shit....As Michael Heseltine once famo...Who gives a shit....As Michael Heseltine once famously said, you can always tell when the Labour army is on the march by the drill sergeant's call;<br />Left, Left, Left, Left, Left, Left........Felmingcragnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-65239455084019119652009-09-28T16:51:02.413+01:002009-09-28T16:51:02.413+01:00Mandelson must be one of them new style left-wonga...Mandelson must be one of them new style left-wongas who says that he would have no problem working for the ConservativesMister of the Universehttp://www.boho.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-78433635513635698212009-09-28T14:24:33.307+01:002009-09-28T14:24:33.307+01:00the list is of the top 100 "left wingers"...the list is of the top 100 "left wingers", not politicians, so where are the BBC and Guardian journalists and the others who put so much time and energy into defending the undefendable.Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07132057803097163797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-89316438448889107242009-09-28T13:58:20.840+01:002009-09-28T13:58:20.840+01:00Actually and speaking as someone who has never vot...Actually and speaking as someone who has never voted Green and never will because of civil nuclear power, Dr Caroline Lucas has made far better use of her position as an MEP than anyone else.<br /><br />Thoroughly able - if one is being non-partisan about it.<br /><br />And Alex Salmond deserves his place too.Simon Gardnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17189501697856123305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-30023347317645494992009-09-28T13:55:42.898+01:002009-09-28T13:55:42.898+01:00Amartya Sen ... influential leftwinger.
I don'...Amartya Sen ... influential leftwinger.<br /><br />I don't think so.<br /><br />Influential yes, leftwinger certainly not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-31627320186767146762009-09-28T13:00:00.838+01:002009-09-28T13:00:00.838+01:00Who cares - this is simply a list of failed nonent...Who cares - this is simply a list of failed nonentities - talk to us about people with vision,sparkle,charisma and morals.<br /><br />THIS lot - toss the paper and them on the fire.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-3031245271320198132009-09-28T12:56:35.651+01:002009-09-28T12:56:35.651+01:00How many of these people are "intimate" ...How many of these people are "intimate" with Derek Draper?wapping boynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-49165813158971469652009-09-28T12:46:17.606+01:002009-09-28T12:46:17.606+01:00Describing any left winger as influential at the m...Describing any left winger as influential at the moment is akin to describing spent cartridge cases as powerful ammunition.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-44313627173407922422009-09-28T12:36:27.639+01:002009-09-28T12:36:27.639+01:00I do wish people would stop using this outmoded le...I do wish people would stop using this outmoded left-right dialectic.somedayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13936839987184425650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-62628612521066817412009-09-28T12:04:48.291+01:002009-09-28T12:04:48.291+01:00These people will certainly look out of place insi...These people will certainly look out of place inside a Jobcentre Plus. Or a callcentre.happyukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02459558077829920642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-66236397410586478392009-09-28T11:54:52.147+01:002009-09-28T11:54:52.147+01:00My money's on Caroline Lucas making the top 10...My money's on Caroline Lucas making the top 10-15 next year as the Parliamentary leader of the only party to the left of Labour.James Mackenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07707473889170111139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-41952895392144506112009-09-28T11:49:24.582+01:002009-09-28T11:49:24.582+01:00Willie said...
Surely Bob Jobsworth deserves a...<i> Willie said...<br /> Surely Bob Jobsworth deserves a mention somewhere? He is only the Secretary of State for Defence, after all. Anyone might think he was totally unimportant useless waste of space who ought to be in Afghanistan cleaning soldier's boots, otherwise.<br /> September 28, 2009 10:55 AM</i><br /><br />He's not fit to polish their boots.Twighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16698620636313191152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-22852265824748480802009-09-28T11:15:09.374+01:002009-09-28T11:15:09.374+01:00"Surely Bob Jobsworth deserves a mention some..."Surely Bob Jobsworth deserves a mention somewhere? He is only the Secretary of State for Defence, after all. Anyone might think he was totally unimportant useless waste of space who ought to be in Afghanistan cleaning soldier's boots, otherwise." Willie.<br /><br />Bob Jobsworth should not be in Afghanistan cleaning soldier's boots - not even to lick them.<br /><br />He is quite unfit to do so.Sir Edward Heathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10015408685370714759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-44299530450672654962009-09-28T11:09:17.419+01:002009-09-28T11:09:17.419+01:00By what stretch of your fevered imagination is Man...By what stretch of your fevered imagination is Mandelson 'left wing'?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-31245683092450442962009-09-28T10:55:12.555+01:002009-09-28T10:55:12.555+01:00Surely Bob Jobsworth deserves a mention somewhere?...Surely Bob Jobsworth deserves a mention somewhere? He is only the Secretary of State for Defence, after all. Anyone might think he was totally unimportant useless waste of space who ought to be in Afghanistan cleaning soldier's boots, otherwise.Williehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04896870037612181561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-77445903016954143402009-09-28T10:39:33.739+01:002009-09-28T10:39:33.739+01:00Sabotage at 28, Iain. Some wag has deleted whoever...Sabotage at 28, Iain. Some wag has deleted whoever you put in and put in 'Caroline Lucas' instead. Influential? 'No-Brain' Lucas? <i>Hahahahaha</i>Prodicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18024865482933469271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-52501345947412920692009-09-28T10:05:27.316+01:002009-09-28T10:05:27.316+01:00Is Peter Mandelson just an illusion. A politica...Is Peter Mandelson just an illusion. A political lifestyle guru? Are other members of his party daunted by his political pedigree?<br /><br />What does he really want, do we really know how NU Lab really view him? Or is he the original architect of Nu Lab?<br /><br />Are the Tories really eying him up?<br /><br />Is he a big mouth piece for the EU-?<br /><br />I just want to see some one at the helm that has Britains needs and interests at heart. <br /><br />Stuff political gamesmanship, we dont' have time for that do we?True Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16296161522047947133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-30181001307956543582009-09-28T10:02:51.105+01:002009-09-28T10:02:51.105+01:00I think a lot of Labour activists in Brighton will...I think a lot of Labour activists in Brighton will quite quite surprised to read that Lord Mandy is topping a list of influential leftist politicians.<br /><br />Mainly for discovering that he left-wing.IanVisitshttp://www.ianvisits.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-88344623539060496702009-09-28T09:46:43.605+01:002009-09-28T09:46:43.605+01:00How can Tony Blair be included in any list of &quo...How can Tony Blair be included in any list of "left wingers"?John Knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-88317385821949754242009-09-28T09:45:12.802+01:002009-09-28T09:45:12.802+01:00The fact that a trade union leader is now above Ed...The fact that a trade union leader is now above Ed Balls tells you how far Balls has fallen in the pecking order since Mandy came backLetters From A Toryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14612766550608940053noreply@blogger.com