tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post6708438293723585166..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: Fisking Tom WatsonIain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-88883009927107620192010-11-18T15:10:21.740+00:002010-11-18T15:10:21.740+00:00Fisk writes well but let's not pretend that hi...Fisk writes well but let's not pretend that his 'line' is any less partial than 'Tel Aviv's line'.<br /><br />And as for 'fisking' Labour Uncut (sic) I mean what's the point. They have nothing to say; and they don't say it very well either - why bother giving them the oxygen of publicity.<br /><br />And I write 'sic' because - be honest- how many layers of 'approval' do articles go through before they end up on Labour Uncut, for goodness sake.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03548952483363828857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-37749621997218372992010-11-17T20:52:19.857+00:002010-11-17T20:52:19.857+00:00@Political Reboot
Brave comment. I suspect you...@Political Reboot<br /><br />Brave comment. I suspect you've now let yourself in for a whole fusillade of anti-Fisk abuse (liberal-leftie, anti-Semite &c) from those for whom anything less than 100% unquestioning obedience to Tel Aviv's line is treachery.<br /><br />Personally, I think half the problem here is with having a name that sounds just too much like fist.HampsteadOwlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10579484010636107402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-28408152920718868002010-11-17T18:54:03.818+00:002010-11-17T18:54:03.818+00:00I really wish we could come up with a better word ...I really wish we could come up with a better word than 'Fisking' for this kind of analysis. Robert Fisk is a fantastic journalist; this tedious, really quite artless mode of criticism is not the legacy he deserves.Eddy Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06316347191487463408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-20415082416728696422010-11-17T18:32:04.420+00:002010-11-17T18:32:04.420+00:00Tom Watson is going down with the orchestra playin...Tom Watson is going down with the orchestra playing as his ship sinks slowly in the muck.Victor, NW Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14778890471547456396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-77060698031359998402010-11-17T16:31:11.689+00:002010-11-17T16:31:11.689+00:00You've got this one quite wrong Iain.
It is p...You've got this one quite wrong Iain.<br /><br />It is perfectly obvious that Number 10 orchestrated both the timing of the royal wedding announcement to take our worried little minds off the Irish financial crisis, and the fact of its happening so as to refloat our own economy off the back of a glut in souvenir tea-towels, mugs and guided tours to Slough from where Miss Middleton apparently hails.<br /><br />Memo to PM: the Chinese make this stuff; they don't buy it.HampsteadOwlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10579484010636107402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-75319444447938877132010-11-17T16:30:44.141+00:002010-11-17T16:30:44.141+00:00Watson is, simply, a bleeding idiot. Like all ble...Watson is, simply, a bleeding idiot. Like all bleeding idiots he simply doesn't recognise his own limitations. Still he's no doubt been a useful bleeding idiot to his masters.Unsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08307116169498533047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-5430358960467780762010-11-17T15:39:57.494+00:002010-11-17T15:39:57.494+00:00Hmm, Tom Watson refs this fisking as evidence that...Hmm, Tom Watson refs this fisking as evidence that he's right. Wow, being Labour means never having to say sorry, I suppose.<br /><br />http://labour-uncut.co.uk/2010/11/17/the-tonnes-of-bad-news-the-tories-tried-to-bury-yesterday/<br /><br /><i> Hey – Tory trolls and a fisk on Iain Dale. The Downing Street spin machine is angry. Good to know the column hit the mark.</i>Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02245902520322728875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-25343098760871935162010-11-17T14:10:11.587+00:002010-11-17T14:10:11.587+00:00A pretty comprehensive refutation, Iain.
For some...A pretty comprehensive refutation, Iain.<br /><br />For some reason, the phrase "miserable pipsqueak" springs to mind.<br /><br />Why would that be ?Nigelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18171835878570773595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-19948923939451592662010-11-17T13:19:01.900+00:002010-11-17T13:19:01.900+00:00Watson is an oaf. He shows time and again he has ...Watson is an oaf. He shows time and again he has no thought other than attack. <br /><br />No matter how ridiculous his line of attack, or how far seperated from reality, he rests comfortable in the knowledge that his constituency is one of the Labour "pin a rosette on any ass" areas. So much so he could probably stand at a hustings, soil himself, jibber apelike for 20 minutes and still be returned to Parliament.Lossie Beachcomberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01985258623113056390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-86366875070149719662010-11-17T13:19:01.190+00:002010-11-17T13:19:01.190+00:00Tom Watson is bad news.Tom Watson is bad news.Bill Quango MPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14861116614665461655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-28874921221055199252010-11-17T13:17:06.833+00:002010-11-17T13:17:06.833+00:00So of the 5 instances he gave, 2 actually came to ...So of the 5 instances he gave, 2 actually came to light the day before and the other 3 were out of the Government's control anyway.<br /><br />Tom Watson is telling a big, fat, lie there.<br /><br />I am glad to see you have given him a good fisking, Iain..................................https://www.blogger.com/profile/09387648864595329094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-31799336436034661322010-11-17T12:48:11.166+00:002010-11-17T12:48:11.166+00:00Maybe Tom Watson is judging this government by the...Maybe Tom Watson is judging this government by the standards of the one he supported.Not a sheephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14123293202225008273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-16994316925967438482010-11-17T12:40:10.267+00:002010-11-17T12:40:10.267+00:00Its not that Watson is thick (well ...), its that ...Its not that Watson is thick (well ...), its that he thinks we are.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-76790211975178645182010-11-17T12:22:32.834+00:002010-11-17T12:22:32.834+00:00Yes, but did any other office in the country cheer...Yes, but did any other office in the country cheer at the announcement of the royal wedding?<br /><br />The timing may not have been deliberate but it was certainly fortuitous.Mark Fulfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11923833561916081183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-40780028820350386292010-11-17T12:01:02.246+00:002010-11-17T12:01:02.246+00:00So are we to believe that Andy Coulson knows nothi...So are we to believe that Andy Coulson knows nothing of the art of burying bad news, just as he knew nothing of how the News of the World was getting the material for its Exclusives?<br /><br />Please don't force me to write another verse for the <a href="http://http://greenerblog.blogspot.com/2010/10/ballad-of-andy-coulson.html/" rel="nofollow">Ballad of Andy Coulson.</a>DocRichardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08903964792092284406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-33643833332188771812010-11-17T11:55:25.325+00:002010-11-17T11:55:25.325+00:00How very true Iain. I remember noticing all of the...How very true Iain. I remember noticing all of the announcements on various Beeb news outlets before hearing the great news of the engagement at 11.<br /><br />Watson and Labour must be so steeped in spin that they think everyone else stoops to their level.Osama the Nazarenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13627668308711758602noreply@blogger.com