tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post959040431049871579..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: The Ten Best Written Political BlogsIain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-63392417308177662592009-03-22T21:02:00.000+00:002009-03-22T21:02:00.000+00:00"Devils Kitchen thinks swearing is a substitute fo...<I>"Devils Kitchen thinks swearing is a substitute for wit..."</I><BR/><BR/>Ah, no: you just think that. I am not trying to be funny: people only think that I am.<BR/><BR/>I never, ever write a post to make people laugh. Ever. (If they do laugh, then great; that is not, however, the intention.)<BR/><BR/>DK<BR/><BR/>WV: "scent". No kidding.Devil's Kitchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13832949569501846730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-2144072058125728242009-03-02T17:58:00.000+00:002009-03-02T17:58:00.000+00:00What was that about fine wine Iain ;-)?What was that about fine wine Iain ;-)?Paul Linfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977920120772282561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-24534225189738771662009-02-27T19:41:00.000+00:002009-02-27T19:41:00.000+00:00Iain Dale said "There's an awful lot of crap in th...Iain Dale said <I>"There's an awful lot of crap in the blogosphere"</I><BR/><BR/>Name some of these bloggers then...The Grim Reaperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05543130733645367498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-15807863994107756052009-02-27T15:08:00.000+00:002009-02-27T15:08:00.000+00:00In terms of insight, wit, honesty, and decency I'd...In terms of insight, wit, honesty, and decency I'd say Tom Harris and (grits teeth - praise to the face is open disgrace, although I don't mean it that way) Iain Dale are the best two in the country.<BR/><BR/>Tom Harris seems to have attracted a right bunch of recurrent oddballs to his comments threads. So unlike Mr Dale's blog. They are like a large, but not too large, highly scabrous, dysfunctional family, frequently at each other's throats. It's better than Eastenders. (RIP the lovely Wendy Richard - Miss Brahms was one of my first loves).Jim Baxterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10817293012642419524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-64300877506295084102009-02-27T13:34:00.000+00:002009-02-27T13:34:00.000+00:00It's all very well you nominating the 'best writte...It's all very well you nominating the 'best written' blogs Iain but not everyone has a degree in English or journalism. In fact at times I don't feel like reading lengthy articles, although that's not to say I don't appreciate well written articles.<BR/><BR/>The blogosphere has given so many the opportunity to express their views and that's to be applauded.<BR/><BR/>One blogger I know, who is seriously dyslexic but a wonderful debater face to face, has taken the plunge in the hope that his spellchecker will be effective.<BR/><BR/>Shouldn't you have titled it 'Best Written English Political blogs'? :)subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-51998300568643024202009-02-27T12:15:00.000+00:002009-02-27T12:15:00.000+00:00:-)To deserve such praise, I'd really better scrap...:-)<BR/><BR/>To deserve such praise, I'd really better scrape some of the crap off the top of my blog. Currently heading the list are a breathless party paean and a too-long thinkpiece about medievalism and Red Toryism. Oh dear. Private Eye I am not.Alixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08579998688536737861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-89268719090824228442009-02-27T12:06:00.000+00:002009-02-27T12:06:00.000+00:00I must say I can't get enthusiastic about that lis...I must say I can't get enthusiastic about that list - <BR/><BR/>Devils Kitchen thinks swearing is a substitute for wit, <BR/><BR/>Bob Piper's is just garbage - full of cut 'n' pastes from other bloogers aka 'hat-tips'.<BR/><BR/>Harris' is OK but not really a political blog unless his myriad of tedious '...but look at the Tories' posts counts. His Dr Who posts are probably interesting if you watch Dr Who (I don't)<BR/><BR/>Sadies Tavern - if you're 'sporadic' you ain't a blogger. :-(<BR/><BR/>Haven't read any of the rest of them.<BR/><BR/>And of course the biggest farce is the exclusion of Guido Fawkes who is light years ahead of any other political blogger. The only shame about his site are the windowlickers' 'hilarious' comments.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03548952483363828857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-64727157555396707582009-02-27T10:48:00.000+00:002009-02-27T10:48:00.000+00:00"Left wing essayist who often writes 1,000 words w...<I>"Left wing essayist who often writes 1,000 words when 100 will do, but they are all beautifully and forensically crafted."</I><BR/><BR/>The excess verbiage is to distract readers from actually noticing that he is waffling on about irrelavent nonsense to distract from the weakness of the main argument.Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02263275229285861236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-47536154138923886812009-02-27T10:47:00.000+00:002009-02-27T10:47:00.000+00:00How you can think Bob Piper's blog is anything oth...How you can think Bob Piper's blog is anything other than execrable baffles me. He's not "a bit of an old leftie with a heart of gold" - he's a Tory-hating, Thatcher-loathing, miner-loving lunatic who's still stuck in the 1970s where he belongs.Me vs Maradona vs Elvishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15168821199391316159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-53428364404553426912009-02-27T10:46:00.000+00:002009-02-27T10:46:00.000+00:00I read all those Iain and they are all good exce...I read all those Iain and they are all good except Sadies Tavern which is a childlike smug fest all but wrapped in wallpaper. Its hard for me to imagine how anyone who actually speaks English could write a worse blog.<BR/>Why not exchange her twitter for Raedwald who may not be well connected or a wannabe journalist but is a true voice of One Nation Conservatism with a naturally elegant prose style and a unique intelligence <BR/><BR/>And just to show bear Mz. Smith no malice and am not blindly partisan I would also say that Liberal Conspiracy is the best site in the blogasphere although I cannot stand Sunny Hundal who is responsible for it .As far as I know he detests me . Still , idiot though he may be he has constructed a fantastic lively site full of thought provoking material .Newmaniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11922161971821380803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-54859943752110157082009-02-27T09:43:00.000+00:002009-02-27T09:43:00.000+00:00You missed me out of the list Iain!You missed me out of the list Iain!Administratorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15201045837141810889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-49892894204004164522009-02-27T09:40:00.000+00:002009-02-27T09:40:00.000+00:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1757644001737981512009-02-27T09:36:00.000+00:002009-02-27T09:36:00.000+00:00I'm hoping Iain that when you wrote ''quaility'' i...I'm hoping Iain that when you wrote ''quaility'' it was an intentional mistakeSixxstring90https://www.blogger.com/profile/05933864523348635275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-61551988011188171362009-02-27T09:35:00.000+00:002009-02-27T09:35:00.000+00:00I would have thought the Catholic Herald was one o...I would have thought the Catholic Herald was one of the last places you would find Archbishop Cranmer's writing.<BR/><BR/>For Catholic teaching and propaganda see the Daily Telegraph.Man in a Shedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00990902055642035293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-66822485818024166532009-02-27T09:29:00.000+00:002009-02-27T09:29:00.000+00:00Graeme Archer counts surely?Graeme Archer counts surely?SamuelCoateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10837268975449830569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-29572194053354585532009-02-27T09:17:00.000+00:002009-02-27T09:17:00.000+00:00A back-handed compliment if ever I read one. Gener...A back-handed compliment if ever I read one. Generous of you to do so all the same, given that you are frequently the victim of my grumpiness. Nothing personal though, just business as Michael Corleone would say.Bob Piperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13792439016502695274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-57132364896864594262009-02-27T09:09:00.000+00:002009-02-27T09:09:00.000+00:00Sadile's Tavern? Think you have a link that needs ...Sadi<I>l</I>e's Tavern? Think you have a link that needs fixing. And the Tom Harris one, too.Obnoxio The Clownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12012089552153702526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-34503919651386194612009-02-27T09:07:00.000+00:002009-02-27T09:07:00.000+00:00Hmmm - Devil's kitchen. Me thinks you haven't read...Hmmm - Devil's kitchen. Me thinks you haven't read his late night post last night before writing such lovely things about him.....OscarIndiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10738557392950122273noreply@blogger.com