tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post2625438009352280799..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: Self AbuseIain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-62589017793430663032008-07-30T19:19:00.000+01:002008-07-30T19:19:00.000+01:00Personally, the thought of accidentally brushing a...Personally, the thought of accidentally brushing against Will self, let alone holding hands etc., is enough to be a time to go and talk to God on the great white phone... ('Ohhhhh, Godddddddddddd!!!!!!!!!!! Blaghhhhhhh!!!!')Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-67368603644755217182008-07-30T14:30:00.000+01:002008-07-30T14:30:00.000+01:00I was also on the plane, which was bound for Teess...I was also on the plane, which was bound for Teesside for a photo-op between Major and Margaret Thatcher at the site of her 1986 "walk in the wilderness."<BR/><BR/>When Self was challenged by the in-flight security guards about his frequent trips to the lavatory, he replied that he had "a rather unfortunate habit." Presumably they thought he meant wanking rather than taking smack, or else they would surely have arrested him for posession of a class A drug.Paul Linfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977920120772282561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-79997970194460856322008-07-30T11:29:00.000+01:002008-07-30T11:29:00.000+01:00Talking about Edwina-have you read her piece in th...Talking about Edwina-have you read her piece in the DM today? A MUST!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-10609195313646724542008-07-30T11:01:00.000+01:002008-07-30T11:01:00.000+01:00Sounds fun to meSounds fun to me.................................https://www.blogger.com/profile/09387648864595329094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-25464484783206836332008-07-30T10:08:00.000+01:002008-07-30T10:08:00.000+01:00Newmania - delightfully ambiguous comment. But acc...Newmania - delightfully ambiguous comment. But accurate in that Will Self is 'deeply mediocre'.Philipahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03440234602399886097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-66493753709961157282008-07-30T09:45:00.000+01:002008-07-30T09:45:00.000+01:00All part of the Socialist loathing of the family. ...All part of the Socialist loathing of the family. The State has to hold our hands, remember, and no one else!<BR/><BR/>BTW catch the book review on R4 (I forget the name). They reviewed Huxley's Brave New World. Amazing that there was a brief jab at our control freak government but then no exploration of the fact that Huxley wrote it due to his dislike/fear of Socialism. The Luvvies are in denial - Huxley was right.Roger Thornhillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01153744692290896812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-18262362384617263982008-07-30T09:42:00.000+01:002008-07-30T09:42:00.000+01:00Well said Auntie Flo:Yes 'Shut yer gob Will Self!D...Well said Auntie Flo:<BR/>Yes 'Shut yer gob Will Self!<BR/><BR/>Didn't hear him complaining when Cherie and Tony were dribbling all over each other and giving us lurid details about their sex life; i.e. Sex with '5 times a night Tony', 'conceiving Leo at Balmoral'. Yuk how low class is that?<BR/>'Dontcha' just love these wealth and priviledge envying Champagne Socialists.....Sados' all of them.<BR/><BR/>So just Shut up Will Self 'abuse'.Trubeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15297883125832619352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-31075206937075459452008-07-30T09:23:00.000+01:002008-07-30T09:23:00.000+01:00My Idea of Fun is a great and disturbing read. Gre...My Idea of Fun is a great and disturbing read. Great Apes and Cock & Bull just disturbing. But yes, the man is a pretentious twat.<BR/><BR/>(the day after I commented you never have guest writers, you had a guest writer. I feel like Chris Paul.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-79493868794267098122008-07-30T09:21:00.000+01:002008-07-30T09:21:00.000+01:00The physically repulsive dislikeable Will Self is ...The physically repulsive dislikeable Will Self is just jealous of the attractive charismatc likeable Cameron. Self would like to be a successful author but unfortunately his writing is as unattractive as his character so his books will never sell. I can only imagine the Evening Standard employ him as an act of charity so he can bore us with the minutiae of his very pedestrian life and his half a dozen endlessly repeated malicious opinions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-60174503683930628902008-07-30T09:12:00.000+01:002008-07-30T09:12:00.000+01:00The best thing to come out of this is the phrase c...The best thing to come out of this is the phrase coined by Anon @ 9.09 PM: 'Sneery metropolitan wankery'.<BR/>Perfect!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-41092999625853076492008-07-30T09:08:00.000+01:002008-07-30T09:08:00.000+01:00I have every sympathy with him. These obviously co...I have every sympathy with him. These obviously contrived shots, with setting, clothing and pose agonised over by the Party image spinners just underline what a cynical exercise the business of trying to fool enough of the people some of the time can be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-89511399487179429542008-07-30T08:59:00.000+01:002008-07-30T08:59:00.000+01:00Isn't is actually a wholly appropriate use of the ...Isn't is actually a wholly appropriate use of the word "pathologically" - which I always thought meant a product of a mental disorder?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-33059297703900756092008-07-30T08:26:00.000+01:002008-07-30T08:26:00.000+01:00To be honest, he was in the company of John Major,...To be honest, he was in the company of John Major, another well known hypocrite.<BR/><BR/>Back to Basics while shafting Edwina Currie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-60601309801280508772008-07-30T08:23:00.000+01:002008-07-30T08:23:00.000+01:00I thought that picture of the Camerons on the fron...I thought that picture of the Camerons on the front page of the Telegraph was pure gold. Mrs C rarely takes a bad photo, and they looked like a genuinely happy couple (which seems to be the case).<BR/><BR/>It is unfortunately true that Mrs B always looks slightly frumpy and ill-at-ease.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-58792718825506010762008-07-30T07:08:00.000+01:002008-07-30T07:08:00.000+01:00What does "yinappropriate" mean?Is there a wider i...What does "yinappropriate" mean?<BR/><BR/>Is there a wider issue here about the demands on modern columnists being so great that they end up producing complete bollocks?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-48216520490376168202008-07-30T06:56:00.000+01:002008-07-30T06:56:00.000+01:00Iain, sometimes you are just so square...Iain, sometimes you are just so square...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-61619157016906877882008-07-30T06:53:00.000+01:002008-07-30T06:53:00.000+01:00"Does anyone care what that junkie says or writes?..."Does anyone care what that junkie says or writes?"<BR/><BR/>That's not a nice thing to say about Iain!!! ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-30623697412991700062008-07-30T06:34:00.000+01:002008-07-30T06:34:00.000+01:00Will Self... that's sure one chicken I'd like to s...Will Self... that's sure one chicken I'd like to strangle.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-51690041688562970282008-07-30T02:42:00.000+01:002008-07-30T02:42:00.000+01:00Thankyou Iain Dale . Will Self has been a royal p...Thankyou Iain Dale . Will Self has been a royal pain in the arse for years and he is a deeply mediocre writer.<BR/><BR/>I agree with Flo , loved the Cameron pictures , yes we know its posed but he takes the trouble to look human. I was on the same beach looking much the same last Summer and his wife is fantastic.Newmaniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11922161971821380803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-83737292638291948722008-07-30T00:55:00.000+01:002008-07-30T00:55:00.000+01:00Shut your gob, Will Self, those photos of David an...Shut your gob, Will Self, those photos of David and Sam Cameron are lovely...and don't you just know that, if the truth be told?<BR/><BR/>I can understand why a crony of Brown's would be green with envy when comparing the decidedly frigid, unrelaxed and buttoned up photos of Brown and Sarah with the relaxed photos of the Camerons.<BR/><BR/>The Browns appear to be miserable as sin at the English seaside. England's not good enough for the Broonies, eh, because it's not Scotland, not their ane land and not sufficiently upmarket?<BR/><BR/>It'd all too clear that the Browns detest having to do their political duty by holidaying in England. I bet they can't wait to rush away asap on their real hols in Scotland.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-40963277801934059472008-07-30T00:10:00.000+01:002008-07-30T00:10:00.000+01:00May I say that the paper review,on Sky, was extrem...May I say that the paper review,on Sky, was extremely entertaining and very humourous. I didn't get the other man's name but he was very quick witted.<BR/><BR/>His hearing aids were superb! I hope you get him to write for your magazine. <BR/><BR/>Well done. Great chemistryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-69136126600387406222008-07-29T23:57:00.000+01:002008-07-29T23:57:00.000+01:00Sorry, I know this isn't the right place for this ...Sorry, I know this isn't the right place for this comment, but don't know where else to say it....but hey Iain, that was the best Sky News paper review I have ever seen. Must have been a bit tricky dealing with your co-reviewer!!! But it was great. Well done.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-12351316758343305692008-07-29T23:48:00.000+01:002008-07-29T23:48:00.000+01:00Steve Norris when asked who his favourite author w...Steve Norris when asked who his favourite author was by the Evening Standard in 2004: "Will Self. I think he's great."<BR/><BR/>Please don't assert that lefties rate him without linking to any evidence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-798241941562386852008-07-29T23:47:00.000+01:002008-07-29T23:47:00.000+01:00Iain, who was that complete arse on the paper revi...Iain, who was that complete arse on the paper review with you? His Karadzic skit was one of the most woeful things I've ever heard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-89886388570733327112008-07-29T23:43:00.000+01:002008-07-29T23:43:00.000+01:00"David from Ealing said ... I suppose David Cam..."David from Ealing said ...<BR/> I suppose David Cameron has to do this sort of thing because he has virtually nothing to say on policy"<BR/><BR/>Well, not once witless Labour has stolen them all, and then implemented them very badly, no, I don't suppose he has.<BR/><BR/>Alan DouglasAlan Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16071898364060640779noreply@blogger.com