tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post1044902256159765880..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: Question Time Replaces Woolas With Tub of LardIain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-25626800644678508072008-10-24T14:35:00.000+01:002008-10-24T14:35:00.000+01:00One of the most elegant put-downs I've heard in a ...One of the most elegant put-downs I've heard in a while from Hattersley last night.<BR/><BR/>He was asked if he thought Phil Woolas was "talking nonsense" about placing an upper limit on the population. He replied: "Nonsense is a word I would not dream of using about a colleague, no matter how appropriate it might be."andrewhahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18033907326386770212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-23855501647206374412008-10-24T12:13:00.000+01:002008-10-24T12:13:00.000+01:00Still no apology Iain? You were and are wrong abou...Still no apology Iain? You were and are wrong about Woolas replacing McNulty. You were wrong to call me an idiot for correctly pointing that out. Apologise immediately.Chris Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15679067503215414300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-50725885272711739402008-10-24T10:50:00.000+01:002008-10-24T10:50:00.000+01:00I never watch Question Time as the audience seems ...I never watch Question Time as the audience seems to be stuffed with people who weren't born in Britain (or their parents weren't).<BR/>Also Dimblebore is as left-wing as the rest of the BBC.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-38870807181795911792008-10-24T09:54:00.000+01:002008-10-24T09:54:00.000+01:00Yes, the tide is turning and away from your odious...Yes, the tide is turning and away from your odious party. You'll be lucky if you have any seats in Scotland or Wales next election."<BR/>Dear African Mum if you read my past posts on here and The Daily Telegraph you will see that I have always supported the Conservative Party but am try to spark them into life.<BR/>Have a nice day in Africa<BR/>Freedom to ProsperAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-75442762717213815872008-10-24T08:43:00.000+01:002008-10-24T08:43:00.000+01:00Since QT empty chaired Labour, I decided to empty ...Since QT empty chaired Labour, I decided to empty screen QT. Did I miss much? I doubt it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-42178868014879528962008-10-24T01:02:00.000+01:002008-10-24T01:02:00.000+01:00Your post above at 2.27pm was interpreted as Woola...Your post above at 2.27pm was interpreted as Woolas replacing McNulty on Question Time, not in government. On that you were right, but that's not how I read your post. Read it again and you will understand. Or maybe not.Iain Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-60787230860621793832008-10-24T00:54:00.000+01:002008-10-24T00:54:00.000+01:00Still no apology from Dale? What with 75% of reade...Still no apology from Dale? What with 75% of readers believing he does apologise when he gets something wrong. Woolas did not replace police minister McNulty he replaced immigration minister Byrne. Apparently I am an idiot for knowing this ... as opposed to Iain who is a star for not knowing it.<BR/><BR/>Hattersley was booked I tell you. And Osborne was invited but was frit.Chris Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15679067503215414300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-67332094756119482102008-10-23T23:21:00.000+01:002008-10-23T23:21:00.000+01:00Hatters is completely barking. How can he say "Gor...Hatters is completely barking. How can he say "Gordon Brown has led the way out of global recession" with a straight face?<BR/><BR/>Alex Salmond has just defenestrated Gordo by pointing out that the great leader appeared to be saying that his variety of boom and bust was good, as compared with any other. Nice one!<BR/><BR/>Teather is simply on another planet! She seems to have conveniently ignored Vince's u turns. Warsi is just putting her out of her misery.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-32405613572505168962008-10-23T22:57:00.000+01:002008-10-23T22:57:00.000+01:00phil woolas is a good man and much of what he has ...phil woolas is a good man and much of what he has been saying seems correct.<BR/><BR/>my partner is an immigrant - but i am convinced that economic immigration should not be allowed at the expense of uk,or euro, born people. Unless there is a clear case where we as a country need specialist skills, We should be able to argue that immigration should be based on the needs of this country. <BR/><BR/>I wonder if we can devise a benfits system which makes it clear that people entering into the uk are not entitled to benefits until they have minimum years of tax contributions (5 years?) (subject to people not being left to starve..)<BR/><BR/>However where i probably disagree with some on the right, i do think immigration adds to our nation. <BR/><BR/>I guess Phil Woolas is thinking about these issues and i hope that the PM and Cameron take the racial out of immigration.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-63627219364101553682008-10-23T21:55:00.000+01:002008-10-23T21:55:00.000+01:00anon @ 8.29 pm - the tide's turning alright - peop...anon @ 8.29 pm - the tide's turning alright - people suddenly realising that they don't have to support Nu Lab as it has nothing in common with Keir Hardie or Attlee, but has more in common with the Chinese Communist Party. No one in their right minds would plan for unemployment, we all want to fulfill our aspirations and as working class people, we have realised that Zanu-Lab hate us with a vengeance. Yes, the tide is turning and away from your odious party. You'll be lucky if you have any seats in Scotland or Wales next election. And in England, you'd be lucky to keep up to 10 seats in the North, there'll be none in the South that's for sure, now the Lib Dems are getting their act together.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-53713524626881400422008-10-23T20:29:00.000+01:002008-10-23T20:29:00.000+01:00I know I said it a couple of weeks ago but I do fe...I know I said it a couple of weeks ago but I do feel the tide is turning. I agree in a crisis we should all stick together but what are the Conservatives offering? People I know all loosing their poorly paid jobs and wondering if they aren't better off being unemployed under Labour.<BR/>Freedom to ProsperAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-82701968326661633202008-10-23T20:21:00.000+01:002008-10-23T20:21:00.000+01:00memory lapse? 6.07I remember Margaret Thatcher app...memory lapse? 6.07<BR/><BR/>I remember Margaret Thatcher appearing on QT as late as 1990 - it must have been, as she was defending the introduction of the Poll Tax (or Community Charge, as it was officially called). Perhaps Iain could help us on this one?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-31135141816496880572008-10-23T19:22:00.000+01:002008-10-23T19:22:00.000+01:00Chris Paul: " . . .is my very astute guess"Nice of...Chris Paul: " . . .is my very astute guess"<BR/><BR/>Nice of you to emerge from so far up your own posterior to share this pearl with us, Mr Paul.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-44129919012315469552008-10-23T18:29:00.000+01:002008-10-23T18:29:00.000+01:00Hattersley has a sinecure column in the Daily Mail...Hattersley has a sinecure column in the Daily Mail, where he doesn't touch politics, but talks about his dog and the Yorkshire Dales. I can't imagine anyone reads it.<BR/>Tonight he will splutter on at length about Tory toffs and the Bullingham Club. Dimblebum will ask him whether he is jealous of the young ambitious Tory, considering he never amounted to anything more than deputy to Welsh windbag Neil Kinnock.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-11552714417542683842008-10-23T18:28:00.000+01:002008-10-23T18:28:00.000+01:00Amazing to see such staunch Labour supporters like...Amazing to see such staunch Labour supporters like Chris Paul. For them short of running something like Columbian drug cartel, whatever Labour does is kosher, including Campbell lies, Brown Half-truths, Blair lies about Bernie gate etc.. The BBC should invite Bernie Eccleston instead of the portly Hattersley!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-8635705384789077582008-10-23T18:07:00.000+01:002008-10-23T18:07:00.000+01:00Old fartI can't believe that Thatcher and Major ap...Old fart<BR/><BR/>I can't believe that Thatcher and Major appeared on ordinary QTs and debated with other panellists. Do you have chapter and verse please?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-83735705984061198972008-10-23T18:05:00.000+01:002008-10-23T18:05:00.000+01:00Surely the Evening Standard story about Osborne is...Surely the Evening Standard story about Osborne is in the dog barks at cat category. It would be a revelation if someone were to claim that none of the Cameroons had not bad-mouthed Davis im private.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-86949675499333283092008-10-23T17:52:00.000+01:002008-10-23T17:52:00.000+01:00Woolas DID NOT get McNulty's job at the Home Offic...Woolas DID NOT get McNulty's job at the Home Office you pompous pillock Iain. He got Liam Byrne's. That is the point. <BR/><BR/>I really don't care who Labour offered or QT wanted, although their assertion that they're in charge will perhaps stop Tory bloggers querying the choices Labour make when it is not their choice. <BR/><BR/>And why are you not reporting that Osborne was invited by the BBC and chickened out? is that part of manning the barricades for the fool?<BR/><BR/>It's all very well critting a junior member of the govt's availability but where is Osborne?Chris Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15679067503215414300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-34890907849682660392008-10-23T17:37:00.000+01:002008-10-23T17:37:00.000+01:00Do hope that the BBC did this as and act of, as Wr...Do hope that the BBC did this as and act of, as Wrinkled Weasel said, exquisite irony. Either way if I never hear that smug bumble from McNulty ever again my life will be a little happier. 'They' may regard him as 'safe': I regard him as the very acme of new Labour; pompous, ill-informed, nannying. He sounds like the progeny of Frank Dobson out of Harriet Harman. Did he then father Yvette Cooper out of Dawn Primarolo?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-9266611211368823092008-10-23T17:16:00.000+01:002008-10-23T17:16:00.000+01:00For info/action. Please forward to anyone you thin...For info/action. Please forward to anyone you think might help by signing the petition.<BR/>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3089310/Radio-charges-may-force-lifeboat-stations-to-close.html<BR/><BR/>The background:<BR/><BR/>RADIOS BILL MAY SCUPPER RNLI<BR/><BR/>LIFEBOAT crews fear being scuppered by crippling new charges for using their radios from Ofcom, the communications regulator. The RNLI could see the price of using its VHF emergency frequencies rise to £250,000 under plans to charge the full commercial rate.<BR/><BR/>The charity, which saves hundreds of lives every year currently pays an annual £48,000 at a discounted rate of 50 per cent. It relies on donations and fears the move will have a disastrous impact on fundraising. Peter Bradley, RNLI operations staff officer, said: 'It's a lot of money when you think in terms of lifeboat days and little old ladies collecting pound coins.'<BR/><BR/>'We could buy several inshore lifeboats for the same amount.'<BR/><BR/>'The Government rely on us to provide this search-and-rescue service, at a cost of £124 million a year, but they want to charge us for doing it!' <BR/><BR/>Ofcom has set out plans to bring 'market forces' into maritime and civil aviation communications in a policy it calls Administered Incentive Pricing. <BR/><BR/>£250,000 represents an awful lot of charity collections, even more so in the current economic climate so, if like me you feel strongly enough about this, please sign the petition below.<BR/><BR/>http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/RNLI-RF-licences/strapworldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18228784526399929300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-5032348798160574692008-10-23T16:51:00.000+01:002008-10-23T16:51:00.000+01:00I always wonder what would have happened if Hatter...I always wonder what would have happened if Hattersley had been leader and Kinnock his deputy? Off topic since when has English law applied to the Mediterranean?<BR/>Freedom to Prosper<BR/>PS I assume you won't be opening the Harrods sale?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-8950051969757385042008-10-23T16:31:00.000+01:002008-10-23T16:31:00.000+01:00The BBC defies the Party Whip and chooses QT panel...The BBC defies the Party Whip and chooses QT panel members on its own?<BR/><BR/>Joke or no joke, this is a minor revolution in itself.The Remittance Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13104149259707414863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-21153637822624992482008-10-23T16:20:00.000+01:002008-10-23T16:20:00.000+01:00"Spotted leaving an upmarket Westminster eaterie t..."Spotted leaving an upmarket Westminster eaterie today - Labour helper Derek Draper and Tory blogger Iain Dale" ES PWaugh.<BR/>Changing side are we?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-8686081322594135262008-10-23T16:16:00.000+01:002008-10-23T16:16:00.000+01:00Does anybody remember the days when serving Prime ...Does anybody remember the days when serving Prime Ministers used to appear on QT? I remember both Margaret Thatcher and John Major did on a number of occasions. Bliar however never did (at least not as PM) and the Big Feartie from Fife hasn't either. They are, as Lady T once said "Frit".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-8238967189023064092008-10-23T16:00:00.000+01:002008-10-23T16:00:00.000+01:00I do not want to watch the QT and listen to Any Qu...I do not want to watch the QT and listen to Any Questions. BBC is now Brown Broadcasting Corporation which openly supports Labour. The Tory manifesto should include abolishing the license fee and converting the BBC into a subscription only service and if any one wants to listen to this Labour mouthpiece, I should not be paying for him!<BR/><BR/>I lost interest with Dimblebys and Frost. The former think it is their birthright that BBC should have them in perpetuity and the latter who failed to ask serious questions about Bernie Eccleston's donation and let Blair to ramble on his innocence at that time, which turns out to be not true.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com