tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post2577570264366485506..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: Thursday Open ThreadIain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger120125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-75247808601233269502009-06-19T13:52:12.405+01:002009-06-19T13:52:12.405+01:00Thats News 9:38am
I think you will find the answe...Thats News 9:38am<br /><br />I think you will find the answer to your question is Margaret Thatcher who introduced the current expenses system as a way of getting round giving MPs unpopular increases in salaries.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-26655604712389636572009-06-19T13:27:36.437+01:002009-06-19T13:27:36.437+01:00"The PM treats people like idiots so they end..."The PM treats people like idiots so they end up believing they are being governed by one" <br /><br />I think that this remark says more about Cameron than Brown - it is really just pure abuse and really has little substantive content.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-52780387684897556782009-06-19T13:26:08.982+01:002009-06-19T13:26:08.982+01:00Isn't this a Friday thread?
http://moralorder...Isn't this a Friday thread?<br /><br />http://moralorder.mediumisthemess.com/blogdoodledandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10072665303632029459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-16520318825684399372009-06-19T13:13:23.504+01:002009-06-19T13:13:23.504+01:00Summits up!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rqV-W...Summits up!<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rqV-WZxBIwukipwebmasterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12240335641832778726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-37005811476701377152009-06-19T13:10:15.254+01:002009-06-19T13:10:15.254+01:00I agree with what Anonymous said June 19, 2009 @ ...I agree with what Anonymous said June 19, 2009 @ 12:20 PMVote for Widdynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-90359965622094813442009-06-19T12:20:13.096+01:002009-06-19T12:20:13.096+01:00Does anyone agree with me that john bercow is a tw...Does anyone agree with me that john bercow is a twat and must be stopped.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-76782189889792886482009-06-19T12:04:02.858+01:002009-06-19T12:04:02.858+01:00Dale, where are you, soft lad?Dale, where are you, soft lad?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-22885065865187112672009-06-19T12:02:26.752+01:002009-06-19T12:02:26.752+01:00Sorry, that was the comments. Here is the article....Sorry, that was the comments. Here is the article. (How do you make it a link?)<br /><br />http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124500992205413331.html#articleTabs%3DarticleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-21086540017245365642009-06-19T11:57:14.300+01:002009-06-19T11:57:14.300+01:00Until he's back read and enjoy this:
http://o...Until he's back read and enjoy this:<br /><br />http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124500992205413331.html#articleTabs%3DcommentsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-74475297258203877772009-06-19T11:45:04.157+01:002009-06-19T11:45:04.157+01:00I need a new hair piece...I need a new hair piece...Lempit O'pricknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-83826764109461026662009-06-19T11:21:28.634+01:002009-06-19T11:21:28.634+01:00OK, THATS IT. YOU HAVE HAD ENOUGH TIME OFF NOW. PL...OK, THATS IT. YOU HAVE HAD ENOUGH TIME OFF NOW. PLEASE GET BACK TO BLOGGING - I CANT STAND IT ANY MORE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-38127363622397205642009-06-19T10:39:50.221+01:002009-06-19T10:39:50.221+01:00Events at the EU summit.
1) Gordo is trying to st...Events at the EU summit.<br /><br />1) Gordo is trying to stop the Irish getting their alterations to the Lisbon Treaty put at a level of Protocols. These would require individual States to vote on them. Gordo avoiding the electorate - again.<br /><br />2) Gordo handing over the regulation of the City to Brussels.<br /><br />What a s**t he is.Being sold down the rivernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-7329737062638034922009-06-19T09:52:51.592+01:002009-06-19T09:52:51.592+01:00Please write something Iain... and get well soon.Please write something Iain... and get well soon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1824607996446520582009-06-19T09:38:11.050+01:002009-06-19T09:38:11.050+01:00Expensesgate scandal continues. Thats News argues ...<a href="http://thatsnews.blogspot.com/2009/06/expensesgate-day-1000007-or-something.html" rel="nofollow">Expensesgate scandal continues. Thats News argues for an investigation to find out who introduced this systematic, top down, abuse in the first place</a><br /><br />hope you'll be well enough to do the programme. If not, could you Skype your inpiut to the studio?Thats Newshttp://thatsnews.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-91426993459279310572009-06-19T09:36:26.698+01:002009-06-19T09:36:26.698+01:00What if MPs salaries and expenses were to be appro...What if MPs salaries and expenses were to be approved locally. Maybe an increase would be approved by a local referendum -or perhaps there could be a panel looking after MPS within the boundaries of a local authority. Might be another way of encouraging turnout at local electionsDave Wnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-54097474481773666062009-06-19T09:32:32.109+01:002009-06-19T09:32:32.109+01:00OK Now officially worried about you.OK Now officially worried about you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-36531944075335189662009-06-19T09:22:58.706+01:002009-06-19T09:22:58.706+01:00So the Telegraph have taken it upon themselves to ...So the Telegraph have taken it upon themselves to published their own redacted versions. <br /><br />The first one I glanced at was Jacqui Smith and hey presto they missed an instance of her address!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-710300029344763782009-06-19T09:21:10.138+01:002009-06-19T09:21:10.138+01:00Today's Daily Mail, page 14.
Subject :"Is...Today's Daily Mail, page 14.<br />Subject :"Is Gordon mentally ill?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-61486935721296995482009-06-19T08:30:52.288+01:002009-06-19T08:30:52.288+01:00I listened to Blears chirping on about helping the...I listened to Blears chirping on about helping the poor people of Salford this morning. My response was to slip two fingers down my throat.<br /><br />The arrogance of this woman and the political class is utterly staggering. She's a thief. Plain and simple. She's unfit to represent the 'good people' of Salford.<br /><br />Mr Smiley, 'I'm a pretty straight sort of guy' turned Westminster into a kleptocracy and a rubber stamping machine for the New Labour delirium.<br /><br />The deal with his Labour apparatchiks was simple. Trouser your expenses, keep your mouths shut and leave it to McMental, Mandy, Ali C and and I to impose the New Labour utopia on an unsuspecting public.<br /><br />Well, we now know where that little wheeze got us. We want our democracy back. We want our MP's to represent us. We want a government who don't speak in soundbites. We want the culture of deceit, lies and spin consigned to one of the wheelie bins<br />so loved by Labour.<br /><br />I agree with commentators above. It's time to take to the streets and demand an election. This government has bankrupted the country.PIENOMICShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11846925617061061673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-50646531999635185782009-06-19T07:35:08.976+01:002009-06-19T07:35:08.976+01:00Here is the very simple answer.
A weekly one day ...Here is the very simple answer.<br /><br />A weekly one day country wide strike. That is - everyone! <br /><br />Legal and easy!<br /><br />The Government will be on its knees very quickly.English Firsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13423078454157177708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-61153784733969557672009-06-19T02:26:07.073+01:002009-06-19T02:26:07.073+01:00I am increasingly inclined to follow the example o...I am increasingly inclined to follow the example of our Iranian friends and take to the streets in order to force a General Election.<br /><br />Is anyone else up for it?<br /><br />It would appear that our House of Commons is now completely devoid of Honourable Members and needs a complete clear out.<br /><br />I am able to supply my own pike and piano wire.Active Pensionernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-84324553822650983252009-06-19T01:47:10.425+01:002009-06-19T01:47:10.425+01:00Re: the election of the speaker. Twice today I'...Re: the election of the speaker. Twice today I've heard that NuLiebour are applying the whip to their members to vote for Mrs Bucket. Since this is a secret ballot it would be interesting to see what authority the whips (and by extension Brown) have in being able cajole their members to vote for her.<br /><br />In any case having Bucket as speaker would surely be a minor disaster. She continues to think that every member has been honourable and refuses to pay anything back for her hanging baskets!!!Osama the Nazarenenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-25992940085706069282009-06-19T01:05:24.715+01:002009-06-19T01:05:24.715+01:00I feel exactly the same Ian that's why I came ...I feel exactly the same Ian that's why I came to your blog because I cannot be arsed to write a bloomin thing.Lester Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09907410767580447212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-75102574518095318322009-06-19T00:42:39.810+01:002009-06-19T00:42:39.810+01:00Iain, it might cheer you up to hear you're a t...Iain, it might cheer you up to hear you're a topic of conversation on Popbitch. Apparently you are better than Guido because...<br /><br />"More balance, less hyperbole, more humour, less venting, more experience, less knee-jerk judgmental bile. Also, he's a poof and is thus better with colours"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-9528787609600833492009-06-19T00:16:51.770+01:002009-06-19T00:16:51.770+01:00What you are not reading in the Scottish press is ...What you are not reading in the Scottish press is that Jim Devine MP who recently appeared before Labour’s Star Chamber in connection with the 6k plus expense claim was actually settling a bar tab with his local pub landlord. This is the landlord who carried out re wiring and shelf erecting on his behalfSinbadnoreply@blogger.com