tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post7782638176498537019..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: Your Nominations PleaseIain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-62921835673659886912009-09-28T14:07:52.159+01:002009-09-28T14:07:52.159+01:00Hmmm. Tim Farron. Spouts populist drivel. Nice g...Hmmm. Tim Farron. Spouts populist drivel. Nice guy unless you happen to be gay.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-66138787875281458532009-09-03T15:48:53.499+01:002009-09-03T15:48:53.499+01:00Peter Davies - Mayor of DoncasterPeter Davies - Mayor of DoncasterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-79501976251555730152009-09-03T08:18:42.544+01:002009-09-03T08:18:42.544+01:00I suppose Lord Ashcroft has been by far the most i...I suppose Lord Ashcroft has been by far the most influencial right wing figure.<br /><br />Pretty single minded and seized the last moment to resurrect the Tory party's chances of survival.<br /><br />Without his concentration on marginal seats Labour would be favourites for the next election.<br /><br />The question is whether, should Cameron win, he will seek influence over the choice of his successor when the first "crisis" - real or imagined - wooflies the Tory backbenches? <br /><br />Still, there are still up to 8/9 months to next June, and those events may not arise.Quietzapplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15422598703061456846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-91769401228260017602009-09-02T13:15:27.479+01:002009-09-02T13:15:27.479+01:00No Plaid or SNP? Both are in Government unlike the...No Plaid or SNP? Both are in Government unlike the Tories and LibDems.EMKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10424145971949017471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-47813694914355197702009-09-02T12:32:53.236+01:002009-09-02T12:32:53.236+01:00From the right:
Wat Tyler of Burning our Money (a...From the right:<br /><br />Wat Tyler of Burning our Money (aka Mike Denham of the Taxpayers' Alliance)<br /><br />The most widely read and influential economics blog in the UK. Influential at the highest level in politics<br /><br /><br />JohnDr John Crippenhttp://nhsblogdoc.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-86338866866454802782009-09-02T10:55:36.057+01:002009-09-02T10:55:36.057+01:00Perhaps Lord Toby Harris has and is gaining more i...Perhaps Lord Toby Harris has and is gaining more influence because of his pressure over IT and Interwebby stuff:<br /><br />eg http://www.lordtobyharris.org.uk/category/information-security/Quietzapplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15422598703061456846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-76079535250264816632009-09-02T09:17:54.285+01:002009-09-02T09:17:54.285+01:00I can't understand why you and others would sp...I can't understand why you and others would spend your time compiling such lists, or why anyone would want to read them. Isn't it incredibly self absorbed behaviour among the 'political classes' or whatever the portmanteau term is? It remionds me of when groups of student pols sat in bars discussing who was the most 'sound'.Stevenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-29992807259228209592009-09-02T08:40:25.001+01:002009-09-02T08:40:25.001+01:00For Lib Dems, how about Hilary Stephenson, who is ...For Lib Dems, how about Hilary Stephenson, who is now Head of Campaigns - Chris Rennard's old power base.<br /><br />Ros Scott, Party President, and the person who sacked Rennard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-73543142515713791072009-09-02T01:45:58.134+01:002009-09-02T01:45:58.134+01:00For the left, how about Jill Evans, three-term Pla...For the left, how about Jill Evans, three-term Plaid Cymru MEP and now First Vice President of the Green / European Free Alliance group (bigger than the Tories') in the European parliament working closely with Danny Cohn-Bendit. The 'Left' ain't just Labour, if they are at all.<br /><br />Very influential in environmental legislation and not part of the London-centric set in this devolved UK. Got the 4 Welsh MEPs to work together after Lady Glenys' veto was removed.Pelagiusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-52876585665122828212009-09-02T00:28:01.640+01:002009-09-02T00:28:01.640+01:00Baron Martin of Springburn?Baron Martin of Springburn?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-49571827802901959142009-09-02T00:16:50.295+01:002009-09-02T00:16:50.295+01:00Newmania: What about Frankie Boyle and the new com...Newmania: What about Frankie Boyle and the new comediens who seem to have left that old default leftiness behind.<br /><br />Not really; they're just cravenly, and unimaginatively, going where majority opinion goes. Majority opinion happens to be right, but let's not give credit where it's not due. Sarah Palin is still the woman it's ok to slag off, and Obama's still Little Tin Jesus. This evening, I've been watching Boyle's live DVD - largely wonderfully, hilariously tasteless, but then out of nowhere: "I've got an analogy. Palestine [sic] is a cake, and it's being punched by an angry Jew.' That's historically ignorant and antisemitic. (I know, tautology.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-87520184093016243352009-09-01T23:31:15.433+01:002009-09-01T23:31:15.433+01:00On the left: Charlie Brooker. He has inspired a yo...On the left: Charlie Brooker. He has inspired a young generation of non-political 'liberals' to critically assess orthodox establishment ideas through his cynical, yet witty, demeanor. <br /><br />On the right: The Cabinet. They have gone out of their way to save capitalism and the free market and to prevent the left from forming any genuine popular movement to call for "people before profit."An Activist Presidenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16917303696041517414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-82048130709203125712009-09-01T22:52:28.297+01:002009-09-01T22:52:28.297+01:00Mark Pritchard, Conservative MP for The Wrekin.
T...Mark Pritchard, Conservative MP for The Wrekin.<br /><br />Though I am not a Conservative, I have to say that Mark Pritchard is a hard-working constituency MP and, I believe, a man of influence on the right. Well, on the soft right, if you see what I mean.Martin Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04148241391183658112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-86491548867848486862009-09-01T22:50:22.490+01:002009-09-01T22:50:22.490+01:00for the right
danny finkelstein
jonathan sacksfor the right<br />danny finkelstein<br />jonathan sacksUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04246156908483804100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-81549316721709013292009-09-01T22:28:37.895+01:002009-09-01T22:28:37.895+01:00Eric Pickles, Michael Gove, Steve Hilton, Andy Cou...Eric Pickles, Michael Gove, Steve Hilton, Andy Coulson... Jon Huntsman, Bobby Jindal, Sarah Palin, Arnold Schwarzenegger, John McCain, Dick Cheney, Karl Rove... Nicolas Sarkozy, Francois Fillon...<br /><br />Peter Mandelson, Harriet Harman, Frank Field, John Prescott, Alastair Campbell... Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Ted Kennedy, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Michael Bloomberg, Jon Stewart, Brian Schweitzer, Bill Richardson...<br /><br />Vince Cable, Charles Kennedy, Lord Rennard...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-63216170883475912602009-09-01T21:35:28.725+01:002009-09-01T21:35:28.725+01:00Remember Scotland.
There are some influential le...Remember Scotland. <br /><br />There are some influential leaders in the Scottish Parliament: notably the Maximum Eck himself (leftish), Annabel Goldie for the Tories (right) and Patrick Harvie for the Greens (left). <br /><br />The two opposition names there are the two who "get" minority government, and both have influenced the Government agenda, albeit not as much as either would like.<br /><br />Labour and the Liberal Democrats not so much - I can't think of a thing they've achieved since 2007.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-84662189113958168502009-09-01T20:59:22.655+01:002009-09-01T20:59:22.655+01:00As a lib dem its got to be tim farron and willie r...As a lib dem its got to be tim farron and willie rennie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-2445186328905038692009-09-01T20:59:12.051+01:002009-09-01T20:59:12.051+01:00Ok if we are going really oddball on this I've...Ok if we are going really oddball on this I've one or two more..Archbishops of Canterbury and York who have influenced the whole Church of England politically by stopping Holy Communion solely on Christian hating liarbliar Governments advice to.<br />You don't get more politically influencial than these two with this decision...they really are playing into Liarbliars hands and helping progress Orwells nightmare.Jeannie Armstrongnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-706332067574955742009-09-01T20:51:49.632+01:002009-09-01T20:51:49.632+01:00On the Lib Dem side I definitely agree with the co...On the Lib Dem side I definitely agree with the comment earlier about Tim Farron. He's a great Northern Liberal who will surely hold his seat in the Lake District with an increased majority.<br /><br />Ed Fordham is one to make the list if he isn't already in your sights. Not yet an MP but surely favourite to win Hampstead and Kilburn at the General Election and one of the most effective and organised campaigners in the LDs.<br /><br />Pete Pattison in Lewisham East one to watch too.Chas Lewisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-21258043743908404112009-09-01T20:48:25.079+01:002009-09-01T20:48:25.079+01:00Lynne Featherstone was pretty shit hot over Baby P...Lynne Featherstone was pretty shit hot over Baby P.Dick the Prickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02683095612320513712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-21641967906429300092009-09-01T20:42:55.219+01:002009-09-01T20:42:55.219+01:00on the right, The Labour partyon the right, The Labour partyLMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02083533096513034466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-49012769060405128912009-09-01T20:08:26.228+01:002009-09-01T20:08:26.228+01:00On the port side - President MandelsonOn the port side - President MandelsonJoe Publicnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-29044211388316999512009-09-01T19:56:56.129+01:002009-09-01T19:56:56.129+01:00Stephen Greenhalgh, leader of Hammersmith Council....Stephen Greenhalgh, leader of Hammersmith Council. The "new Eddie Lister"!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-62263568402924740672009-09-01T19:36:04.971+01:002009-09-01T19:36:04.971+01:00Iain
Have you thought of outgoing Bishop of Roche...Iain<br /><br />Have you thought of outgoing Bishop of Rochester Michael Nazir-Ali for his views on Islam/ integration/ marriage/ gay rights etc?<br /><br />I don't know if he'd class himself as being 'on the right' but don't think he'd fit any other category.<br /><br />Look forward to reading the lists.<br /><br />JamesJamesHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-27747696186835234692009-09-01T19:22:13.703+01:002009-09-01T19:22:13.703+01:00On LibDems,consider outriders and the awkward squa...On LibDems,consider outriders and the awkward squad rather than just boring appartchiks and committee people. Charlotte Gore and Mark Littlewood are libbo righties. James Graham is a liberal lefty.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com