tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post478084151251979873..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: Washington BeckonsIain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-56370920129225070462007-02-17T20:19:00.000+00:002007-02-17T20:19:00.000+00:00Newmania: Sorry you couldn't spot irony. I couldn'...Newmania: Sorry you couldn't spot irony. I couldn't find the html tag for that.PoliticalHackUKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415484385177871124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-19264504671619157282007-02-16T22:37:00.000+00:002007-02-16T22:37:00.000+00:00Oh there you are Piper , not biting eh ? Shame.Wel...Oh there you are Piper , not biting eh ? Shame.<BR/><BR/>Well I am an adult not an immature child let us hope this confusion of yours does not persist into your private life.......Newmaniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11922161971821380803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-77733145455822834882007-02-16T19:28:00.000+00:002007-02-16T19:28:00.000+00:00Iain, Fox News might be 'highly professional', but...Iain, Fox News might be 'highly professional', but not at gathering news. It's much better at producing opinion shows (which, coincidentally, are also relatively cheap) but for actual news coverage, it manages to actually be worse than CNN and MSNBC, which is some feat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-51523175952450496392007-02-16T19:08:00.000+00:002007-02-16T19:08:00.000+00:00Well, I'm personally convinced that the dealers on...Well, I'm personally convinced that the dealers on the Rand trading desks constantly scan the airline reservations database looking for my name.<BR/><BR/>It's gotten so bad I'm actually waiting for the Minister of Finance to contact me and offer vast sums of money not to fly anymore just to prevent further damage to the economy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-29649425607051667402007-02-16T18:19:00.000+00:002007-02-16T18:19:00.000+00:00Curious Hamster, I have seen it on several sites o...Curious Hamster, I have seen it on several sites over the last few weeks, ever since the onslaught on me started. People have queried both my funding and that of 18DS. Someone kept editing my Wikipedia entry to that effect too. <BR/><BR/>As you say, the only source of funding for 18 Doughty Street is indeed Stephan Shakespeare, something we were totally open about right from the start.<BR/><BR/>On your last point, we are not a news channel. However, if people want to say we are like Fox News, I have no objection to that at all. Fox News is highly professional. I am not aware of an advert that said that, and I think it is a fundamental misunderstanding of both the editorial role of Fox News and the Republican Party. <BR/><BR/>Fox News is totally independent of the Republican Party just as we are totally independent of the Conservative Party. We have a centre right editorial line, in the same way that the Daily Telegraph does. That does not make us slaves to the Conservative Party and more than the Mirror is a slave to the Labour Party.Iain Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-89135966656755643592007-02-16T18:04:00.000+00:002007-02-16T18:04:00.000+00:00"Leftist bloggers seem to think that this blog and..."Leftist bloggers seem to think that this blog and 18 Doughty Street are somehow funded by some shady Americans."<BR/><BR/>Iain, could you could provide information as to which "leftist bloggers" have been writing about that? The only time I've ever seen that suggested was in anonymous comments made on your blog. These suggestions are very easy to refute and to ridicule.<BR/><BR/>In fact, in the spirit of "reaching out", if you point me at any leftist blogs making such claims, I'll happily tell them they're talking crap. 18 D... is funded by Stephan Shakespeare, Tory candidate for Colchester at the 1997 G.E. and ex-mayoral campaign manager for Jeffrey Archer. 18 D... is funded and run by British Conservatives, not Republicans or neo-cons.<BR/><BR/>On a related note, can you confirm that 18 Doughty Street placed an advertisement which stated that it would be "like Fox News"? (Please don't try to spin this; the report I read suggested that 18 D... is a vehicle for the promotion of British Conservatives in the way that Fox News is a vehicle for Republicans in the U.S.)Garryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08188217045700587288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-8977223749510106702007-02-16T18:00:00.000+00:002007-02-16T18:00:00.000+00:00Christian Fundamentalists supporting an open homos...Christian Fundamentalists supporting an open homosexual. Only the far-left could come up with something as demented as that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-18926653821301269812007-02-16T17:31:00.000+00:002007-02-16T17:31:00.000+00:00Newmania asks... Is political hack actually the du...Newmania asks... Is political hack actually the dullest person in the known universe?<BR/><BR/>Not while you are still wasting fresh air, sonny (around here it is a term we apply to immature children, sonny).Bob Piperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13792439016502695274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-74555149853711819402007-02-16T16:16:00.000+00:002007-02-16T16:16:00.000+00:00I want to be on the CIA's payroll!I want to be on the CIA's payroll!Sir-C4'https://www.blogger.com/profile/03917709983378003032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-84508321884647930892007-02-16T15:56:00.000+00:002007-02-16T15:56:00.000+00:00plummeted by a massive 34% last month means that i...<I>plummeted by a massive 34% last month means that interest rates are unlikely to rise in the near future</I><BR/><BR/>Dream on. The High Street is merely the flip side of the Trade Deficit.<BR/><BR/>The Bank has been asleep and let Hedge Funds and Housing Speculators make too much money - time for a serious hike in interest ratesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-3308128657840283812007-02-16T15:50:00.000+00:002007-02-16T15:50:00.000+00:00yak40: DC does, indeed, have a mayor and city gove...yak40: DC does, indeed, have a mayor and city government (incredibly, crack-loving former mayor Marion Barry managed to get back on City Council, which tells you something about the sort of city government DC has), but Congress is just delegating some power to them; Congress itself has the responsibility for administering DC. Scarily, they are probably less bad than the DC city government in some respects.<BR/><BR/>Banning guns in DC wasn't really going to work; it's not like NYC (bordered by two gun-controlled states), it's a postage stamp right next door to Virginia, where gun control means that you can only buy yourself one handgun a week (seriously).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-40203237472824009512007-02-16T15:18:00.000+00:002007-02-16T15:18:00.000+00:00>It's also very violent, but handguns are banned. ...>It's also very violent, but handguns are banned. Sound familiar ?<BR/><BR/>At least the cops have guns so they can cull a certain number of perps per annum.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-19121094891586543722007-02-16T14:57:00.000+00:002007-02-16T14:57:00.000+00:00An American on 5 Live yesterday afternoon said tha...An American on 5 Live yesterday afternoon said that bloggers in the US are issued with media accreditation during their elections. Get your application in while you're over there Ian.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-21809363219329354612007-02-16T14:38:00.000+00:002007-02-16T14:38:00.000+00:00adam says "A city that is governed by Congress, "D...adam says "A city that is governed by Congress, "<BR/><BR/>Depends what the meaning of govern is, to paraphrase BJ Clinton. True, it isn't a state (on loan from Maryland if I remember right) but it has a city government - Democrats, 'nuff said.<BR/><BR/>It's also very violent, but handguns are banned. Sound familiar ?Yak40https://www.blogger.com/profile/10391635243252561168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-44025907232121287322007-02-16T14:37:00.000+00:002007-02-16T14:37:00.000+00:00"Inspired by the pro-Republican media environment ..."Inspired by the pro-Republican media environment in the US, yes. "<BR/><BR/>That's why Gordon Brown keeps pestering Rupert to have tea with him is it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-21975668895244386962007-02-16T14:17:00.000+00:002007-02-16T14:17:00.000+00:00" Leftist bloggers seem to think that this blog an..." Leftist bloggers seem to think that this blog and 18 Doughty Street are somehow funded by some shady Americans. I find it absolutely hilarious. I wonder what they'd say if I accused them of being funded by Hugo Chavez or Castro."<BR/><BR/>Iain I've always liked your blog for your attempts at being fair but this nonsense? Tarring us all with the same brush seems a little rich coming from someone who just days ago appealed for calm.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-16150161950065903892007-02-16T14:15:00.000+00:002007-02-16T14:15:00.000+00:00Surely you only want to exchange a few quid ahead ...Surely you only want to exchange a few quid ahead of arrival for emergencies when you arrive (or a taxi). Get dollars out of cash machines otherwise, or pay for stuff with a visa card; the dollar is still in the toilet even if it feints towards the surface occasionally.<BR/><BR/>With regards to your comment on 18 Doughty Street last night about DC being your favourite city in the world, I think you're mad. It's ike London, but smaller, with ultraviolence. A city that is governed by Congress, a fantastic recipe for success.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-32297671956419837062007-02-16T13:58:00.000+00:002007-02-16T13:58:00.000+00:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Newmaniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11922161971821380803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-13927966221524557392007-02-16T13:44:00.000+00:002007-02-16T13:44:00.000+00:00Iain Never lose your sence of humour. Your crossi...Iain Never lose your sence of humour. Your crossing out really made me laugh out loud. A sence of humour is important as boy we do need one with the present labour lot.Johnny Norfolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16900659617233793880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-11549931699986005352007-02-16T13:30:00.000+00:002007-02-16T13:30:00.000+00:00Virgin - £247?You see, folks - Mr Dale's got a hea...Virgin - £247?<BR/><BR/>You see, folks - Mr Dale's got a heart in the right place. I will pray to Saint Jude that he gets his hair back.Wrinkled Weaselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05291551539649118631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-20816882358006388432007-02-16T13:28:00.000+00:002007-02-16T13:28:00.000+00:00I wonder what they'd say if I accused them of bein...<I>I wonder what they'd say if I accused them of being funded by Hugo Chavez or Castro.</I><BR/><BR/>Probably ask how you knewLiberal Republicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15494973255399870603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-39835588830847912362007-02-16T13:24:00.001+00:002007-02-16T13:24:00.001+00:00I am flying Virgin - in the cheap seats. Even with...I am flying Virgin - in the cheap seats. Even with Gordon's APD tax it cost me £247. A bargain I reckon.Iain Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-56393103324542674112007-02-16T13:24:00.000+00:002007-02-16T13:24:00.000+00:00Iain mr Camaroon is on telly that's one shock ,he ...Iain mr Camaroon is on telly that's one shock ,he mentioned human right's that's two shock's.<BR/>Enjoy the US , tell you US backer's ,where's my money .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-9786040229323501232007-02-16T13:22:00.000+00:002007-02-16T13:22:00.000+00:00I have known all along that you are sponsored by d...I have known all along that you are sponsored by dirty commie faggot Cameron luving rocket eating environmentalist vorsprung durch sturm and drang falafel eatin (have I missed anything out?)in the pay of loud tie manufacturers...but you still rock (I can't believe I said "rock" there..I am over fifty)<BR/><BR/>Oh, and IF you fly BA I shall never visit this blog again.<BR/><BR/>yours, drunk as a skunk,<BR/>Weas.Wrinkled Weaselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05291551539649118631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-10390254772712483172007-02-16T13:04:00.000+00:002007-02-16T13:04:00.000+00:00so what you think of castro is what the left think...so what you think of castro is what the left thinks of america? that says it all...nullohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09860592616145881315noreply@blogger.com