tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post749178004911510065..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: Steve Norris: 'Let's Get Out of the EU'Iain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-48577127991957613042007-02-23T15:32:00.000+00:002007-02-23T15:32:00.000+00:00Norris in. Livingstone out. The other pigmy candid...Norris in. Livingstone out. The other pigmy candidates don't compare.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-21049000880152805682007-02-23T10:01:00.000+00:002007-02-23T10:01:00.000+00:00Norris is right we are all beginning to live in an...Norris is right we are all beginning to live in an Institution a new hi- tech "community" feudalism where we are tied to the land and have to pay a tax for freedom of movement. <BR/>When will Livingstone try to reinstitute "droit de seigneur"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-81757694055476897602007-02-23T02:28:00.000+00:002007-02-23T02:28:00.000+00:00Newmania says: "Obviously , Rachel the ,floaty dr...Newmania says: "Obviously , Rachel the ,floaty dress wearing, bleeding heart Liberal, friend to victims everywhere is improved by poor reception"<BR/><BR/>Tee hee.<BR/><BR/>Regarding my complaints about the sound level, Iain says I'm not just alone but "very alone" - God! Has life got that bad without my noticing?<BR/><BR/>Hatfield Girl - Astute observation, as always.<BR/><BR/>j.random engineer - THANK YOU! I am not alone (although Iain says I am.) Sound on 18 Doughty Street is mainly some sentences by one person and then cluck chunter chunter squak cluck cluk "so I think..." chunter, "But not withstanding" chunter,chunter.<BR/><BR/>I also don't have a problem hearing other sites.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-39756367971454630202007-02-22T20:07:00.000+00:002007-02-22T20:07:00.000+00:00Interesting bit when Norris told us that over 100 ...Interesting bit when Norris told us that over 100 thousand pounds a years ant really cutting it now days if you want anyone anygood to apply for the job of Londons mayor.<BR/><BR/>This is more then an average MP gets, and we have over six hundred of them. <BR/><BR/>Is the eco loon Norris saying that a vaste magority of his Conservative parliamentary friends are not any good.<BR/><BR/>Or is he saying that there is more cash to be made being an MP then Londons mayor. Which by implication the police and the tax man are unaware of?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-44694568852468670132007-02-22T17:51:00.000+00:002007-02-22T17:51:00.000+00:00Amazing breadth of knowledge about how London work...Amazing breadth of knowledge about how London works.<BR/><BR/>Don't look a gifthorse in the mouth, Tories.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-39448481401589666062007-02-22T17:24:00.000+00:002007-02-22T17:24:00.000+00:00A good showing by Steve Norris.Hit some good butto...A good showing by Steve Norris.<BR/><BR/>Hit some good buttons for me:<BR/><BR/>Eurosceptic but not Europhobe<BR/>Routemasters<BR/>Anti-"Hendy"buses (does anyone know if Peter Hendy drives a Merc?)<BR/>Good bit of solid reasoning over congestion charging.<BR/><BR/>Not sure how effecive his anti gun crime ideas would be, but we shall see in due course.<BR/><BR/>Must say that the interview has opened Steve as a possible instead of the impossible (tainted as he was by the Curse of Jarvis)Roger Thornhillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01153744692290896812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-70947140902435273692007-02-22T16:03:00.000+00:002007-02-22T16:03:00.000+00:00So Norris will be single-handedly undoing everythi...So Norris will be single-handedly undoing everything that Livingstone has 'achieved' in office.<BR/><BR/>Does this mean we can also expect Norris to reduce the London precept back to its former level?<BR/><BR/>If not, he can get stuffed. About Livingstone's only virtue is that he kept Norris out of office.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-19601513116289559582007-02-22T15:29:00.000+00:002007-02-22T15:29:00.000+00:00Steve Norris showed last night why he is the only ...Steve Norris showed last night why he is the only plausible candidate the Tories have.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-23589179976966247452007-02-22T15:21:00.000+00:002007-02-22T15:21:00.000+00:00Steve Norris is a rather late convert to this don'...Steve Norris is a rather late convert to this don't you think? I wonder if he can dredge up his unkind comments about other advocates euroscepticism?Andrew Ian Dodgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16293965494182995460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-5132923679132693332007-02-22T14:06:00.000+00:002007-02-22T14:06:00.000+00:00It was the first time I'd tuned into 18DS and I ce...It was the first time I'd tuned into 18DS and I certainly will be again now.<BR/><BR/>But I did have some connection troubles during the Steve Norris interview (most likely due to the increased traffic), it worked fine the rest of the evening.David Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08240242801763405583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-40302513021980601192007-02-22T13:52:00.000+00:002007-02-22T13:52:00.000+00:00"Steve Norris will be the candidate over Jacqui La..."Steve Norris will be the candidate over Jacqui Lait's (Shadow Minister for London) dead body."<BR/><BR/>Tory members don't get it, do they? It's not up to unknown Scottish MPs who sit for London constituencies who the Mayoral candidate is. They have no say.<BR/><BR/>Steve Norris showed last night why he is a professional and the nobodies who have so far come forward are just rather dull and useless amateurs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-74156527562548434402007-02-22T13:48:00.000+00:002007-02-22T13:48:00.000+00:00The easist way to get out of the EU is to dissolve...The easist way to get out of the EU is to dissolve the British Union. Its past its sell by date - especially now with the constitutional imbalance and unfairness created by Nu Labours botched devolution.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-20156035985978008792007-02-22T13:07:00.000+00:002007-02-22T13:07:00.000+00:00to pj (8.43) - The UK had a referendum on whether ...to pj (8.43) - <BR/><BR/>The UK had a referendum on whether to stay in the EU (in 1975). There was no referendum on entry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-32749310930325051982007-02-22T12:24:00.000+00:002007-02-22T12:24:00.000+00:00@mark williams,Works for me mate - anything that e...@mark williams,<BR/><BR/>Works for me mate - anything that ensures that Labour are booted out and Socialism destroyed is fine by me.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14322434086921194970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-91707635419774807262007-02-22T11:57:00.000+00:002007-02-22T11:57:00.000+00:00Newmania, ten of you may have had problems viewing...Newmania, ten of you may have had problems viewing the programme but I have it on good authority the other ten didn't.The Daily Pundithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10897210727324532431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-33975234320594669892007-02-22T11:28:00.000+00:002007-02-22T11:28:00.000+00:00Just caught the Shagger interview. He urges the EU...Just caught the Shagger interview. He urges the EU - if it is to mean anything at all - to do more on the environment front. <I>Right</I>.<BR/><BR/>The same EU that is synonymous with food mountains and wine lakes? <BR/><BR/>Here's the excellent <A HREF="http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/politics/danielhannan/feb07/eugreen.htm" REL="nofollow">Dan Hannan</A> from his blog yesterday on the EU and the environment:<BR/><BR/><I>This afternoon, EU environment ministers will set out a series of new initiatives on everything from vehicles to carbon emissions. They want a range of eco-taxes, and the power to fine polluters. Our own Environment Secretary, David Miliband, has suggested rebranding the EU as the “Environmental Union”.<BR/><BR/>This is the EU, let us remember, that has caused one of the greatest environmental calamities in Europe, namely the Common Agricultural Policy, whose output-based subsidies have encouraged the felling of hedgerows, the use of chemical fertilisers and the impoverishment of Third World producers. This is the EU that has destroyed what ought to have been a great renewable resource: North Sea fish stocks. And this is the EU whose Parliament peregrinates every month between Brussels and Strasbourg, with a fleet of carbon-emitting lorries to carry its gear, and with all its paperwork printed off separately at each end.</I><BR/><BR/>Really, Steve, get yourself a decent researcher.nsflhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09260773709764111311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-59365471957191013442007-02-22T11:22:00.000+00:002007-02-22T11:22:00.000+00:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-3714901376849601472007-02-22T11:19:00.000+00:002007-02-22T11:19:00.000+00:00It was a top show, Iain. I'm glad you asked my que...It was a top show, Iain. <BR/><BR/>I'm glad you asked my question about Routemasters,and that Norris answered it in the way he did (with the superb follow-up about those loathsome bendy buses).<BR/><BR/>You and 18DS are to be congratulated.<BR/><BR/>Thanks also to Newmania for his encouraging words.<BR/><BR/>Now, where's my <A HREF="http://swordinthelake.blogspot.om/" REL="nofollow">link</A>?!Arthurian Legendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10938610415894666049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-26393770607799208252007-02-22T11:17:00.000+00:002007-02-22T11:17:00.000+00:00He would back leaving the EU if David Cameron said...He would back leaving the EU if David Cameron said so?<BR/><BR/>So does that mean he will not make a stand one way or the other on such an important issue if the Party hierarchy make no comment on it?<BR/><BR/>Or is he going to sign up to the Better Off Out campaign today?<BR/><BR/>Principled stand, please.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-45259889014304447842007-02-22T11:13:00.000+00:002007-02-22T11:13:00.000+00:00"Reinstate Routemaster buses". Hmm. As another pos..."Reinstate Routemaster buses". Hmm. As another poster observes, how will he do this? Repatriate them from American museums? Build another fleet? <BR/><BR/>Ever wonder why London lost them (apart from two heritage routes)? Because they fell foul of EU law. (Which is why Red Ken had to backtrack on his promise to keep them.) If Shagger couldn't point out the connection between the disappearing Routemaster and EU disability laws, he is not very well briefed.<BR/><BR/>Since the bendy buses were introduced, dedicated taxi, minibus and bus services for the disabled have been cut right back in the capital. Cui bono? The EU's drive for ever closer union, and the suppliers of bendy buses.nsflhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09260773709764111311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-13259523300896766312007-02-22T11:00:00.000+00:002007-02-22T11:00:00.000+00:00Yes ! Yes ! Yes ! No, I'm not having an orgasm, bu...Yes ! Yes ! Yes ! <BR/><BR/>No, I'm not having an orgasm, but I absolutely agree that it is about time we had the fantastic female from Hatfield on 18 Doughty Street !!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-2775021689781663842007-02-22T10:58:00.000+00:002007-02-22T10:58:00.000+00:00http://www.farmsubsidy.org/unitedkingdom/UK_fined_...http://www.farmsubsidy.org/unitedkingdom/UK_fined_GBP_305_million_for_farm_subsidy_incompetence/210207<BR/><BR/>well can we get out before Gordon or whoever coughs up 305 million for the farm subsidy fiasco?. MORONS.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-78624512414053371722007-02-22T10:16:00.000+00:002007-02-22T10:16:00.000+00:00I only want to express my pure chaste and chivalri...I only want to express my pure chaste and chivalric love for Hatfield girl,<BR/><BR/><BR/>She`s......great. Why can`t she be on Doughty Street the woman is a star !!Newmaniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11922161971821380803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-45716368220654792452007-02-22T10:15:00.000+00:002007-02-22T10:15:00.000+00:00to tonemcd:"Going for the jugular" while Labour ar...to tonemcd:<BR/>"Going for the jugular" while Labour are "on the ropes" might be difficult. It would be better to pin them to the floor first so they don't bounce back.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-15890483058308332902007-02-22T09:48:00.000+00:002007-02-22T09:48:00.000+00:00"reinstate Routemaster buses"Given the fleet not a..."reinstate Routemaster buses"<BR/><BR/>Given the fleet not already in service as heritage buses was sold off, how will this be achieved? Building new ones (not commercially viable for a manufacturer unless other cities bought them) or compulsory purchase of those in museums or sold overseas?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com