tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post5839618120903101924..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: Why Diane Abbott's Interpersonal Skills Need HoningIain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-46650284553814005302010-06-13T13:18:42.156+01:002010-06-13T13:18:42.156+01:00@ Mick Turatian
"This is the work of someone...@ Mick Turatian<br /><br />"This is the work of someone younger than her and less well educated"<br /><br />Younger? Difficult to tell.<br /><br />Less well educated? Possibly, but education is no real indication of intellectual ability. One can be remarkably well educated but be thick as a plank - as we all have seen with the current NuLab university alumni. <br /><br />Yes they were 'educated', no doubt largely at our expense, but just how competent, honourable, intelligent, honest etc are they?Unsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08307116169498533047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-32913968303905015362010-06-13T00:05:17.197+01:002010-06-13T00:05:17.197+01:00Unsworth: from La Abbott (allegedly)
I think you&...Unsworth: <i>from La Abbott (allegedly)</i><br /><br />I think you're right to be sceptical - the language is all wrong. The real Abbott wouldn't talk about 'inverse flattery'. This is the work of someone younger than her and less well educated.<br /><br />So not her son either, then.Mick Turatianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12533201193634948442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-5801332984506663352010-06-12T19:57:33.790+01:002010-06-12T19:57:33.790+01:00Hah, 'my enemies in the Labour Party' from...Hah, 'my enemies in the Labour Party' from La Abbott (allegedly).<br /><br />Does she have any friends? Or are her 'supporters' just another bunch of NuLab opportunists?<br /><br />No sense of humour, no wit, no charm, no hope.Unsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08307116169498533047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-46602633067868390972010-06-11T19:19:45.365+01:002010-06-11T19:19:45.365+01:00Despairing Liberal - at least Iain admits he doesn...Despairing Liberal - at least Iain admits he doesn't know if the anecdote is true. Some of your socialist friends in the media have been printing untrue stories about Tory politicians for years under the direction of Alistair Campbell and Peter Mandelson. Kevin McGuire is still doing it in the Daily Mirror. <br /><br />Typical socialist - slag off other party's M.P.s but scream bloody murder when the tables are turned. Labour even have the damned cheek to complain about Cameron's "blame game" when he accuses the previous government of bankrupting this country and inheriting a broken economy - as if Labour,over the last 13 years, haven't been blaming the last Tory government for everything from uncontrolled immigration to a bad eductation system and lack of regulation of the banks! They'd probably blame the Thatcher government for World War 2 and slavery if they thought they could get away with it.angry and despondenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00011591272679682211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-28408510025071779252010-06-11T14:36:52.357+01:002010-06-11T14:36:52.357+01:00This is a completely fictitious anecdote. On the o...This is a completely fictitious anecdote. On the one hand I suppose it is a form of inverse flattery that my enemies in the Labour Party are bothering to use Tory blogs to push out invented stroies. But on the other hand, you Iain, should be worried that you are obviously regarded as a soft touch for getting out complete untruths,Diane Abbott MPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01058264303982496784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-67157802255575192582010-06-11T13:32:23.572+01:002010-06-11T13:32:23.572+01:00GAZA BLOCKADE,IRANIAN SANCTIONS,
AFGHANISTAN WAR, ...GAZA BLOCKADE,IRANIAN SANCTIONS,<br />AFGHANISTAN WAR, GREEK DEBT CRISIS<br /><br />but enough of all this seriousness,<br />bring on Diane Abbott<br /><br />clap clap clap clap clap clap ....Manfaranghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16672026288937285646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-36768332809611892652010-06-10T22:14:14.382+01:002010-06-10T22:14:14.382+01:00So you don't actually know if this is true, bu...So you don't actually know if this is true, but why worry, just print it anyway!<br /><br />Are you sure you don't work for the Mail?DespairingLiberalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02903904463236135611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-16737162474376378282010-06-10T19:14:04.237+01:002010-06-10T19:14:04.237+01:00Sorry but who is Wayne David? Seriously?
Funny th...Sorry but who is Wayne David? Seriously?<br /><br />Funny though....................................https://www.blogger.com/profile/09387648864595329094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-63661913391568727592010-06-10T17:58:56.494+01:002010-06-10T17:58:56.494+01:00Perhaps she does not take to an MP
called Wayne. A...Perhaps she does not take to an MP<br />called Wayne. After all she sent her child to a decent school so she knows what's what!Glyn Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756226316614600769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-55867847258519186612010-06-10T17:45:38.911+01:002010-06-10T17:45:38.911+01:00Sounds like a natural successor to Brown then!Sounds like a natural successor to Brown then!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12073019640077080501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-39070281404464047842010-06-10T17:42:15.195+01:002010-06-10T17:42:15.195+01:00@ FX Man
Not so much fawn - more sort of beige or...@ FX Man<br /><br />Not so much fawn - more sort of beige or even mocha.Unsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08307116169498533047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-42230221271137550722010-06-10T17:26:30.190+01:002010-06-10T17:26:30.190+01:00Actually I quite like that anecdote. It's funn...Actually I quite like that anecdote. It's funny. You could take the view that Wayne whassisname is a bit self important. No wonder Abbott hasn't spoken to him, I don't think I would have bothered with a cretin like that either.John Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07437765041360086205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-46534936258627900052010-06-10T17:21:26.934+01:002010-06-10T17:21:26.934+01:00Four Weedlings and a F***witFour Weedlings and a F***witMick Turatianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12533201193634948442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-91482910295662304322010-06-10T16:46:35.070+01:002010-06-10T16:46:35.070+01:00Interesting to see how labour manage to make sure ...Interesting to see how labour manage to make sure Diane gets enough votes so that they avoid the racist, sexist headlines if she flops badly. While making sure she doesn't sneak through as winner with the more main stream candidates splitting the more main stream vote. It could just happen! Wouldn't that be something a labour leader clueless about the effect of the welfare state on the underclass of society and economically illiterate? Sounds like business as usual.<br /><br />http://willstandan.blogspot.com/2010/05/diane-abbott-for-leader.htmlWilliam Standanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16982800631704314296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-52020736246849713072010-06-10T16:43:29.881+01:002010-06-10T16:43:29.881+01:00Interesting to see how labour manage to make sure ...Interesting to see how labour manage to make sure Diane gets enough votes so that they avoid the racist, sexist headlines if she flops badly. While making sure she doesn't sneak through as winner with the more main stream candidates splitting the more main stream vote. It could just happen! Wouldn't that be something a labour leader clueless about the effect of the welfare state on the underclass of society and economically illiterate? Sounds like business as usual.<br /><br />http://willstandan.blogspot.com/2010/05/diane-abbott-for-leader.htmlWilliam Standanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16982800631704314296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-66002873776899905462010-06-10T16:36:54.866+01:002010-06-10T16:36:54.866+01:00@ Hoby
No.@ Hoby<br /><br />No.Unsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08307116169498533047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-30698159266962984212010-06-10T16:33:54.121+01:002010-06-10T16:33:54.121+01:00@georgewpotter
Oh dear! Two things about your pos...@georgewpotter<br /><br />Oh dear! Two things about your post:<br /><br />'the Conservatives had problems in getting 36% of the vote...'<br /><br />The Conservatives actually got 36.1% of the vote.<br /><br />'all Conservatives are ignorant, arrogant and bigotted bastards who care for nothing but seeing themselves alright'<br /><br />Considering that Labour got only 29% of the vote, based on your first comment, your view of Labour must be unprintable.Pam Nashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07371835641538430316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-52087753596486066352010-06-10T15:50:57.010+01:002010-06-10T15:50:57.010+01:00Actually, that was just funny.Actually, that was just funny.Simon Gardnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17189501697856123305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-46568842248140303172010-06-10T15:44:44.012+01:002010-06-10T15:44:44.012+01:00It is very telling that in a week you say you are ...It is very telling that in a week you say you are busy that you find time to make post after post of muck-raking gossip about Labour people and yet can not offer anything about what posh dave has been up to - like the lies and misrepresentations at his press conference on Monday or the differences in spin used by Nick in relation to budget cuts.<br /><br />You know nothing of the history between David and Abbott - it might be that she was actually just being honest to him , after all it was in private.John Babbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01644931643748819987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-27639253450610080662010-06-10T15:43:42.597+01:002010-06-10T15:43:42.597+01:00She's a media star - let's fawn.
http://f...She's a media star - let's fawn.<br /><br />http://fxbites.blogspot.com/2010/06/tillo-brillo-shrillo.htmlMaverick Wayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03332863613116516006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-62809831373933014182010-06-10T15:06:45.302+01:002010-06-10T15:06:45.302+01:00Anyone else think that's actually a fantastic ...Anyone else think that's actually a fantastic put-down?Hobyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13036869119674486183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-49454399360874441152010-06-10T14:57:47.831+01:002010-06-10T14:57:47.831+01:00She doesn't need to canvass.
She's a soci...She doesn't need to canvass. <br />She's a socialist, a minority, and a woman. <br />If she can just claim eye strain as a disability and come out as a lesbian she's ticked all the diversity boxes and automatically becomes leader.Bill Quango MPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14861116614665461655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-12353112745607141522010-06-10T14:56:51.193+01:002010-06-10T14:56:51.193+01:00but of course you don't actually have to be a ...but of course you don't actually have to be a human being when you know you can squeal about ism's to ensure you get nominated.....the only surprise is that she didn't get david walliams to wheel her in whilst claiming she used to be called dino pre-op and waving a sprig of mistletoe to propitiate the thunder god just to tick all of the socilaist special pleader's boxes......or is she saving this for the casmpaign proper?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-62915254666426859672010-06-10T14:56:51.194+01:002010-06-10T14:56:51.194+01:00Reminds me of the old joke:
Pompous old fart &quo...Reminds me of the old joke:<br /><br />Pompous old fart "Do you know who I am?"<br />Innocent lowly employee " No, do you know who I am?"<br />Pompous old fart "No."<br />"Well f*ck off then!"Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06358349301959327747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-7213105352643565462010-06-10T14:53:01.007+01:002010-06-10T14:53:01.007+01:00In other news I heard from a voter, who assures me...In other news I heard from a voter, who assures me this is 100% true, that all Conservatives are ignorant, arrogant and bigotted bastards who care for nothing but seeing themselves alright.<br /><br />I have been unable to actually find any tories to comment on this but, even if it is untrue, that this sounds plausible to me explains why the Conservatives had problems in getting 36% of the vote...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com