tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post5212429075690369809..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: Sir Patrick Cormack Stands DownIain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-79678323465417451702009-12-02T06:42:52.069+00:002009-12-02T06:42:52.069+00:00You know True Belle, I don't think a 70-80 hou...You know True Belle, I don't think a 70-80 hour week is something anybody should aspire to - whether in the private, public or policital sector. It's unhealthy for mind and body and this has been demonstrated in many ways throughout society.Lady Finchleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03695379463537122656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-48143902757646372742009-12-01T22:51:27.916+00:002009-12-01T22:51:27.916+00:00I wonder who will show an interest in the selectio...I wonder who will show an interest in the selection for this rock-solid Tory seat?<br /><br />In 1997 it was one of only 13 seats which gave the Tories more than 50% of the vote, and since in some of those 13 seats the Tory vote slipped below 50% in 2001 it is one of less than 10 seats where the Tory vote has remained above 50% continuously since 1997.Andy JShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15819413906544791899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-81902625537791961442009-12-01T20:07:01.531+00:002009-12-01T20:07:01.531+00:00Slightly less rose-tinted spectacles, I think, Iai...Slightly less rose-tinted spectacles, I think, Iain. Rush-is-Right has it spot on. It’s a pity if Cormack does have a serious bronchitis problem, but otherwise, what a hubristic, self-serving and pompous statement he makes. . <br /><br />“Unhappy events of recent months…..have made those hours much more of a burden than they used to be…” he says. Sir Patrick has been a significant contributor to those “unhappy events”, having trousered a sum not unadjacent to £600k in expenses in the last 7 years, including claiming expenses for two homes and the employment of his wife. <br /><br />Cormack is a fully paid-up member of the political class who has had more in common with his nominal opponents than he has had with his constituents who have voted for him. Readers of Peter Oborne’s “The Triumph of the Political Class” (NB purchased from Politico’s!!) should recall that Cormack is the MP who, when presented with irrefutable evidence that Blair’s Government secretly knew in advance about Mugabe’s invitation to a Paris summit by Chirac but made not a murmur of protest, and then feigned to do so only when it became inconveniently public, declined to challenge NuLab on it, saying “Oh, I couldn’t do that….it might embarrass the Government”. As Oborne says, what did Cormack think his constituents sent him to Parliament for? <br /><br />The UK polity will be well rid of him.Clameur de Harohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12542269927309668019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-38052023089343203582009-12-01T18:46:50.252+00:002009-12-01T18:46:50.252+00:00Interesting to see that he nicked Jennie Lee's...Interesting to see that he nicked Jennie Lee's seat . He must have done well. <br /><br />He's been a career politician and so therefore has had a very secure cosy zone in Parliament and all the trappings, nice pension perhaps ahead too. <br /><br />He may attach hinself to a Cameron quango,whoops, as a consultant showing new young MPs the political ropes and good manners? <br /><br />Don't these people know how to delegate though? In the private sector , a 70/80hr week is not uncommon. That's what they are paid for.True Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16296161522047947133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-31820322675491934552009-12-01T18:09:44.814+00:002009-12-01T18:09:44.814+00:00Will this be the Tories' first all female shor...Will this be the Tories' first all female shortlist?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-90246490042149005502009-12-01T14:50:09.138+00:002009-12-01T14:50:09.138+00:00Pompous ass. Good riddance.Pompous ass. Good riddance.Rush-is-Righthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12860467341217977185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-57650535399661742692009-12-01T14:33:42.137+00:002009-12-01T14:33:42.137+00:00This man would make a very welcome addition to the...This man would make a very welcome addition to the upper house and hopefully would restore some of the respect and good standing that has been sadly lost by Labour's recent collection of crooks and misplaced union pencil pushers.klepperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08422340963636165207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-23977085129590702772009-12-01T12:46:58.944+00:002009-12-01T12:46:58.944+00:00He's a Tory i very much respect its a shame he...He's a Tory i very much respect its a shame he didn't cross the floor back in the mid to late 90's.<br />He would have been an excellent leader of the house.<br /><br />Good luck.golden_ballshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17002302454171212086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-83477612657103475832009-12-01T11:39:30.136+00:002009-12-01T11:39:30.136+00:00He has been a becon of relative sanity in a world ...He has been a becon of relative sanity in a world gone mad around him. The problem is only when giants like this leave the scene that we realise what a tremendous job he has done. One from a kinder gentler generation who will be much missed.Ean Craigiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12953207008957782090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-81489886100512784262009-12-01T11:28:03.655+00:002009-12-01T11:28:03.655+00:00If Sir Patrick was such a lover of Parliament why ...If Sir Patrick was such a lover of Parliament why did he allow it to become so tainted by all the recent scandals?<br />As far as I'm concerned another one of the old "turn a blind eye" politicians out of the way.<br />Now let's hope a strong independent candidate will stand in his constituency.Barnacle Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17257546424880537005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-28386712386714360702009-12-01T11:20:39.246+00:002009-12-01T11:20:39.246+00:00A sad day, as Sir Pat, was one of the most dedicat...A sad day, as Sir Pat, was one of the most dedicated supporters of Parliament ever. But as this leaves a gap for a plumb seat,Iain, is Staffordshire calling you?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com