tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post5140443053524323160..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: Revenge of an Angry GOATIain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-5527870394698933852009-07-23T10:18:14.801+01:002009-07-23T10:18:14.801+01:00When Blair told the Labour party conference that h...When Blair told the Labour party conference that he was going to abolish Clause 4 he used so many euphemisms and such evasive abstractions that few in the hall understood what he was on about.<br />Of course he duly received the customary standing ovation.<br />Only when Alastair Campbell began briefing the prjust ess about how conference had given an overwhelming and unqualified endorsement to the abolition of Clause 4 did the full import of what had taken place dawn on the befuddled delegates.DennisSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-38300111254587004342009-07-23T01:27:14.929+01:002009-07-23T01:27:14.929+01:00Iain told me "He's doing a press conferen...Iain told me <i>"He's doing a press conference..."</i> <br /><br />My mistake. I really must stop reading your blog just before I go to work in the afternoon.The Grim Reaperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05543130733645367498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-69153885449985058392009-07-23T00:08:30.525+01:002009-07-23T00:08:30.525+01:00Similar thread on Spectator :
http://www.spectator...Similar thread on Spectator :<br />http://www.spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse/5199888/malloch-browns-unintentional-parting-shots.thtml#commentsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-16187609032842924592009-07-22T21:34:29.220+01:002009-07-22T21:34:29.220+01:00Foulkes is the most appalling scumbag. But even h...Foulkes is the most appalling scumbag. But even he should understand that loyalty is a two-way street.<br /><br />Frankly Foulkes gives me the creeps. I've watched him for many years and he's just the same kind of unprincipled bastard now as he has been for decades. Still, at least he's consistent.Unsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08307116169498533047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-32191435463316483302009-07-22T16:16:40.252+01:002009-07-22T16:16:40.252+01:00Smells of Mandy. You know the Real Prime Minister....Smells of Mandy. You know the Real Prime Minister.<br /><br />Re anon post, maybe they are Liebores with nowhere else to get the comments read.kasouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10581410177492723605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-52716769499228036222009-07-22T15:48:24.136+01:002009-07-22T15:48:24.136+01:00MB obviously meant what he said in this mornings T...MB obviously meant what he said in this mornings Telegraph. It was clear. The fact that he `rowed back` shows two things. Firstly that Pillock-Brown hasnt the guts of a louse and secondly just re inforces the publics view that Broon is firmly to blame for the lack of helicopters and tries to gerrymander everything.....looks like a lose-lose situation to me...<br /><br /><br /> Wonder if Adolf might have another `downfall` soon!!!!!!Mirtha Tidvillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07940977481295375071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-62416371645043165372009-07-22T14:44:26.145+01:002009-07-22T14:44:26.145+01:00Brown tries to imitate Gladstone.
Queen Victoria ...Brown tries to imitate Gladstone.<br /><br />Queen Victoria commented that "Gladstone does no talk to me, rather he addresses me as if I were a public meeting."<br /><br />So it was with Brown at the press conference - all those third person sentences. It is as if Brown is trying to kid us that he is merely stating the received decisions of other oracles - and the words have nothing to do with him at all (honest, guv).Man hiding behind his Podiumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-87237525961032662622009-07-22T14:20:21.125+01:002009-07-22T14:20:21.125+01:00Have emailed a couple of facts about the "hel...Have emailed a couple of facts about the "helicopter fiasco" or the "helicopter scandal", it is too long to fit on the comments page.Lee Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16875324408085242297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-38610311532292939192009-07-22T14:13:19.678+01:002009-07-22T14:13:19.678+01:00Jonathan Cook at 12.22:
"I'm watching Go...Jonathan Cook at 12.22:<br /><br />"I'm watching Gordon Brown's statement. He manages to sound such an idiot when he says "Operation Panther's Claw"."<br /><br />Or indeed when he says anything else.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-68784571480358949212009-07-22T14:00:58.721+01:002009-07-22T14:00:58.721+01:00Anonymous said...
On the same subject in the Lor...Anonymous said...<br /> <br />On the same subject in the Lords yesterday: Lord Foulkes asked the Defence Minister Baroness Taylor of Bolton to remind Sir Richard and Sir Jock of the “importance of loyalty”.<br /><br />What the prize prick simply doesn't get is that the army pays allegience to the Queen and not this God-awful Government.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-76421762884424662492009-07-22T13:35:22.687+01:002009-07-22T13:35:22.687+01:00sorry - bad link. See "where defence leads&q...sorry - bad link. See "where defence leads":<br />http://eureferendum.blogspot.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-13142587901397687042009-07-22T12:51:59.262+01:002009-07-22T12:51:59.262+01:00Grim Reaper. He's doing a press conference.Grim Reaper. He's doing a press conference.Iain Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-48523095157445832552009-07-22T12:38:37.980+01:002009-07-22T12:38:37.980+01:00Iain said "...Which begs a question which som...Iain said <i>"...Which begs a question which someone will hopefully put to Gordon Brown at lunchtime."</i> <br /><br />Just one problem. Parliament's not sitting, so no PMQs today, Mr D. Sorry to disappoint. ;-)The Grim Reaperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05543130733645367498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-11966635238266016862009-07-22T12:36:52.013+01:002009-07-22T12:36:52.013+01:00Normally, yes, Chris Paul. Except for the problem ...Normally, yes, Chris Paul. Except for the problem thyat Gordon Borwn will try to micromanage everything. Even (especially?) things he knows nothing about.<br /><br />I had a college lecturer who was just like Brown. Mention a subject to him and he would admit that he had never heard of it. But within minutes the numpty would argue against anything you said on the subject (which you were an expert on) as if he were the world's ultimate expert. He'd even make stuff up on the spur of the moment!<br /><br />I am convinced Brown would have been that kind of useless lecturer. As he is that kind of useless minister.Thats Newshttp://thatsnews.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-46960501245278602552009-07-22T12:29:24.034+01:002009-07-22T12:29:24.034+01:00CP@ 12:21:
Gordon when chancellor cut in 2004 the...CP@ 12:21:<br /><br />Gordon when chancellor cut in 2004 the helicopter budget by £1.4B. Also the % of defence on gbp was 2.8% in 1997 is now 1.9%.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-24595713064419644592009-07-22T12:25:37.314+01:002009-07-22T12:25:37.314+01:00@Chris Paul, What on earth are you blathering abou...@Chris Paul, What on earth are you blathering about? Tory Spin? Malloch Brown made the original statement. No one else did.Catosayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02885445175868379750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-76453589360131996692009-07-22T12:24:49.732+01:002009-07-22T12:24:49.732+01:00So, when WILL Mandelson become Prime Minister and ...<a href="http://thatsnews.blogspot.com/2009/07/wednesday-morning-and-all-is-not-well.html" rel="nofollow">So, when WILL Mandelson become Prime Minister and replace Gordon Brown?</a><br /><br />It's not looking too good. Malloch Brown cannot put the genie back in the bottle. No matter how hard he tries. And Darling has pointed at Brown as the chopper flopper...<br /><br />And that Lord Mandelson. Isn't he on rather a LOT of very important committees? Like, nearly all of them?Thats Newshttp://thatsnews.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-10444976677124392332009-07-22T12:22:18.211+01:002009-07-22T12:22:18.211+01:00I'm watching Gordon Brown's statement. He...I'm watching Gordon Brown's statement. He manages to sound such an idiot when he says "Operation Panther's Claw".<br /><br />A dithering non-dynamic bunker dweller just can't manage to say the name of this operation with any conviction.Trend Shedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04817609330878848716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-85640715535742643822009-07-22T12:21:49.823+01:002009-07-22T12:21:49.823+01:00I think Gordon may have offered the MoD and the fo...I think Gordon may have offered the MoD and the forces a lower figure than they might have wanted and that THEY chose not to prioritise helicopters when they had to make choices. Completely different from any Chancellor choosing helicopters for the chop. That's not normally how these things work Iain. Cash limits are proposed, there is a negotiation, Departments cut their cloth. Same under the Tories as now under Labour. Sometimes there are redlines but I can't see any reason for these in this case. I think the reporting and the Tory spin on this has been rather disgraceful. <br /><br />Word ver = stabb.Chris Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15679067503215414300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-88558378639518313072009-07-22T12:18:44.949+01:002009-07-22T12:18:44.949+01:00I don't know this in detail but to a civvy lor...I don't know this in detail but to a civvy lord malloc browns last act as a soldier is to desert his troops. <br /><br />Can anybody clarify whether it's true that this guy has more loyality to Gordon brown (and I supect his own skin) than his troops. I really find it hard to believe that a soldier would commit such a huge act of cowardace so publically?Javelinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-45402582815685978932009-07-22T12:06:10.680+01:002009-07-22T12:06:10.680+01:00Totally corrupt government. It can't be put in...Totally corrupt government. It can't be put in any more sophisticated a manner than that.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-21938721261119333412009-07-22T11:52:49.363+01:002009-07-22T11:52:49.363+01:00classic obfuscationclassic obfuscationStronghold Barricadesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-28116447072730766522009-07-22T11:51:16.617+01:002009-07-22T11:51:16.617+01:00Can we drop GOATs and adopt GONADs (government of ...Can we drop GOATs and adopt GONADs (government of numpties and dunces)?<br /><br />A bit of tautology never hurt anyone.Salmondnethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04135160187810480222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-34132787576704675432009-07-22T11:41:53.236+01:002009-07-22T11:41:53.236+01:00It's old but true....'You can't polis...It's old but true....'You can't polish a turd'.<br /><br />What a cowardly weasel he is! If it was right one minute then how come it's wrong the next?Catosayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02885445175868379750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-53404753108456536602009-07-22T11:39:04.834+01:002009-07-22T11:39:04.834+01:00Didn't this happen with another retiring Minis...Didn't this happen with another retiring Minister? Criticised government policy then a short time later "clarified" what he had said to be the exact opposite.JMBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13862227988978988383noreply@blogger.com