tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post8354395546219859542..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: A Very Strange DayIain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-77896789093982475382007-11-23T23:44:00.000+00:002007-11-23T23:44:00.000+00:00Talking of grinners:How about Howard and Jacqui Sm...Talking of grinners:<BR/>How about Howard and Jacqui Smith grinning and chattering in PMQs as Brown told us of three British dead in Iraq and Afghanistan?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-52991478894962470902007-11-23T19:11:00.000+00:002007-11-23T19:11:00.000+00:00If you are thinking of taking on an assistant, how...If you are thinking of taking on an assistant, how about Newmania?Little Black Sambohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16699227938165106710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-45506455977601617072007-11-23T14:43:00.000+00:002007-11-23T14:43:00.000+00:00Poor old John Major, still getting it in the neck ...Poor old John Major, still getting it in the neck over the ERM (wanted by everyone in most parties apart from Thatcher).<BR/><BR/>The Berlin wall comes down Germany reuinites inflation rockets,germany puts the brakes on and Britain suffers.<BR/><BR/>George Soros makes a killing on this speculation.<BR/><BR/>I wonder how many at that time, apart from Soros, actually predicted the German Mark rocketing in three years time?<BR/><BR/>It was a total disaster but I still say it was not the ultimate death rattle of the Tories. It came many years before by Lawson doing exactly the same thing here.<BR/><BR/>Tories never fully recovered and attempted to bail themselves out by the Poll tax.<BR/><BR/>It's the unwritten history that is more accurate.<BR/>But the claim that Governments lose elections rather than opposition winning them is also false because Tony Blair held the mood of the people. <BR/>Can't say that for your current crew.<BR/><BR/>GaryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-42680260410920268262007-11-23T10:25:00.000+00:002007-11-23T10:25:00.000+00:00"On comes Steve McClaren, having been sacked but h..."On comes Steve McClaren, having been sacked but he is grinning from ear to ear"<BR/><BR/>I would be grinning from ear to ear if I had just negotiated a £2,000,000 severance package.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-19013413064240732962007-11-22T23:11:00.000+00:002007-11-22T23:11:00.000+00:00Gordon and the Labour Party are now in a political...Gordon and the Labour Party are now in a political gibbet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-39766195086691936572007-11-22T23:03:00.000+00:002007-11-22T23:03:00.000+00:00That is something I have been considering. Ideas w...That is something I have been considering. Ideas welcome.Iain Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-89118033218876765792007-11-22T22:55:00.000+00:002007-11-22T22:55:00.000+00:00Given your increasingly frequent absences, perhaps...Given your increasingly frequent absences, perhaps you should promote one or two posters to assistant-blogger status.<BR/><BR/>Just don't give it to Newmania.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com