tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post7848537362332033501..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: Labour Scandal Book Published TomorrowIain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-52736551457082565272009-09-25T12:56:47.589+01:002009-09-25T12:56:47.589+01:00"Gordon must be the unluckiest politician ev..."Gordon must be the unluckiest politician ever. But hey, he deserves it."<br /><br />He was the luckiest chancellor ever, and didn't deserve it. What goes around comes around.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-18346989974991195042009-09-25T09:05:34.735+01:002009-09-25T09:05:34.735+01:00Have men always been such disgraceful bullying go...Have men always been such disgraceful bullying gossips? <br /><br />Who cares, and who has the time to read this latest regurgitated tripe. <br /><br />Can't some one discusss why the pound is sinking rapidly? Stick to important issues please.True Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16296161522047947133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-19690322434238056572009-09-24T23:05:19.787+01:002009-09-24T23:05:19.787+01:00Has iain once again over egged a story !
Is the p...Has iain once again over egged a story !<br /><br />Is the pope catholic i hear you saygolden_ballshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17002302454171212086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-40773776182285368022009-09-24T22:24:26.522+01:002009-09-24T22:24:26.522+01:00http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-exp...http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/6228694/MPs-expenses-how-fury-over-plight-of-our-soldiers-blew-lid-on-claims.html<br /><br />Trivial so far.Bardirecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12167919762034389133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-3694002867006781822009-09-24T21:28:10.825+01:002009-09-24T21:28:10.825+01:00Amazon's Canadian site is listing it.Amazon's Canadian site is listing it.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06810788783886456639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-79806703443891314532009-09-24T21:07:28.920+01:002009-09-24T21:07:28.920+01:00I heard, after the Edwina book came out, that John...I heard, after the Edwina book came out, that John Major - after leaving a pub late one night - was heard to have said: "I could murder a curry!"Ampershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12228695531285332529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-75179253379606975732009-09-24T21:02:27.474+01:002009-09-24T21:02:27.474+01:00Is this one of those New Statesman comps? World&#...Is this one of those New Statesman comps? World's least exciting announcements?Jimmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01542633492362670045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-28806138933687823302009-09-24T20:12:19.993+01:002009-09-24T20:12:19.993+01:00Old Holborn will reveal the Jury Team candidate fo...Old Holborn will reveal the Jury Team candidate for Glasgow North East By Election at 10pm<br /><br /><a href="http://bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com/2009/09/jury-team-candidate-fo-glasgow-north.html" rel="nofollow"> HERE </a>Old Holbornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10164491045068093627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-63460820226057412622009-09-24T20:04:24.181+01:002009-09-24T20:04:24.181+01:00More popcorn!More popcorn!somedayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13936839987184425650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-34391140387700463332009-09-24T19:54:56.003+01:002009-09-24T19:54:56.003+01:00£12.99 in Smiths
http://www.whsmith.co.uk/Catalog...£12.99 in Smiths<br /><br />http://www.whsmith.co.uk/CatalogAndSearch/ProductDetails-No+Expenses+Spared+-9780593065556.htmlOld Holbornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10164491045068093627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-53968235101132458852009-09-24T18:45:11.276+01:002009-09-24T18:45:11.276+01:00Surely having a Labour scandal Government is enoug...Surely having a Labour scandal Government is enough - without having to buy the book as well.Sir Edward Heathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10015408685370714759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-2602299478883758872009-09-24T18:31:09.231+01:002009-09-24T18:31:09.231+01:00Surely a book raking over the expenses would not j...Surely a book raking over the expenses would not just damage Labour? Are you sure this a book serialisation, and not a genuine scoop? How about the fact that Max Clifford has Baroness Scotland’s cleaner and the cleaner’s hubby under his wing? “We didn’t show her anything and she didn’t ask..”I Squigglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03977761412580015662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-24985946077174331792009-09-24T18:23:44.737+01:002009-09-24T18:23:44.737+01:00If it turns out to be No Expenses Spared I can'...If it turns out to be No Expenses Spared I can't see how any new scandal will be revealed?Andrewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-7551769714746660662009-09-24T17:17:55.222+01:002009-09-24T17:17:55.222+01:00Unless it has new information about Labour Ministe...Unless it has new information about Labour Ministers or the PM this is just a damp squid. <br /><br />It also brings back the images of the Tories duck houses moats etc <br /><br />It will overshadow the conference but i think most people will realise its the torygraph doing the tories dirty work.golden_ballshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17002302454171212086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-10750716517176605542009-09-24T16:59:31.122+01:002009-09-24T16:59:31.122+01:00Interestingly, if you search on the Telegraph web ...Interestingly, if you search on the Telegraph web site for <br />"No Expenses Spared" you get a page with a link saying:<br /><br />""No Expenses Spared: the inside story of the Telegraph's MPs' ...<br /><br />24/09/2009 |news"<br /><br />But if you click on that, you go to <br />http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/6226839/No-Expenses-Spared-the-inside-story-of-the-Telegraphs-MPs-Expenses-investigation.html<br /><br />Which gives you this:<br /><br /><br />"Sorry<br />We cannot find the page you are looking for.<br /><br /> * The page may have been moved, updated or deleted.<br /> * Or you may have typed the web address incorrectly. Please check the address and spelling."<br /><br />If this is indeed the book, it is hardly going to rock the political establishment, is it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-62925147966043927002009-09-24T15:57:51.320+01:002009-09-24T15:57:51.320+01:00Despairing liberal : Don't get too despairing ...Despairing liberal : Don't get too despairing about Mr. Justice Eadie.<br />The word is that he has overstepped the mark so far, the legal professional have put his balls in a vice. <br />As for the mystery tome, it could cover the time since 1997 - but would have to be just volume one of elventy-three volumes.The Hull Fat Boynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-86371774636921766982009-09-24T15:11:45.069+01:002009-09-24T15:11:45.069+01:00I found the reference to it here
http://www.thebo...I found the reference to it here<br /><br />http://www.thebookseller.com/news/90835-transworld-acquires-telegraph-expenses-title.htmlidonotbelieveitnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-45770069267766573902009-09-24T14:31:04.369+01:002009-09-24T14:31:04.369+01:00Could it be Cherie's?Could it be Cherie's?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-66971496730062941182009-09-24T14:12:14.649+01:002009-09-24T14:12:14.649+01:00They would have to have very good lawyers and very...They would have to have very good lawyers and very deep pockets these days to be sure of publishing if it contains truly unpleasant revelations - under Mr Eady, libel has become a rich man's cash take-away in Britain. Political publcations generally don't sell enough to take those sort of risks, which is why the really juicy gossip tends to be in books about dead ones. The much vaunted and hyped Cambell diaries for example contained little that was new and mostly gossip of the anodyne variety.<br /><br />Remains to see if this turns into something, but I wonder if Dale/Montgomerie are just seeking to get some more spin out of a regurgitation of the expenses scandal? And a courtesy hype for one or two chums on the Torygraph?DespairingLiberalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02903904463236135611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-72321753689435506152009-09-24T13:49:39.973+01:002009-09-24T13:49:39.973+01:00Just about any honest book on history, economics, ...Just about any honest book on history, economics, politics would embarrass Labour.Roger Thornhillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03591327286533118901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-55534999626215797092009-09-24T13:43:12.990+01:002009-09-24T13:43:12.990+01:00More guff about expenses?
Be still my beating hea...More guff about expenses?<br /><br />Be still my beating heart.Jimmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01542633492362670045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-40415819046619784232009-09-24T13:39:38.392+01:002009-09-24T13:39:38.392+01:00My memoirs are being released.
All those Quangos t...My memoirs are being released.<br />All those Quangos to settle the maximum height of a phone mast or the thickness of the lines to determine a disabled parking bay. The Helsinki Conference where all the minor backbench politicos of Europe met to decide the exact wording of the 2007 No Smoking signs.<br />This book delves into every aspect of Quangos {excluding financially sensitive data of course}<br /><br />Its a riveting read I can tell you.Bill Quango MPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14861116614665461655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-2954385473054102122009-09-24T13:09:22.037+01:002009-09-24T13:09:22.037+01:00It definitely is 'No Expense Spared'.
My ...It definitely is 'No Expense Spared'.<br /><br />My book wholesaler rang me yesterday morning about it, but had no details. Having ordered some, it came into my order basket described as 'Untitled Political Book' but cross checking on Amazon - the ISBN came up as 'No Expenses Spared'. <br /><br />The traditional book trade are pretty obsessive about keeping to embargoes etc; Amazon, frankly, don't give a shit.<br /><br />My guess though, is that this will be an over-hyped damp squib.David Logannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-52279340250930441412009-09-24T12:53:05.575+01:002009-09-24T12:53:05.575+01:00It's not 'No Expenses Spared', that bo...It's not 'No Expenses Spared', that book is 384 pages long, numerous sites cite 'UNTITLED POLITICAL BOOK' as being 368 pages long.<br /><br />It's title is also being kept secret. It appears as 'UNTITLED POLITICAL BOOK' on pickabook:<br /><br />http://www.pickabook.co.uk/9780593065778.aspx<br /><br />This is despite there being 708 of them in stock. If the title wasn't embargoed, they would have updated the listing on the website.<br /><br />Finally, if the title was emargoed, why would the publishers own website name it?<br /><br />Oh, and the only extra info I can find is that it measures 240mm x 156mm!Nicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-61253560411002178362009-09-24T12:12:16.099+01:002009-09-24T12:12:16.099+01:00It's still on the publishers' website at:
...It's still on the publishers' website at:<br /><br />http://www.booksattransworld.co.uk/catalog/book.htm?command=Search&db=twmain.txt&eqisbndata=0593065417<br /><br />Mind you, it would probably be pretty embarrassing for the Tories too.<br /><br />Maybe this isn't the book.David from Ealingnoreply@blogger.com