tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post6616817157867412036..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: Brown Gurns on MP ExpensesIain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger99125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-60645987111109410522009-05-03T10:13:00.000+01:002009-05-03T10:13:00.000+01:00Gordon Brown IS Jim Hacker!Gordon Brown IS Jim Hacker!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-7359872322641148342009-04-23T12:26:00.000+01:002009-04-23T12:26:00.000+01:00More like Jack Nicholson in "The Shining" just bef...More like Jack Nicholson in "The Shining" just before he takes an axe to the door and asks if you can come out to play. Spitting Image would have made a meal of this shower-where are they when you need them.pagani1https://www.blogger.com/profile/07687671314243273029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-64720706203050008482009-04-22T10:42:00.000+01:002009-04-22T10:42:00.000+01:00OK Iain; you wanted an opinion from a Body Languag...OK Iain; you wanted an opinion from a Body Language expert, so here it is, with the addition of Behavioural knowledge too. I am Glenn Harrison, and I've just submitted an article for your Total Politics magazine, on 'Body Language in informal meetings'.<br />Gordon Brown is what is known in Behavioural terms as a 'Steady' core behaviour. This is seen in his facial expressions as bing relatively expressionless. All top poker players have this core behaviour, so it is difficult to read any 'handles' or 'giveaways' in the game. Generally they have emotionless face gestures; so you were right about the 'smile' prompt. Gordon will find it extremely difficult to 'put on' a smile. Either, someone is prompting him, or there is a regular prompt on his auto-cue, saying 'keep smiling'. Problem is, Gordon can't keep it up for more than a second or three, as he drifts back into his unconscious expressions. You'll note that he keeps nodding his head in a fast jerky motion. This is because he's been told to keep his hands still, to avoid his chopping gestures from being filmed. Someone will have told him that the hand gestures will come across as agressive. Problem is, when you restrict the hand movements in Dominant and outgoing people, the movements move to the head, and their head movements become more demonstrative.<br />Gordon also has a bad habit of drawing breath in a way that makes him seem insincere. Check it out.<br />The steady behaviour is a hindrance to Gordon Brown's accceptance in the public. He doesn't show emotion, so he doesn't come across as sincere; unlike Tony Blair, who's core behaviour was 'influence' and showed emotion when speaking. Behavioural traits of someone like Tony Blair are: likeable, charming, optimistic, smily, trusting, demonstrable and enthusiastic.<br />The lack of enthusiam in this clip with Gordon Brown leaves a feeling of disbelief in the outcome.<br />All this is seen and heard at a subconscious level for the majority of people, which results in a gut feeling of 'uncertainty', as opposed to the trust and belief intended.<br />So this begs a question. If Gordon Brown is being prompted on his body language, and we can see that he's working on it; how will we know if he's lying? Well, that's easy, you should all know that. His lips are moving:)<br /><br />Glenn@GlennHarrison.comGlenn Harrisonhttp://www.glennharrison.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-55302412417077839622009-04-22T09:36:00.000+01:002009-04-22T09:36:00.000+01:00I need to vomit!I need to vomit!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-65126057888930567762009-04-22T08:21:00.000+01:002009-04-22T08:21:00.000+01:00With the sound off it reminds me of the animated v...With the sound off it reminds me of the animated video of Peter Gabriels Sledgehammer.<br /><br />"Brownhammer"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-43139281472068872172009-04-21T23:25:00.000+01:002009-04-21T23:25:00.000+01:00I have literally trained thousands of people with ...I have literally trained thousands of people with very varying levels of skill and authenticity. <br /><br />I have NEVER EVER seen anyone rate so badly on either scale - let alone both at the same time. I imagine there is some clown behind the tele-prompter waving a sign saying grimace, ahem, smile, every 30 seconds. <br /><br />Who let that go public. Who signed off on that? Fire them - now!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-11367687780793368442009-04-21T21:38:00.000+01:002009-04-21T21:38:00.000+01:00Watch the video with no sound, Hilarious.
Iwatche...Watch the video with no sound, Hilarious.<br /><br />Iwatched whilst listening to John Prine - It's a big old goofy world, even betterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-34088629782623685612009-04-21T21:27:00.000+01:002009-04-21T21:27:00.000+01:00God, he's almost as irritating as Iain Dale. Almos...God, he's almost as irritating as Iain Dale. Almost.jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15234592460624129598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-80051844225071772362009-04-21T21:25:00.000+01:002009-04-21T21:25:00.000+01:00God, he's almost as irritating as Iain Dale. Almos...God, he's almost as irritating as Iain Dale. Almost.jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15234592460624129598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-14695655119104127332009-04-21T20:54:00.000+01:002009-04-21T20:54:00.000+01:00The best part of that video is watching his tie an...The best part of that video is watching his tie animate, as he speaks.<br /><br />I can't bear to look at his face, I get scared he's going to break into another of his "This snake-oil will cure gout, cancer, hair loss, athlete's foot and all known sexually transmitted diseases, madam" smiles.<br /><br />God, is he excruciating to watch?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-91884834411748222172009-04-21T20:53:00.000+01:002009-04-21T20:53:00.000+01:00He is mad. Quite mad.He is mad. Quite mad.Trend Shedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04817609330878848716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-41214756346484352242009-04-21T20:33:00.000+01:002009-04-21T20:33:00.000+01:00Picture the scene in Downing Street...Brown and Wa...Picture the scene in Downing Street...Brown and Watson in conference, with an empty chair at the table McBride used to plant his backside on:<br /><br />Gordon: I want to get on YouTube with expenses and get 2 million hits like that bastard Hannan. <br />Watson: Err...<br />Gordon: As a government we have to embrace this new medium. What better than MP's expenses as a starter?<br />Watson: Err...<br />Gordon: The public will love me again...you aren't saying much, Tom. Tom?<br />Watson (thinking): Where the hell is McBride when I need him...CuttingEdgenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-19479429472271478732009-04-21T20:32:00.000+01:002009-04-21T20:32:00.000+01:00So it's out of the trough and on to the gravy trai...So it's out of the trough and on to the gravy train.<br /><br />Gordon, <br />it's not difficult under the existing system, if you catch anyone playing fast and loose with the rules, sack 'em. We all know that Jacqi Smith's sisters place is not Jacqi's main home, she's only pretending so that she can pocket a few tens of thousands of tax free cash - can you not you see that?<br /><br />Same goes for Balls, Cooper, McNulty and the rest. Just sack 'em for gross misconduct. No need for new rules, just apply the existing rules and enforce them.Twighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16698620636313191152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-86155775582817812562009-04-21T20:20:00.000+01:002009-04-21T20:20:00.000+01:00I posted many months ago on Coffee House that some...I posted many months ago on Coffee House that some of Brown's closest advisers were having a competition.<br /><br />How stupid can you make the PM appear without him noticing?<br /><br />He must have played this back on the DVD player and said "Yes, that's good" whilst 8 "advisers" acquired double hernias and sorted out the winnings.john millernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-7527866300451037902009-04-21T20:19:00.000+01:002009-04-21T20:19:00.000+01:00I'd like to have done as he suggests and become an...I'd like to have done as he suggests and become an MP -unfortunately my parents weren't well connected and rich enough to buy me a safe seat in south London at the age of 22.Vulpus_rexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13959597042612758722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-83608704455572947612009-04-21T19:52:00.000+01:002009-04-21T19:52:00.000+01:00Iain didn't post my previous comment (I guess it w...Iain didn't post my previous comment (I guess it was the use of two expletives).<br /><br />However, the point I was trying to make was that it is rich that he states that young people should be encouraged to become legislators when this current lot pass a set of rules pertaining to their own expenses then, when they get found out for acting like pigs at a trough, cry "the rules are too vague".<br /><br />What a wonderful gaggle of legislators we currently have.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-72952272927773879262009-04-21T19:32:00.000+01:002009-04-21T19:32:00.000+01:00Of course. the private sector doesn't exist in Bro...Of course. the private sector doesn't exist in BrownWorld and taxpayer's money grows on trees.<br /><br />This man is an alien straight out of Jack Finney's 'Body Snatchers'. Every. Single. Thing about him is slightly out-of-whack and slightly too abnormal to be acceptable; the cumulative effect of which fills me with a combination of dread, morbid curiousity and disgust.<br /><br />Election. Now.Jules Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07316327361072587324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-49197731137480298372009-04-21T19:30:00.000+01:002009-04-21T19:30:00.000+01:00God, I thought Major was bad towards the end but t...God, I thought Major was bad towards the end but this is worrying for us all. Don't let him near any nuclear button, we're in Dr. Strangelove territory here.<br /><br />Someone put him out of our misery, PLEASE !Lord Dickiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11695189296705925333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-74580564664341521232009-04-21T19:20:00.001+01:002009-04-21T19:20:00.001+01:00Argh! Burn it!Argh! Burn it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-654465609876677712009-04-21T19:20:00.000+01:002009-04-21T19:20:00.000+01:00A) He looks like a robot being tapped with a high ...A) He looks like a robot being tapped with a high powered cattle prod.<br />B) It's just designed to attack tories over second jobs (Mr Smearman 'aint learning is he?). <br />c) The only way to stop naughty expenses claims is to pay MP's a great deal more money and then let them pay for everything themselves. <br />D) Notice how all the kids want to work for the state?Jah'sSwordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13068008263445182702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-6460965174241662632009-04-21T19:10:00.000+01:002009-04-21T19:10:00.000+01:00Doesn't Tom Watson have involvement in Media and o...Doesn't Tom Watson have involvement in Media and online communication?<br /><br />If he was involved in this it shows how Brown surrounds himself with people in his own image - completly useless!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br /><br /><br />LOL!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-44925968996716474052009-04-21T19:08:00.000+01:002009-04-21T19:08:00.000+01:00That's a new trick, then; pm upstages own chancell...That's a new trick, then; pm upstages own chancellor.<br /><br />Makes one wonder a bit about just how awful the budget is going to be.siAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-37080111226711592172009-04-21T18:50:00.000+01:002009-04-21T18:50:00.000+01:00why hasn't it got at least a 15 age rating .....?
...why hasn't it got at least a 15 age rating .....?<br /><br />looks like the person that always sits alone in the back seats on the upper deck of a london night bus .<br /><br />just doesn't feel safe sitting in front ..<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />"Heeeeres Johnny"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-21383472894140089312009-04-21T18:46:00.000+01:002009-04-21T18:46:00.000+01:00What i meant was that the Labour MP on 5live yeste...What i meant was that the Labour MP on 5live yesterday was abused by his fellow MP`s for suggesting just the sort of checks that Gordo has proposed today. Not that Labour MP`s had abused the One Eyed Lunatic. Pity really.SteveH103https://www.blogger.com/profile/15396240512189660772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-16381651405538511842009-04-21T18:44:00.000+01:002009-04-21T18:44:00.000+01:00Reminds me of Jim Hacker's first Prime Ministerial...Reminds me of Jim Hacker's first Prime Ministerial broadcast. When told he looked wooden, the next run through was like someone having a strange seizure.<br /><br />By the way, Hacker was the better PM.Fragmeisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822143613783644158noreply@blogger.com