tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post6455886805332616293..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: Shortlisted for the Orwell Blog PrizeIain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-67357970475178989022009-02-26T10:15:00.000+00:002009-02-26T10:15:00.000+00:00Cranmer's bang on the money. Who are these people...Cranmer's bang on the money. Who are these people who purport to 'select' candidates? If anything Orwell was right-wing, but there's nothing unusual in the Left hijacking concepts and rewriting history to suit their own purposes - witness Orwell's writings.Unsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08307116169498533047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-81117054352342779732009-02-26T09:18:00.000+00:002009-02-26T09:18:00.000+00:00With the likes of Andrew O'Hagan and Polly T invol...With the likes of Andrew O'Hagan and Polly T involved - you ain't going anywhere Iain.<BR/><BR/>BTW as Trav says last nights Newsnight was a corker - 13 mins in.<BR/><BR/>http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00hxv01/b00hxtzl/Newsnight_25_02_2009/Wyrdtimeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16640021224868439090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-82199633578213210042009-02-25T23:58:00.000+00:002009-02-25T23:58:00.000+00:00Congrats. Of course, if this is a truly Orwellian ...Congrats. Of course, if this is a truly Orwellian award, then the best blog is the worst one.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10326403777027937887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-52271198427237418212009-02-25T22:59:00.000+00:002009-02-25T22:59:00.000+00:00Surely the BIG news this evening is he way Newsnig...Surely the BIG news this evening is he way Newsnight is featuring the testimony of Lord Adair wielding the smoking gun he picked up off Brown. He blatantly blamed the politicians, ie Blair and Brown for the lax regulation of the banks.<BR/><BR/>They have even got video of Brown saying they want light touch regulation and saying there would be no American post Enron style regulation in the UK. Paxman even quoted Brown saying we had "a golden age of banking".<BR/><BR/>Labours Chairman of the Treasury Committee is clearly only interested in defending labour not holding institutions to account.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-78597694724868720232009-02-25T21:12:00.000+00:002009-02-25T21:12:00.000+00:00That's a pretty dull list of blogs, tbh. No Guido,...That's a pretty dull list of blogs, tbh. No Guido, DK, Worstall, etc. Just a list that, in the main, consists of what are rapidly becoming the blogging 'MSN' ~ safe, timid, self congratulating. <BR/><BR/>Yawn....5 of them are either actually MPs or MSN themselves or as near as is possible.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps we need an election and a fresh input of angry anti-Camerons to freshen the sphere.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-73671009827383895532009-02-25T20:30:00.000+00:002009-02-25T20:30:00.000+00:00No surprise that LabourList didn't make it. Best o...No surprise that LabourList didn't make it. Best of luck!The Flying Spaghetti Monsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06530664859372236355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-74715308424590064702009-02-25T20:06:00.000+00:002009-02-25T20:06:00.000+00:00No Guido?No Guido?Colinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16949877777934292635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-54626095495499255392009-02-25T18:49:00.000+00:002009-02-25T18:49:00.000+00:00OT Just tried to read the e-zine of TP and it's in...OT Just tried to read the e-zine of TP and it's incredibly frustrating to navigate around a page without bouncing randomly around or crashing zoom a la 70s TOTP.<BR/><BR/>Gave in after first page of Cameron intv and a dozen attempts to make it work.<BR/><BR/>I know my cloven feet don't help but...Platohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07416276749202589235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-57846740404312401482009-02-25T18:46:00.000+00:002009-02-25T18:46:00.000+00:00One group of people decides to give some other peo...One group of people decides to give some other people awards. I know you never miss an opportunity to promote yourself but in all honesty who cares.<BR/><BR/>I find PR (whoever it is on behalf) utterly resistible.<BR/><BR/>Actually you seem to devote less and less time to your blog these days - no doubt it will eventually end up as nothing more than an advertising board for Iain Dale PLC.<BR/><BR/>In excess of 90% of the pleasure of your blog (these days) is reading the comments.<BR/><BR/>I hope this does not sound sour (all credit to you for your achievement) but once you start to believe your own publicity................wildhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14437167510102273197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-76313120003122125482009-02-25T18:34:00.000+00:002009-02-25T18:34:00.000+00:00Comrade Mason's apolitical blog is very good.Comrade Mason's <I>apolitical</I> blog is very good.pxcentrichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11395222949204334549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-66094330349903733932009-02-25T18:30:00.000+00:002009-02-25T18:30:00.000+00:00subrosa said...No nominations for any Scottish blo...subrosa said...<BR/>No nominations for any Scottish blogs. Time we had independence!!<BR/><BR/>Couldn't agree more, can you take the Welsh with you when you go? and please close the door on the way out thank you :PKevin Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12985944772086267601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-11973455964521706032009-02-25T17:57:00.000+00:002009-02-25T17:57:00.000+00:00Many congratulations, Mr Dale.Given the manifest a...Many congratulations, Mr Dale.<BR/><BR/>Given the manifest and long-established dominance of the 'right-wing' blogosphere, does not the preponderance of 'left-wing' blogs on this longlist give a hint of something, well, a little Orwellian?Archbishop Cranmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16817505540390495385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-76930634306504318352009-02-25T17:30:00.000+00:002009-02-25T17:30:00.000+00:00@Lenin Cymru: I say this as a Welshman as well as ...@Lenin Cymru: I say this as a Welshman as well as the Orwell Prize administrator - I wish more Welsh blogs had entered (very few did).<BR/><BR/>@subrosa: see above, though Tom Harris is Scottish.<BR/><BR/>Hopefully we'll get an even larger set of entries in future!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-68193677662918191822009-02-25T17:16:00.000+00:002009-02-25T17:16:00.000+00:00My blog has no politics whatsoever Iain - but cong...My blog has no politics whatsoever Iain - but congratulations all the same! Paul MasonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-61639559478505376602009-02-25T17:10:00.000+00:002009-02-25T17:10:00.000+00:00I reckon Tom Harris being a Scottish MP means his ...I reckon Tom Harris being a Scottish MP means his blog counts as a Scottish blog Subrosa.<BR/><BR/>Good luck Iain.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01485196287282298695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-57691681999199595452009-02-25T16:55:00.000+00:002009-02-25T16:55:00.000+00:00Congratulations. I don't agree with most of what y...Congratulations. I don't agree with most of what you say, but I admire the skill and style with which you say it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-31721181442308123542009-02-25T16:36:00.000+00:002009-02-25T16:36:00.000+00:00Good stuff - Alix of the People's Republic is inde...Good stuff - Alix of the People's Republic is indeed a fine and frequently amusing read.<BR/><BR/>Haven't seen some of these before so thanks for posting these up.Platohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07416276749202589235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-13224737283100263542009-02-25T15:40:00.000+00:002009-02-25T15:40:00.000+00:00Also note there are no Welsh blogs on the list eit...Also note there are no Welsh blogs on the list either (it's definitely time for independence), is this some kind of England-only award? Or does only Westminster politics matter?Welsh Ramblingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17585109264200933570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-72830100220251590152009-02-25T14:52:00.000+00:002009-02-25T14:52:00.000+00:00No nominations for any Scottish blogs. Time we ha...No nominations for any Scottish blogs. Time we had independence!!subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-28566142260076300242009-02-25T14:06:00.000+00:002009-02-25T14:06:00.000+00:00Heck,if the comments carry on like this we may hav...Heck,if the comments carry on like this we may have a right-wing conspiracy.<BR/><BR/>Good luck anyway.jon deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17354116589298046787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-88120767226930356582009-02-25T13:32:00.000+00:002009-02-25T13:32:00.000+00:00And then there's Night Jack. Scarcely a lefty...And then there's Night Jack. Scarcely a lefty...Heresiarchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03515376670031027455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-63328019089975552682009-02-25T13:21:00.000+00:002009-02-25T13:21:00.000+00:00Hurray for you all. Long may the blogger blog.Hurray for you all. Long may the blogger blog.guttedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05294150871808546171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-34816520342362838282009-02-25T13:16:00.000+00:002009-02-25T13:16:00.000+00:00"I too am a "right of centre" blogger, Iain!"Whils..."I too am a "right of centre" blogger, Iain!"<BR/><BR/>Whilst I would fight shy of calling myself 'right wing' my blog is a fan of communitarian Conservatism and the Tory / UUP deal.Owen Polleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00567787385096905811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-8752552604564086852009-02-25T12:46:00.000+00:002009-02-25T12:46:00.000+00:00Call me an optimist but I would have thought being...Call me an optimist but I would have thought being *correction* one of only two right of centre bloggers on there would improve your chances. Anyway, you should make it irrespective of that. Congrats and good luck.C Hogan-Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00291999490773139100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-80873286619813008922009-02-25T12:45:00.000+00:002009-02-25T12:45:00.000+00:00I stand corrected!I stand corrected!Iain Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.com