tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post116697555839372125..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: The Top Ten Nicest MPsIain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1167491025972144832006-12-30T15:03:00.000+00:002006-12-30T15:03:00.000+00:00I always thought that Oliver Letwin was regarded a...I always thought that Oliver Letwin was regarded as one of the nicest MP's in Parliament by people from all political parties?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1167313154554159092006-12-28T13:39:00.000+00:002006-12-28T13:39:00.000+00:00Mackinlay? Perhaps his inclusion is to make up for...Mackinlay? Perhaps his inclusion is to make up for Mr Dale's earlier (unfounded) comment that he was due to retire as an MP at the next election?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1167253499773727372006-12-27T21:04:00.000+00:002006-12-27T21:04:00.000+00:00(in the style of Lady Bracknell)MacKinlay ?(in the style of Lady Bracknell)<BR/><BR/>MacKinlay ?Labanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12031578024191117985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1167237036509208842006-12-27T16:30:00.000+00:002006-12-27T16:30:00.000+00:00What about the blonde bombshell from Mid Beds, Nad...What about the blonde bombshell from Mid Beds, Nadine Dorries MP? They don't get much nicer than her. She's even said nice things about Iain D on her latest blog!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1167233776094154722006-12-27T15:36:00.000+00:002006-12-27T15:36:00.000+00:00Dominic Grieve is a superb person.Dominic was also...Dominic Grieve is a superb person.<BR/><BR/>Dominic was also the only Shadow Minister to visit Lincoln during the General Election Campaign and I can assure everyone that his support was magnificently appretiated.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1167231190274196152006-12-27T14:53:00.000+00:002006-12-27T14:53:00.000+00:00Peter Luff. Personable, friendly, extremely (on oc...Peter Luff. Personable, friendly, extremely (on occassion overly)enthusiastic and goes out of his way to help young people get into politics. I defy anyone to say anything nasty about him.<BR/><BR/>Plus his name translates into Fred Elliott rhyming slang.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1167214655977813702006-12-27T10:17:00.000+00:002006-12-27T10:17:00.000+00:00Daniel Kazywazykinky (Shresbury & Atcham) is the n...Daniel Kazywazykinky (Shresbury & Atcham) is the nicest one I've met so far. And the biggest - 6'7"!<BR/><BR/>Twat of the Year voting is very close if anyone's interested - only a couple of votes seperating the top 4:<BR/><BR/>Prescott (59)<BR/>Bliar (57)<BR/>Brown (56)<BR/>Cameron (52)wonkotsanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04896256040598397497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1167170101708149932006-12-26T21:55:00.000+00:002006-12-26T21:55:00.000+00:00You dont get anywhere being nice!, we DEMAND incom...You dont get anywhere being nice!, we DEMAND incompetent, lying, grinning, anti-English communist scottish megalomaniacs!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1167166793813251022006-12-26T20:59:00.000+00:002006-12-26T20:59:00.000+00:00Agree entirely re. Hilary Benn, and he'd make a mu...Agree entirely re. Hilary Benn, and he'd make a much more credible Foreign Secretary than the horse-faced ex(?)-Bennite from Derby. She's not at all nice, as her attack on Kinnock (over his abstension in the 1981 deputy leadership contest) and her disloyalty to Smith demonstrated. One of the most untrustworthy MPs in any party, totally self-serving, utterly ridiculous in her oscillations on the Labour Party's left-right spectrum.<BR/><BR/>But back to nice MPs - Alan Simpson comes across as humourless on TV, but is really genial and amusing off-camera. I completely disagree with 99% of his views, but a really nice guy, very down-to-earth.<BR/><BR/>Mark Fisher - like some jolly Friar.<BR/><BR/>Rob Flello<BR/><BR/>John Heppell<BR/><BR/>David Blunkett - you wouldn't guess it from his awful memoirs, but he can be all charm (as he was when he gave a talk at the Country Bookshop in Derbyshire).<BR/><BR/>If you could extend the list to ex-MPs, I'd include Stephen Twigg, and Sir David Knox.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1167147556759563612006-12-26T15:39:00.000+00:002006-12-26T15:39:00.000+00:00I'll have two top tens if that's ok.Ten Nicest Tor...I'll have two top tens if that's ok.<BR/><BR/>Ten Nicest Tories (as they are the most nice, of course)<BR/><BR/>1 Nigel Evans<BR/>2 Michael Gove<BR/>3 Philip Davies<BR/>4 Nick Herbert<BR/>5 Julian Lewis<BR/>6 Brooks Newmark<BR/>7 Mark Harper<BR/>8 Adam Holloway<BR/>9 David Mundell<BR/>10 Brian Binley<BR/><BR/>Ten Nicest Others<BR/><BR/>1 Angus MacNeil (SNP)<BR/>2 Kevin Brennan (Lab)<BR/>3 Jeremy Browne (LD)<BR/>4 Lindsay Hoyle (Lab)<BR/>5 Susan Kramer (LD)<BR/>6 Andrew Mackinlay (Lab)<BR/>7 David Wright (Lab) <BR/>8 John Leech (LD)<BR/>9 Tim Farron (LD)<BR/>10 John Grogan (Lab)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1167010306665548402006-12-25T01:31:00.000+00:002006-12-25T01:31:00.000+00:00Tough one this. Even the ones you like are bound t...Tough one this. Even the ones you like are bound to have had to cut a few people up to even become a candidate, let alone an MP. But here's my list, in no particular order:<BR/><BR/>Frank Field<BR/>Dominic Grieve<BR/>Hilary Benn<BR/>Frank Dobson<BR/>Jeremy Corbyn<BR/>Simon Burns<BR/>Don Foster<BR/>Oliver Letwin<BR/>Adam Price<BR/>Malcolm Rifkind<BR/><BR/>Main criterion - not losing their rag when someone vexes them. There's a longer list of MPs who do that all too often.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1167009380057600112006-12-25T01:16:00.000+00:002006-12-25T01:16:00.000+00:00OK list I think. Hillary Benn would indeed be a ve...OK list I think. Hillary Benn would indeed be a very good candidate for our Party Leader and PM for the next ten years to boot. But don't tell Mr Cameron! he might lose his appealling optimism about his still-rabble making it into government anytime soon.<BR/><BR/>Here I go ... still blogging at 1:12 am on Christmas morning! Been staying up to greet hero bell ringer after midnight service "that was fun" was the deadpan review for same as partner arrives and I sign off. Mince pie and a little fine port wine beckon.<BR/><BR/>Tend to agree about the MacKinley-Kelly comment Iain - much as I opposed all TWOT activity.<BR/><BR/>Happy Christmas!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1167003768547580932006-12-24T23:42:00.000+00:002006-12-24T23:42:00.000+00:00Well said Voyager. McKinlay's bullying attitude t...Well said Voyager. McKinlay's bullying attitude to poor Dr Kelly was a disgrace.<BR/>I am VERY surprised at you I.Dale.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1167001430794412102006-12-24T23:03:00.000+00:002006-12-24T23:03:00.000+00:00Norfolk Blogger, I get on with dozens of MPs - I a...Norfolk Blogger, I get on with dozens of MPs - I also didn't put some of my best friends on the list! Yes, I saw your list. Very kind of you.<BR/><BR/>Voyager, I don't agree with you on the Kelly stuff.Iain Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1166991987019104582006-12-24T20:26:00.000+00:002006-12-24T20:26:00.000+00:00Good list. Definately agree on Hilary Benn, he's a...Good list. Definately agree on Hilary Benn, he's a genuinely nice bloke. And if it included ex-MPs, would also have gone for my old boss, Lord Cotter. Have a great Christmas!Paul Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03941688096751778537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1166989259402570492006-12-24T19:40:00.000+00:002006-12-24T19:40:00.000+00:00Yeah, Mark Harper definitely needs to be in there ...Yeah, Mark Harper definitely needs to be in there somewhere- never heard anyone with a bad word to say about him (though doubtless now I'll be proved wrong... :D )Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1166989160421007932006-12-24T19:39:00.000+00:002006-12-24T19:39:00.000+00:00You appear to have left out the court jester Mr. P...You appear to have left out the court jester <A HREF="http://south-shields.blogspot.com/2006/12/secret-memo-warns-of-crime-wave.html#links" REL="nofollow">Mr. Prescott!</A><BR/><BR/>Have a good Christmas.Curlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15795795668889685782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1166988147329589992006-12-24T19:22:00.000+00:002006-12-24T19:22:00.000+00:00You seem to have omitted Gorgeous George. An overs...You seem to have omitted Gorgeous George. An oversight, surely.Stan Bullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05955961163910010638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1166986807990789392006-12-24T19:00:00.000+00:002006-12-24T19:00:00.000+00:00lembit opik surely deserves a whole new category i...lembit opik surely deserves a whole new category in his honour - mps that amuse us awards?!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1166986403834157962006-12-24T18:53:00.000+00:002006-12-24T18:53:00.000+00:00Andrew Mackinlay pretends to be a Labour rebel but...Andrew Mackinlay pretends to be a Labour rebel but is very loyal voting to backBlair. Check his voting record - he only rebels on pointless minor issues.<BR/><BR/>During the 2005 General Election he leafletd the village of East Tilbury and Linford claiming the tories were fabricating the fact that a developer planned to build 14,000 new homes.<BR/><BR/>Surprise surprise 3 weeks after the General Election the developer announced plans for 14,000 homes!<BR/><BR/>Mackinlay also claims to be living 'amongst' the people by keeping a 'postal' address in Tilbury - but lives in a nice home in Chessington, Surrey.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1166981728101031062006-12-24T17:35:00.000+00:002006-12-24T17:35:00.000+00:00My ten would be (in no order):1. Roger Gale (Con)2...My ten would be (in no order):<BR/><BR/>1. Roger Gale (Con)<BR/><BR/>2. Hillary Benn (Lab)<BR/><BR/>3. Andrew Lansley (Con)<BR/><BR/>4. Sir Malcolm Riftkind (Con)<BR/><BR/>5. Neil Gerrard (Lab)<BR/><BR/>6. Maria Miller (Con)<BR/><BR/>7. Mark Harper (Con)<BR/><BR/>8. Claire Curtis-Thomas (Lab)<BR/><BR/>9. Simon Hughes (LD)<BR/><BR/>10. David Ruffley (Con)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1166981472704747762006-12-24T17:31:00.000+00:002006-12-24T17:31:00.000+00:00Bob Neill MPBob Neill MPAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1166980728301888342006-12-24T17:18:00.000+00:002006-12-24T17:18:00.000+00:00D GrieveK HoeyF FieldD Grieve<BR/>K Hoey<BR/>F FieldAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1166978842791955242006-12-24T16:47:00.000+00:002006-12-24T16:47:00.000+00:00"Hilary Benn (Lab)... he's a genuinely nice guy."G..."Hilary Benn (Lab)... he's a genuinely nice guy."<BR/><BR/><BR/>Good that irony is still in use. Presumably you mean lying, smarmy, control-freak, etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1166978722811214942006-12-24T16:45:00.000+00:002006-12-24T16:45:00.000+00:00You could have done better than this. How about th...You could have done better than this. How about the top ten Nudist MPs or the top ten smelliest MPs?<BR/><BR/>I would like to know which ones smell funny.<BR/><BR/>How many MPs wear the same shirt two days runnning?<BR/><BR/>Who is straight but would be gay for pay?<BR/><BR/>You ought to know all these things, and be unscrupulous enough to tell.Wrinkled Weaselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05291551539649118631noreply@blogger.com