tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post3585760004880706841..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: Brown Aide Confirms Bullying Allegations in Secret TapeIain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-9825850441464193052010-02-28T18:20:02.608+00:002010-02-28T18:20:02.608+00:00When the Tories serve up the BBC to Murdoch on his...When the Tories serve up the BBC to Murdoch on his (somewhere unknown in the World) island, bearing it on a golden platter with their faces pressed to the floor - the only question is - will they confine themselves to muttering obedient prayers to the Royalty-hating Ozzie God, or will they also offer to scrub His Toenails? Will they add another Royal Taxbreak, or perhaps a Special Dispensation - the abolition of the Queen herself? For Lord Rupert has long wished for the latter and who better to carry it out than His Loyal Servants?DespairingLiberalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02903904463236135611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-29808755852541451472010-02-28T17:28:11.000+00:002010-02-28T17:28:11.000+00:00Since when did rudeness = bullying?Since when did rudeness = bullying?Man Of Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08503412573706955174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-78795061066704977552010-02-28T16:03:13.854+00:002010-02-28T16:03:13.854+00:00"Why isn't this having any effect on the ..."Why isn't this having any effect on the polls."<br /><br />Oh but it is.<br /><br />The Nasty Party is back (as if it ever really went away) and guess what? The public still doesn't like it.Jimmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01542633492362670045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-4632635598474529572010-02-28T15:04:10.719+00:002010-02-28T15:04:10.719+00:00@ Martin 12.23
"The BBC (As I and many other...@ Martin 12.23 <br />"The BBC (As I and many others predicted) have launched a viscous campaign of smear against the Tories attacking them across the whole network on a daily basis, in particular Radio 5 and Newsnight."<br /><br />That's not the way I see it. <br /><br />The BBC's most prominent political commentators are Andrew Neil and Nick Robinson, both Tories and both never off the telly. Andrew Marr's treatment of Brown's bad eye and deafness was well below the belt, and the BBC has a firmly anti-war stance on Iraq and Afhanistan.<br /><br />Anywa, even if it was truem, it would be justified. The Tories have sold their soul to Rupert Murdoch: in return for his support they have promised to serve up the BBC on a plate to the Murdoch emire.<br /><br />If I was with the BBC I would not embrace the party that wants to destroy the corporation.<br /><br />Common sense really, the people like the BBC, and they see the Tories marriage to Murdoch as a bad thing, another reason the polls are narrowing.Bravehearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07223196805548966030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-2110573076371117342010-02-28T14:57:06.819+00:002010-02-28T14:57:06.819+00:00Because (it's my party) the "Bullygate&qu...Because (it's my party) the "Bullygate" saga does not press home on his incompetence, it focuses on his belligerence. This is a tactical error by Coulson et al, because many people admire this quality in leaders and think it a must-have. As with Prescott getting in a scrap before the last election, this is a plus.<br /><br />Coulson would be well advised to stage a "fight opportunity" for Cameron, Hague or perhaps Pickles. They could for example be spat at in the street and lay one on someone. Result: 10 points instant lift!DespairingLiberalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02903904463236135611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-6703884662190667202010-02-28T12:51:47.713+00:002010-02-28T12:51:47.713+00:00Why isn't this having any effect on the polls....Why isn't this having any effect on the polls. Surely we're sold on the idea that he's a gross incompetent. I thought his "I'm a decent bloke" routine, "son of the manse," was all he had left. <br /><br />What kind of a nation are we that we're happy to let this sociopath back into office?<br /><br />www.itsinthenews.wordpress.comits my party and i cry all the timehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04807304586131322901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-75492599323311876382010-02-28T12:49:35.558+00:002010-02-28T12:49:35.558+00:00Again, I think commenters have missed the point. I...Again, I think commenters have missed the point. It is not Broon's temper that is the main problem, but that he is prepared to say a bare faced lie to deny it. <br /><br />Broon made a public statement on Channel 4 that he has NEVER shoved an aide. A bare faced lie, how many other times has he lied to the country?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-80331081910555779482010-02-28T12:34:12.922+00:002010-02-28T12:34:12.922+00:00I hate to spoil a good story, but this article in ...I hate to spoil a good story, but this article in no way backs up your headline that it "confirms bullying allegations". What it actually says is that Brown is rude and abrupt to colleagues, hardly the same thing.<br /><br />Still, who am I to spoil a line that is increasingly backfiring on the Tories? I accept as a reader of these blogs that the facts scarcely play a role.DespairingLiberalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02903904463236135611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-24286412341716342952010-02-28T12:23:42.965+00:002010-02-28T12:23:42.965+00:00Forget it. The media, in particular have painted B...Forget it. The media, in particular have painted Brown as the victim here. I can't believe the polls, we actually Iain I can. Cameron and Osborne in particular are useless. Osborne gets beaten up on the BBC every time he shows up. Philip Hammond is not better. WE have the worst Government in modern history yet the Tories can't get more than a few point ahead.<br /><br />The BBC (As I and many others predicted) have launched a viscous campaign of smear against the Tories attacking them across the whole network on a daily basis, in particular Radio 5 and Newsnight.<br /><br />I see the Tories losing the election, the BBC has a head of steam up and the so called Tory press should stop beating up on Brown, it isn't working.<br /><br />Of course a Labour Government will be totally undemocratic, it's small majority will only be obtained with the block Scottish vote and it will of course force through spending cuts in ENGLAND whilst Scotland will get an even bigger budget as a reward for voting Liebour again.<br />Cameron should have got rid of Osborne long ago, he's useless, Clarke would make a much better Chancellor, but it's too late now. The Tories are stuffed.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10574081059364644191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-49675433419143229922010-02-28T12:14:33.109+00:002010-02-28T12:14:33.109+00:00Yeah, yeah yeah.
Most who follow politics may sha...Yeah, yeah yeah.<br /><br />Most who follow politics may share Minette Marrin's view, in today's ST, that Gordon is "a dangerous weirdo" - but opinion polls and personal experience suggest that the public at large either don't believe it or don't care.<br /><br />The same may be said as to the attention to the background of candidates. An important matter within its context but not what will decide the general election.<br /><br />The Conservative Party should be directing its attention to what really may influence voters; articulating simple and convincing policies on those matters which are of major concern to the electorate. <br /><br />In this regard, even though speaking on such a sensitive topic as the Binyan Mohamed case (and admittedly an issue which will also not win the election), David Davis showed himself head and shoulders above the majority of the Shadow Cabinet in how to present and argue his case - and as for the contrast with Chris Grayling...Weygandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11359751090279735138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-39341623842356826382010-02-28T11:54:25.591+00:002010-02-28T11:54:25.591+00:00@richard.blogger
You and your Labour friends are ...@richard.blogger<br /><br />You and your Labour friends are being hoist with your own petard ...again.<br /><br />It's the NuLabour nanny state that has introduced all this work place legislation and non competitive, cotton wool wrapping rules to society.<br /><br />Are you telling me you never believed in it yourselves it was just for us proles?<br /><br />So yes having a temper tantrum and brushing aside a work colleague is a cast iron, nailed on certainty for a win in an industrial tribunal.Libertarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15219132362086878801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-72910370808839187962010-02-28T11:49:48.810+00:002010-02-28T11:49:48.810+00:00Lol this will INCREASE Labour's lead in the po...Lol this will INCREASE Labour's lead in the polls. <br /><br />How to ensure a labour landslide - accuse Brown of being a demented bully.<br /><br />This story is getting no traction whatsoever - it's all about the Tories losing the election.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03145511491998925108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-12675442373557811332010-02-28T10:25:11.085+00:002010-02-28T10:25:11.085+00:00Ian
wittering.
...is that the same as twitterin...Ian<br /><br />wittering. <br /><br />...is that the same as twittering?<br /><br />whatever, it's what this post is doing....Bravehearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07223196805548966030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-85200516606184270452010-02-28T09:25:33.919+00:002010-02-28T09:25:33.919+00:00Perhaps it is time to leave the bullygate investig...Perhaps it is time to leave the bullygate investigation and explain the Conservative meltdown at the polls.<br /><br />I give Dave 3 months as leader at the most.Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12146467728776928724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-4871634575495025522010-02-28T09:20:45.917+00:002010-02-28T09:20:45.917+00:00Wow! Barged past someone and said "Outta my ...Wow! Barged past someone and said "Outta my way". Horrendous, eh? Brown is obviously Britain's Papa Doc.Tambrosianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12471637414732683399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-50023771585462392912010-02-28T08:57:53.572+00:002010-02-28T08:57:53.572+00:00Now wait for Mandy and Co to rubbish the writer Su...Now wait for Mandy and Co to rubbish the writer Susan Mackenzie.<br />They've had people up all night Googling for tit bits.Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12161658443183028628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-8997821728323684332010-02-28T08:57:32.621+00:002010-02-28T08:57:32.621+00:00Weel, I'm sure that those Labour luvvies Jimmy...Weel, I'm sure that those Labour luvvies Jimmy and Richard Bloggie will have no bones to pick over Charlie Whelan's list, will they?<br /><br />Am I being bullied?<br /><br />* Bullies may use terror tactics, open aggression, threats, shouting, abuse, and obscenities towards their target<br /><br />-- Now that sounds very much like the accepted behaviour of Gordon Brown. So, yes, he's a bully. I think that "open aggression", "shouting" and "abuse" cover his behaviour of Dr Wood.<br /><br />And not a Tory in sight.......Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-69290727408456240272010-02-28T08:28:52.984+00:002010-02-28T08:28:52.984+00:00Stewart Wood is a very decent guy. But McKenzie...Stewart Wood is a very decent guy. But McKenzie's approach is very ununusual. In the Mail tape, it is clear the conversation with Wood is on background terms and for priva. Assuming McKenzie has not got Wood's permission to release it, isn't it very poor treatment of a source and a major lapse of journalistic ethics to splash it in a newspaper? I just can't see how her desire to attack Brown justifies her treatment of Wood in that respect, which involves a spectacular breach of trust.<br /><br />(It also seems clear that Rawnsley put his allegations to Wood having got them from somebody else initially. I assume you accept Wood's account, ie that Brown pushed past him, and that he didn't call him what was alleged).<br /><br />***<br /><br />"Mackenzie: I haven’t got this on [the tape]. Oh, I have got this on.<br /><br />Wood: Oh, that’s all right.<br /><br />Mackenzie: Do you want it off?<br /><br />Wood: No, I don’t mind.<br /><br />Mackenzie: Are you sure?<br /><br />Wood: No, that’s fine. That’s fine. This is just for you and me, but I don’t care if you keep it just for your notes and your private . . .<br /><br />Mackenzie: OK. But if you can talk more freely with it off I don’t mind . . .<br /><br />Wood: No, no, that’s fine".Sunder Katwalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06671411534003530927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-24755435884554343042010-02-28T04:11:02.258+00:002010-02-28T04:11:02.258+00:00This "Biffa" Brown theme does not appear...This "Biffa" Brown theme does not appear to be helping the Tories in the polls overmuch@molesworth_1https://www.blogger.com/profile/12278870362360637173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-77712484528972968022010-02-28T04:07:40.217+00:002010-02-28T04:07:40.217+00:00I'm sorry but the most disquieting thing about...I'm sorry but the most disquieting thing about all this is the sad attempt of 'Labourites' to dismiss this as acceptable behaviour.<br /><br />It will not do. You can focus on the amount of 'bullying' and argue what constitutes bullying (as if that makes his behaviour any better) but you seem to miss the point made by others.<br /><br />This is not about the amount of bullying or whether he was pushed, shoved, sworn at or anything else.<br /><br />This is about the deliberate lying with no conscience by the man who is the Prime Minister of this country. <br /><br />You can huff and puff and claim that the Tories had better watch out - but when your man in charge is outed as a blatent liar then your credibility is shot to pieces.<br /><br />My grandfather was a Labour man - but he was also an honourable man; something that you, like you leader, seems to believe is unimportant. Let me tell you, it is not.Michelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09117510718604467580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-24208649311472125132010-02-28T01:24:56.892+00:002010-02-28T01:24:56.892+00:00It's dull stuff. Iain, you might have noted th...It's dull stuff. Iain, you might have noted that, contrary to your assertion, Wood says on the tape that GB never called him a c***. Time to withdraw that, I think?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00374870465383888858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-47170425989336808582010-02-28T00:34:33.126+00:002010-02-28T00:34:33.126+00:00I sat listening in slacked jawed amazement at Nola...I sat listening in slacked jawed amazement at Nolan's desperation trying to close down discussion about the details of the Mail on Sunday story. <br /><br />I'm not sure which was the worst aspect of that unedifying episode: the normal BBC attempt to ameliorate any story bad for the government; the ham-fisted, even brazen, way Nolan went about it; or his personal rudeness to his guests. <br /><br />I'm not normally one to make complaints to BBC, but this feels worth the effort. That was utterly shoddy, ill mannered and biased piece of radio. <br /><br />No wonder you describe yourself as "fizzing".Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17400749462474856558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-38385854745963741252010-02-28T00:24:32.525+00:002010-02-28T00:24:32.525+00:00Is this the Hoon story? It's about a fruity GM...Is this the Hoon story? It's about a fruity GMTV presenter being parachuted into his seat, but seems more to do with Blair!<br /><br />http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1254285/Blairs-GMTV-favourite-Gloria-De-Piero-lined-Hoons-seat.html<br /><br />"An aide to the former Prime Minister once confided to one of Ms De Piero's friends 'you do realise Tony fancies her?'.<br />Perhaps this is why she felt comfortable starting one interview with Mr Blair with the question: 'What are you doing today?'. On another occasion, she reportedly loaned him a bottle of factor 30 suncream.<br />Ms De Piero also spent the 2005 Election campaign attached to Mr Blair's entourage, writing at one stage: 'I glance at the newspaper to discover that "Tony wants a big one".<br />'It is of course a reference to the size of the Labour majority. Well what did you think it was about!' At another point, she reported that the former Prime Minister 'asks if I have had enough sleep. He clearly recognises the soft spots of a breakfast TV reporter'.<br />Their friendship continued after Mr Blair left office in 2007, with Ms De Piero joining him around the Middle East to film his work as a peace envoy."Dual Citizenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05688872768973943522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-91792924148344547432010-02-28T00:15:04.576+00:002010-02-28T00:15:04.576+00:00It is inexcusably rude to behave that way but it&#...It is inexcusably rude to behave that way but it's not bullyingsimonhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03328264677883774376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-148184139343396262010-02-28T00:06:42.261+00:002010-02-28T00:06:42.261+00:00Also in the MoS:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/...Also in the MoS:<br /><br />http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1254297/No11-housekeeper-fired-30-years-using-Alistair-Darlings-shower.html<br /><br />An attempt to portray Darling as a bully? Wonder who dug this one up.Dual Citizenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05688872768973943522noreply@blogger.com