tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post6306769785452287141..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: Welcome Fraser, Good Luck MatthewIain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-20974162482319577492009-09-01T13:43:41.063+01:002009-09-01T13:43:41.063+01:00Another suggestion for Mr Nelson when he takes ove...Another suggestion for Mr Nelson when he takes over the editor's chair.<br /><br />Get rid of the ubiquitous, tedious, talentless Deborah RossAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-65703064547649936092009-08-30T16:16:11.008+01:002009-08-30T16:16:11.008+01:00Good news! I may even revive my subscription. The ...Good news! I may even revive my subscription. The Spectator had become so boring that I wasn't reading it.<br />As for the "strangulated vowels", do our fellow commenters realise that the Specator is a <i>magazine</i>, something that you <i>read</i>?Little Black Sambohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16699227938165106710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-46283133111491411852009-08-29T21:23:03.274+01:002009-08-29T21:23:03.274+01:00Three impertinent suggestions for Fraser, as new E...Three impertinent suggestions for Fraser, as new Editor of the Speccie - (and I'm sure he will make a more than capable fist of the job):<br /><br />a) Book some elocution lessons. Your communication style is so strangulated and mannered, you are sometimes barely comprehensible.<br /><br />b) For the same underlying reason, go easy on the statistics. Even quite brainy Speccie readers struggle with densely argued numbers and illegible graphs, to say nothing of the rest of us.<br /><br />c) Give Hoskin the boot as Coffeehouse Censor-in-Chief. And while you're at it, make sure comments get posted within at least a light-year from initial submission.<br /><br />You might even throw caution to the winds and allow instant publication. What a technological revolution that would be, eh?Russellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-26947460865959194182009-08-29T20:10:18.296+01:002009-08-29T20:10:18.296+01:00Fraser works hard and is to some extent, a voice c...Fraser works hard and is to some extent, a voice crying in the wilderness. His posts over at the Spectator always have that smell of integrity.<br /><br />Apart from begging me to tell him about a Heisenberg Compensator so that he can establish a HQ phone link to the BBC, (http://wrinkledweasel.blogspot.com/2009/05/fraser-nelson-and-heisenberg.html)and demonstrating he knows bugger all about technology<br /><br />he is a diamond geezer.Wrinkled Weaselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05291551539649118631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-73150778665585911032009-08-29T15:39:58.339+01:002009-08-29T15:39:58.339+01:00Have they still got the totally unfunny cartoons?Have they still got the totally unfunny cartoons?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-28615507611875719492009-08-29T11:31:38.605+01:002009-08-29T11:31:38.605+01:00A fabulous appointment - didn't care for it to...A fabulous appointment - didn't care for it too much under D'Ancona's reign - too in thrall to gormless and articles too reminiscent of inflight magazinesLizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15672242555151212918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-83355146573290539762009-08-29T10:38:54.777+01:002009-08-29T10:38:54.777+01:00I'd rather Fraser Nelson became part of David ...I'd rather Fraser Nelson became part of David Cameron's team, but somehow I think his views are a touch too strident for the Cameroonies. Hopefully Fraser Nelson will bring The Spectator back to its former self as a purveyor of intelligent political commentary rather than a rival to the weekend lifestyle sections of the broadsheets.Not a sheephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14123293202225008273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-34549147161771076572009-08-29T09:38:52.660+01:002009-08-29T09:38:52.660+01:00Loved the Speccie recently, sad to see him go. Ca...Loved the Speccie recently, sad to see him go. Cameron needs some serious quality, genius idea.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-48531948449673114462009-08-29T08:21:53.718+01:002009-08-29T08:21:53.718+01:00I wish Fraser well in his appointment.A suitable p...I wish Fraser well in his appointment.A suitable post as you suggest for Matthew would have undoubtable benefits if he anything like his father one of the smartest persons in-but now retired- out of the civil service<br /><br />FenmanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-34925727716266194162009-08-29T00:13:43.294+01:002009-08-29T00:13:43.294+01:00"the most talented writer on British politics...<i>"the most talented writer on British politics today"</i><br /><br />I thought that was your (very) frequent visitor "Quietzapple".<br /><br />Only joking....<br /><br />9 comments so far and no sign of the delusional old fart yet?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-34743611592385054072009-08-28T23:05:07.027+01:002009-08-28T23:05:07.027+01:00"...the most talented writer on British polit..."...the most talented writer on British politics today..." Do you really think so? ROFL LMAO ASTC all in one, to borrow a phrase.Andrewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-65094010915097731272009-08-28T20:38:04.413+01:002009-08-28T20:38:04.413+01:00Under D'Ancona the magazine lost much of its w...Under D'Ancona the magazine lost much of its wit and humour. Too many articles lacked penetration or indeed purpose - other than pandering to some research debrief. This week is a fairly good example - the allure of handbags and the cost of weddings.<br /><br />They should stick to their knitting!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07017529579484698276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-53437164300619661462009-08-28T20:20:52.697+01:002009-08-28T20:20:52.697+01:00Endorse Idle's last sentence umpteen fold.Endorse Idle's last sentence umpteen fold.Franknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-20502212402138321582009-08-28T19:45:53.359+01:002009-08-28T19:45:53.359+01:00Just thought you might be interested in a blog tha...Just thought you might be interested in a blog that is on the attack against an old adversary Margaret Hodge<br /><br />http://Barkingstruelabourpartymembers@blogspot.com<br /><br /><br />keirAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-56937924297575873642009-08-28T19:35:23.318+01:002009-08-28T19:35:23.318+01:00Lord Ronnie of D'Ancona? Puhleese! This chap w...Lord Ronnie of D'Ancona? Puhleese! This chap was in thrall to Gordon until it became clear that Brown couldn't be trusted to run a bath without fucking it up.<br /><br />The best interests of Parliament, as it struggles to regain credibility, are not best served by party leaders appointing cheerleaders to the ermine.<br /><br />Who needs Jeff Bernard when the excellent Jeremy Clarke writes Lowlife so well?idlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09938525768274527540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-52150646295153743822009-08-28T19:26:00.977+01:002009-08-28T19:26:00.977+01:00An inspired appointment! Weed out the trashy adve...An inspired appointment! Weed out the trashy advertising that has infected the mag during D'Ancona's reign, together with all those awful faux-invitations to cigar events! Keep it sharp, right-wing and real - and find the Jeffrey Bernard of our times!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-44003806498791618512009-08-28T18:49:38.869+01:002009-08-28T18:49:38.869+01:00I agree that Coffee House has been the most tremen...I agree that Coffee House has been the most tremendous success and Matthew d'Ancona deserves fulsome praise.<br /><br />As a Speccy reader, though, for over twenty years I can't help but regret the slide into lifestyle journalism (numerous dull articles on holiday destinations and even duller celebrity diarists) that seems to have beset the magazine over the last few years.Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-73274273228002904972009-08-28T18:47:08.314+01:002009-08-28T18:47:08.314+01:00When can Fraser learn to speak English without str...When can Fraser learn to speak English without strangulating every vowel.Paul Halsallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01602075031268155220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-76929648933209104292009-08-28T18:16:10.551+01:002009-08-28T18:16:10.551+01:00Terrific news - well done Fraser Nelson.
Must say...Terrific news - well done Fraser Nelson.<br /><br />Must say, have enjoyed Matthew D'Ancona's editorship and wish him well.jon deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17354116589298046787noreply@blogger.com