tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post4407682938460007476..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: Top 100 Left of Centre BlogsIain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-7789069149328623532008-09-04T08:54:00.000+01:002008-09-04T08:54:00.000+01:00"The other data was encoded and included letters s..."The other data was encoded and included letters so was not a functional number"<BR/><BR/>In other words, something like "l234S" - and nobody's going to figure it out.<BR/><BR/>Aren't you the puzzle master.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-39868880011028841192008-09-03T23:57:00.000+01:002008-09-03T23:57:00.000+01:00I am happy to be beaten by Lancaster Unity, they a...I am happy to be beaten by Lancaster Unity, they are a great blog.<BR/><BR/>#78? next year I'll aim for 76<BR/><BR/>Cheers!ModernityBloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06354254639321208955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-4401589851435080172008-09-03T20:06:00.000+01:002008-09-03T20:06:00.000+01:00Not right. Two strings independently posted in the...Not right. Two strings independently posted in the context of a television prgramme and what I was watching at the time. The other data was encoded and included letters so was not a functional number. As for the final question about deletion that is a fallacious question along the lines of "when did you last beat your wife?"dizzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04250325010662356883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-537961022139321682008-09-03T19:22:00.000+01:002008-09-03T19:22:00.000+01:00Dizzy, am I right or not in thinking those data yo...Dizzy, am I right or not in thinking those data you published would resolve to Tim's home phone number and that you have since deleted the evidence that would let us see what you did for ourselves?scotchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18103340885509850627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-72913387295493344322008-09-03T17:16:00.000+01:002008-09-03T17:16:00.000+01:00We at Lancaster Unity are just happy to be on the ...We at Lancaster Unity are just happy to be on the list. Thank you to everyone who voted for us. :-)Antifascisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13753277570496713369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-17819799996045724982008-09-03T13:46:00.000+01:002008-09-03T13:46:00.000+01:00"recognisable" is not "identifiable""recognisable" is not "identifiable"dizzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04250325010662356883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-55584754326162230082008-09-03T13:31:00.000+01:002008-09-03T13:31:00.000+01:00I undercounted. The figure is actually 79. Do a Go...I undercounted. The figure is actually 79. Do a Google search. It will come up with 95, but some are duplicates.Iain Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-25846783160517452422008-09-03T13:26:00.000+01:002008-09-03T13:26:00.000+01:00Why change the small print in the list post from r...Why change the small print in the list post from <I>readers of more than 60 blogs</I> to <I>readers of more than 75 blogs</I>?<BR/><BR/>Did you miscount?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-85084043553578735792008-09-03T11:47:00.000+01:002008-09-03T11:47:00.000+01:00I see Tim has decided to respond to my comment her...I see Tim has decided to respond to my comment here on his blog by saying:<BR/><BR/>"He graduates from heavy Spin to Outright Lie when he says "I posted two strings of numbers, neither of which was a phone number" but he does this kind of thing often when he's safely behind Uncle Dale's moderation wall. The coward."<BR/><BR/>Apologies Iain for having to post this here but Tim won't allow me to comment on his blog, which is his choice and I respect that, but I would just like to point out that Tim is doing his usual tactic here of selectively quoting. He has missed the final part of the sentence that said "with no identifiable data linked to those string."<BR/><BR/>This actually blow a big gapiong hole in his claim about data. There was no reference made, at any point, to what the numbers meant, who they belonged to, or anything of the sort. The only one spinning on the facts is him, and he knows it.dizzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04250325010662356883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-39519037126940461352008-09-03T10:57:00.000+01:002008-09-03T10:57:00.000+01:00Iain I apologise in advance for being tiresome. It...Iain I apologise in advance for being tiresome. It's because you support an English Parliament I am surprised you don't do an England list.<BR/><BR/>I know it seems trivial to many but England gets bypassed all the time - take the Olympic celebrations as a recent example. The Scots and Welsh welcome back their Olympic "heroes" but no English welcome for English athletes. <BR/><BR/>Britain trumps England every time.<BR/><BR/>The Olympic example is trivial compared to what's happening to England politically. Over there the Scots, Welsh and Northern Irish are busy carving themselves a nice new Barnett funded future. Meanwhile; England and the English are denied recognition, funding and representation.<BR/><BR/>The list doesn't matter but you're in a great position to get England further up the political agenda... why not run the "English question" as a big feature in Total Politics or something? I know I'd buy it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-19180267549512561262008-09-03T10:36:00.000+01:002008-09-03T10:36:00.000+01:00So Iain doesn't even know who boycotted the vote?So Iain doesn't even know who boycotted the vote?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-22262043488978302872008-09-03T10:18:00.000+01:002008-09-03T10:18:00.000+01:00Can I please ask why I've been dragged into this? ...Can I please ask why I've been dragged into this? Apart from one comment on Liberal Conspiracy on the nature of how this guide was being publicised I don't think I have publicly expressed any opinion whatsoever.<BR/><BR/>I have not mentioned to anyone, least of all Iain Dale, my opinions on my inclusion on or exclusion from any lists or votes. It's been my policy to ignore all this almost entirely. I couldn't even summon the enthusiasm for any kind of a boycott. I frankly could not give a toss and want that on the record. <BR/><BR/>So, include me or don't include me - be my guest and no complaint from me either way - but please don't anybody suggest that I have any interest or involvement at all in any of this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-81935248598028068832008-09-03T01:21:00.000+01:002008-09-03T01:21:00.000+01:00You boys should get a room, or maybe in a ring?You boys should get a room, or maybe in a ring?Mostly Ordinaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11940615088493840939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-1098522945574410372008-09-03T00:29:00.000+01:002008-09-03T00:29:00.000+01:00There you go.Now everybody here knows what 'boycot...<A HREF="http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_/boycott.html" REL="nofollow">There you go.</A><BR/><BR/>Now everybody here knows what 'boycott' means.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-36774301197382310692008-09-02T23:13:00.000+01:002008-09-02T23:13:00.000+01:00I can still see that spot you missed.I can still see that spot you missed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-51402814836163943302008-09-02T22:41:00.000+01:002008-09-02T22:41:00.000+01:001100 of the 1350 UK based blogs in the Total Polit...1100 of the 1350 UK based blogs in the Total Politics directory are based in England. The list I will be publishing on Thursday will contain the Top 100 UK blogs. 89 of them are based in England. Would you seriously like me to do one minus those? I don't think it would be very meaningful, do you?<BR/><BR/>And please dont accuse me of being biased against England. It's very tiresome and seeing as I am a vocal proponent of an English Parliament, you would be narking up the wrong tree.Iain Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-81496392734014955662008-09-02T22:39:00.000+01:002008-09-02T22:39:00.000+01:00"The complaints in this thread by Tim and hs suppo..."The complaints in this thread by Tim and hs supporters are so specious it's unbelievable"<BR/><BR/>Tim's left a complaint here? That's amazing as a) I see no comment from him and b) Iain's banned him publicly so how could he? Or are you accusing one of the anonymous comment posters as being a Tim Ireland sock-puppet? And just because someone takes Iain to task doesn't make them a Tim Ireland supporter (or bitch or other insulting epithet as Iain seems to prefer. Perhaps you're making the simplistic "An enemy of my enemy is my friend" assumption?<BR/><BR/>"Fewer than half a dozen have any issue with the publication of these lists, hence the 99.9% figure."<BR/><BR/>How many were supportive and how many expressed no opinion whatsoever? I have a political blog, not included in TP's list. And have expressed no opinion there at all. Does that make me part of the 99.9% or not?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-51221822007241083022008-09-02T22:34:00.000+01:002008-09-02T22:34:00.000+01:00Any intention to do a list of English blogs at all...Any intention to do a list of English blogs at all?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-22696139597618200012008-09-02T22:26:00.000+01:002008-09-02T22:26:00.000+01:00Confused, no there are not 5000 political blogs in...Confused, no there are not 5000 political blogs in the UK, although I suppose it depends on your definition of political. The TP blog directory lists around 1350 in the UK and we reckon we have most of them covered. <BR/><BR/>Fewer than half a dozen have any issue with the publication of these lists, hence the 99.9% figure.<BR/><BR/>Ireland hates this because he considers himself the Godfather of British political blogging and cannot abide the fact that I did this before he thought of it. What a child.Iain Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-44598345793004997552008-09-02T22:19:00.000+01:002008-09-02T22:19:00.000+01:00The complaints in this thread by Tim and hs suppor...The complaints in this thread by Tim and hs supporters are so specious it's unbelievabledizzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04250325010662356883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-41884465712556532172008-09-02T22:17:00.000+01:002008-09-02T22:17:00.000+01:00"I ranked them myself and never pretended otherwis..."I ranked them myself and never pretended otherwise. I was quite open about it. That isn't called rigging. It's called ranking. Move along, now."<BR/><BR/>Unfortunate typo in there Iain, though only the "E" key separates the two characters you transposed so the error is forgivable.<BR/><BR/>"This exercise has always been a bit of fun and meant to promote blogging more widely. 99.9% of UK political bloggers think it's a good idea and can see the point of it."<BR/><BR/>Oh really? A bit of fun eh? Would never consider the publishing of a book to be a bit of fun. Be honest and call it what it is, an exercise in marketing and promotion. As for promoting blogging more widely, that belongs in Iain Dale's Book of Unintended Humour. Especially when you follow it up with the 99.9% figure, presumably plucked from thin air. Technorati lists nearly 5000 blogs in the Politics category, but I bet the real figure is maybe between 4 and 10 times larger (assuming blogs updated on a regular basis). Even restricting it to UK political blogs would probably leave in the region of 5000 blogs. And you claim 99.9% of them expressed an opinion....<BR/><BR/>The IPDI did a study on American Political blog readership back in October 2006. The readership demographic was such that expansion beyond those already politically engaged was minimal. So all your poll is likely to do is preach to the converted, not "promote blogging more widely". And that statement should really refer to political blogging, because Spuggy and Mazzer and their mates who think Nickleback are cool and hang out in the bus shelter drinking White Lightning are unlikely to think "Wow that Dale dude is kewl. Let's hang out online with Dizzy and Guido".<BR/><BR/>At the end of the day, this lists are no more than the political blogging equivalent of playing Soggy Biscuit. Everyone rushing to come first in order to avoid the moist mess at the end. And your willful inclusion of blogs who wanted no part in the process is akin to dragging some poor unwilling sap from the playground into your messy little exercise in self-indulgence.<BR/><BR/>You do yourself and blogging no favours with such conduct.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-12716115100982393052008-09-02T21:51:00.000+01:002008-09-02T21:51:00.000+01:00You missed a spot:The Bloggerheads vote was all bu...You missed a spot:<BR/><BR/><BR/>The Bloggerheads vote was all but killed off from the moment an intention to boycott was announced there.<BR/><BR/>You do know what it means when someone boycotts a vote, don't you Iain? Would you run an election that included candidates on the ballot that had dropped out weeks ago?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-76237878445354657452008-09-02T21:50:00.000+01:002008-09-02T21:50:00.000+01:00Pretty much dead centre / nonpartisan, I'd say (th...Pretty much dead centre / nonpartisan, I'd say (though to be fair I've been accused of being both a raving lefty and a barking right-winger in my time). I never quite got the memo on left/right being binding ideologies, so sometimes lean one way, sometimes the other. Generally hover around the moderate centre ground, though.<BR/><BR/>Ta, etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-11107353216787497692008-09-02T21:47:00.000+01:002008-09-02T21:47:00.000+01:00Anonymous 9.28, I ranked them myself and never pre...Anonymous 9.28, I ranked them myself and never pretended otherwise. I was quite open about it. That isn't called rigging. It's called ranking. Move along, now.Iain Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-6637720490193472822008-09-02T21:32:00.000+01:002008-09-02T21:32:00.000+01:00"And the point about the fact that they boycotted ..."And the point about the fact that they boycotted the exercise so therefore they didn't get many votes is fatuous, as Liberal Conspiracy's vote demonstrates. It was Number 4 in the list."<BR/><BR/>It was Sunny that boycotted the vote, not Liberal Conspiracy. You know this.<BR/><BR/>Your answer collapses under the weight of the many other editors on Liberal Conspiracy who wished to take part and actively sought votes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com