tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post6672545511122972805..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: Sky Host Online Crewe & Nantwich DebateIain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-24775550913834547162008-05-20T07:51:00.000+01:002008-05-20T07:51:00.000+01:00Auntie Flo' said... "So, Moyra Tamsin Dunwoody-Kne...<B>Auntie Flo' said... </B><BR/><I>"So, Moyra Tamsin Dunwoody-Kneafsy was not only to the manor born but still lives in one."</I><BR/><BR/>I'm surprised no one has looked up her farm on the Land Registry website yet? Or even perhaps checked with local estate agents for a guide price?<BR/><BR/>Anyway, her Ladyship Tamsin said this to <A HREF="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/article1002123.ece" REL="nofollow">The Times</A> back in 2004 about the time her parents both got elected:<BR/><BR/><I>"When they both won, we were carted off to London, literally overnight. It was a dramatic change to our lives. One day we were living in Totnes, having a rural life in this beautiful town; the next, we'd moved in with my grandfather in Fulham. We had to change schools, make new friends, adapt to a new life. We stayed with my grandfather for the first year, then moved to Westminster.... <BR/><BR/>... It took time for us to realise that it was a wonderful opportunity and to appreciate that we could have a social life - with parties and trips to the cinema - that we wouldn't have had if we'd stayed in Devon. At the same time, we could go back for the holidays and at weekends.<BR/>"</I><BR/><BR/>She then adds this about the time her parents lost their seats:<BR/><BR/><I>"Of course, then there was another upheaval. Dad went back into general practice, while Mum found work in the film industry. It was all very glamorous. We'd go with her to Cannes and other film festivals, where we'd be fighting <BR/>for seats with Donald Sutherland."</I><BR/><BR/>I mean, seriously, she's got some cheek to raise Edward Timpson's background but conveniently forgets her own rather charmed upbringing. Trips to Cannes... Mmmm I'm sure that's going to resonate with her target voters - Not!John Pickworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02166443099429490782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-86744774270226067972008-05-20T00:37:00.000+01:002008-05-20T00:37:00.000+01:00So, Moyra Tamsin Dunwoody-Kneafsy was not only to ...So, Moyra Tamsin Dunwoody-Kneafsy was not only to the manor born but still lives in one. <BR/><BR/>There's a whiff of the Ed Balls and Yvette Cooper wealth syndrome to our Tamsin too, since both her parents were well heeled government ministers. <BR/><BR/>As a former AM and having presumably inherited big money from both her wealthy parents, Ms Dunwoody-Kneafsy must be rolling in it.<BR/><BR/>How can Dunwoody-Kneafsy claim to be in touch with the problems of the people of Crewe when she comes from a wealthy family and lives in a bl**dy great mansion with its own estate, her place is the size of Southfork, Dallas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-83223454063998492112008-05-20T00:03:00.000+01:002008-05-20T00:03:00.000+01:00All froth and no substance...no wonder people don'...All froth and no substance...no wonder people don't vote.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-62786569401376050972008-05-19T23:40:00.002+01:002008-05-19T23:40:00.002+01:00'I am a single parent of five kids fighting to get...'I am a single parent of five kids fighting to get a job. I have no family fortune to fall back on.'<BR/><BR/>This is crap she is rich and does not have to worry .How can she talk such rubbish, she would not be the candidate if she was not Dunwoody either and her line on 42 days is equally shifty.<BR/><BR/>LiarNewmaniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11922161971821380803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-58431425695005242392008-05-19T23:28:00.000+01:002008-05-19T23:28:00.000+01:00If there is a god ...the liberals will beat Lady T...If there is a god ...the liberals will beat Lady Tasmin into third place as in the sky poll , Shenton seems to have some common sense .....!<BR/>It would be a Portillo /Blair (re Reg Keys speech )moment...... squirming in the spotlight ..... <BR/><BR/>joy<BR/><BR/>Worth staying up forAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-40224221594944828792008-05-19T22:40:00.000+01:002008-05-19T22:40:00.000+01:00couple of hundred on a regular basis ...innit !yo...couple of hundred on a regular basis ...innit !<BR/><BR/>your becoming a media tart<BR/><BR/>arfAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-17282898567740076702008-05-19T22:20:00.000+01:002008-05-19T22:20:00.000+01:00Latest ComRes poll for Crewe and Nantwich gives To...Latest ComRes poll for Crewe and Nantwich gives Tories a 13 point lead:<BR/><BR/>http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/05/today-in-pol-17.html<BR/><BR/>By election voting shares - CON 48%: LAB 35%: LD 12%NBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01706643855708387663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-80412143356012889692008-05-19T22:04:00.000+01:002008-05-19T22:04:00.000+01:00Iain,"Just a thought, do you really think that I c...Iain,<BR/><BR/><I>"Just a thought, do you really think that I can be bought for a hundred quid?"</I><BR/><BR/>We're not discussing price here, are we?<BR/><BR/>'Beyond Pearls' I'd have thought...Unsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08307116169498533047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-22250171280071115612008-05-19T21:45:00.000+01:002008-05-19T21:45:00.000+01:00Philip W said... I think the readers of Boulton & ...Philip W said... <BR/>I think the readers of Boulton & Co have made their views very plain from their post-debate vote. The "toff" gets 63% whereas poor, downtrodden mother of five whose country pile has only six acres comes in a creditable 3rd at 15%.<BR/><BR/><BR/>There seems to be some sort of misunderstanding here in that you think Sky polls represent the country at large. If you read the Sky blogs they are Tory dominated, and if you look at the Sky poll of 'who won PMQ's' at 12:35 every Wednesday you will find that Cammers has already 'won' by 98%. No actual number of voters is published, so it could be just the regular dozen or so commentors clicking. As we know Labour voters tend not to engage in this type of poll, or even vote unless pushed, despite the fact Tories insist that Labour's client state of scroungers and bad 'uns keep them in power. They don't. And anyone who has ever campaigned for Labour knows how hard it is to get their vote out, because frankly - most of them can't be arsed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-14903280047663627432008-05-19T21:41:00.000+01:002008-05-19T21:41:00.000+01:00Thousands of New Labour activists are meeting up a...Thousands of New Labour activists are <A HREF="http://lukeakehurstsblog.blogspot.com/2008/05/all-hands-to-septic-tank-pumps.html" REL="nofollow">meeting up at Moyra's estate</A> tomorrow morning to saddle up and ride into Crewe for leafleting and Tory name-calling. Then we're back to the mansion in the Pembrokeshire National Park for a spot of game shooting with our poor host, the single mother of five with no family wealth to fall back on. We'll give you lot a jolly good thrashing on Thursday!Luke Akehursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00837948955749643529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-21213646638363447292008-05-19T21:16:00.000+01:002008-05-19T21:16:00.000+01:00Someone ask Tamsin Dunwoody-Kneafsy, "Do you miss ...Someone ask Tamsin Dunwoody-Kneafsy, "Do you miss your mother?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-14067714228782296732008-05-19T20:37:00.000+01:002008-05-19T20:37:00.000+01:00John said... "I think Tamsin would make a name for...<B>John said... </B><BR/><I>"I think Tamsin would make a name for herself very quickly..." </I><BR/><BR/>I'm sure that's precisely her career plan... but why would that be good for us or the people of Crewe and Nantwich?<BR/><BR/>Haven't we had enough of the fools in Parliament that think they are more important than the job we send them there to do? <BR/><BR/>Frankly we do want more nondescript, no-passion, boring-as-hell white middle class people and less of those who think they're on some better paying Big Brother show.<BR/><BR/>If Tamsin is such a talent, I'm sure it won't be too long before she finds another opening at the trough. Personally, I think she (and us) would be better if she actually got a real job... assembling cars at Bentley maybe? Surely that would satisfy her maternal need to be close to her beloved Crewe. So Tamsin, are you ready to roll up your sleaves and do some real work for a change?John Pickworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02166443099429490782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-42964128118764664572008-05-19T20:29:00.000+01:002008-05-19T20:29:00.000+01:00"Just a thought, do you really think that I can be..."Just a thought, do you really think that I can be bought for a hundred quid?"<BR/><BR/>Yes, in beer.<BR/><BR/>I was actually quite surprised at the lack of comment from Ms Dunwoody and instead it was Elizabeth Shenton that surprised me with the substance and indeed length of answers.<BR/><BR/>Reading the blog fully Tamsin laughs away her big home in Wales as a "building site on 6 acres, 3 of which are bog."<BR/><BR/>Timpson did well and managed to answer things a bit, but Tamsin was just stupid with her "LOL" comment. I really hope they loose now, Gwyneth wouldn't have sanctioned this kind of dirty play surely...TheMadCobblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03930177154896042382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-10274440383220282662008-05-19T19:56:00.000+01:002008-05-19T19:56:00.000+01:00Just read the transcript. Best response goes to El...Just read the transcript. Best response goes to Elizabeth Shenton.<BR/><BR/>(Henry, 9.34)<BR/>Tamsin, is Gordon Brown an asset or a liability?<BR/><BR/>... no response from Tamsin ...<BR/><BR/>(James, 9.35)<BR/>Tamsin: Gordon Brown asset or liability?<BR/><BR/>... no response from Tamsin ...<BR/><BR/>(Elizabeth Shenton, 9.36)<BR/>Gordon is an asset to our campaign!<BR/><BR/>...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-34388781494159946072008-05-19T19:55:00.001+01:002008-05-19T19:55:00.001+01:00if needs be, would you be prepared to go against y...if needs be, would you be prepared to go against your respetive party lines if you felt it could be for a greater good.<BR/><BR/>Tamsin: hi, yes. Absolubtely. As long as the government said I could first.<BR/><BR/>wot do you make of the "Toff" label?<BR/><BR/>Tamsin Dunwoody-Kneafsey:<BR/>I don't like Toffs, or hereditary principle [ except now. ] But as Tony Blair said to me on the mobile only this morning...<BR/>"Look Tamsin, you know, we .... could have abolished the House of Lords. When Michael Foot attained the leadership of the Labour Party, abolition of the House of Lords became a part of the party's agenda. <BR/>Of course I stopped that!<BR/><BR/>I saw we could make a huge pile of cash from stopping the hereditary bit and then selling peerages to rich people. Great for everyone.<BR/> We get to perpetuate the Class system and we get hard cash.<BR/> <BR/>I mean comunism, captilism, rich , poor, worker, toff ..Labour Conservative. Its all just the same these days isn't it.<BR/><BR/>Anyway love, gotta dash got a man is coming from Sky to fix a dish up in my new house. Just can't remember which new house it is."Bill Quango MPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14861116614665461655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-34405746292959187832008-05-19T19:55:00.000+01:002008-05-19T19:55:00.000+01:00she's obviously a warm, feisty and passionate woma...<I>she's obviously a warm, feisty and passionate woman with that steeliness that only Labour women have</I><BR/><BR/>What that great 'steeliness' (known only to Labour women)that leads Tamsin to lie about and smear her opponent while regarding a parliamentary seat as some kind of dynastic hand-me-down. Please spare us this patronising sentimental guff John.Oscar Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09423019456579337438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-8955440546313825792008-05-19T19:39:00.000+01:002008-05-19T19:39:00.000+01:00John, clearly you have been watching a very differ...John, clearly you have been watching a very different Dunwoody to me. The only one I've seen is a brittle, unimpressive, spinning, cold and maybe even slightly thick individual. She has absolutely no capacity to think on her feet, either. They say many traits skip a generation...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-89821495239211246102008-05-19T19:13:00.000+01:002008-05-19T19:13:00.000+01:00I submitted four questions.Two were ignored.The th...I submitted four questions.<BR/><BR/>Two were ignored.<BR/><BR/>The third was not shown yet the Liberal candidate responded.<BR/><BR/>The fourth was shown, no reply printed.<BR/><BR/>Conclusion: Sky blog censor's no more or less than Dale's blog.<BR/><BR/><BR/>P.S.<BR/><BR/>I spent ages writing a response to your Crewe Premier Inn scoop and it did not make your page, not impressed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-22700395044729629492008-05-19T19:08:00.000+01:002008-05-19T19:08:00.000+01:00So. in the space of a week, poor single mother of ...So. in the space of a week, poor single mother of five Tamsin, who doesn't own a mansion anywhere near Crewe, has completely changed her mind on the 42 days issue. Labour integrity at its finest.Mulliganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12445624135697167219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-87005287949711605112008-05-19T19:06:00.000+01:002008-05-19T19:06:00.000+01:00TD says: "I am a single parent of five kids fighti...TD says: "I am a single parent of five kids fighting to get a job. I have no family fortune to fall back on". I thought that she had a job in Wales?! Poor TD has to maintain her large mansion too!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-11065453698008695822008-05-19T18:54:00.000+01:002008-05-19T18:54:00.000+01:00Iain - caught a bit of Sky news earlier, but with...Iain - caught a bit of Sky news earlier, but with the sound down. Think it might have been about substantial figures in the Conservative Party that have lost lots of weight, as your talking head piece was immediately preceded by young Lord Lawson...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-74543750311581685162008-05-19T18:53:00.000+01:002008-05-19T18:53:00.000+01:00I'd have guessed fifty!I'd have guessed fifty!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-47819625894488558422008-05-19T18:45:00.001+01:002008-05-19T18:45:00.001+01:00Tamsin,would you vote for fudge or Toffee?"I'm not...Tamsin,<BR/><BR/>would you vote for fudge or Toffee?<BR/><BR/>"I'm not sure sweetie it all depends on the five safeguards blah, blah, blah......."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-58122901183865370012008-05-19T18:45:00.000+01:002008-05-19T18:45:00.000+01:00But surely everyone would agree we don't need anot...But surely everyone would agree we don't need another nondescript, no-passion, boring-as-hell white middle class man in the Commons? (No offence Iain ;p) In any other circumstances, Dunwoody would win hands down - she's obviously a warm, feisty and passionate woman with that steeliness that only Labour women have: I saw her on the politics show yesterday, and the similarity with her mother is remarkable in their approach to opponents - a hearty contempt. I don't think we'll hear much of Ed Timpson once he's elected - could anyone be more bland? Whereas I think Tamsin would make a name for herself very quickly; sadly, it looks like she'll be denied the chance. However, if she hangs around for the next general, I think she'd win it back easily.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-90688684591458074962008-05-19T18:32:00.000+01:002008-05-19T18:32:00.000+01:00Just a thought, do you really think that I can be ...Just a thought, do you really think that I can be bought for a hundred quid?Iain Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.com