tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post8106016871518818229..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: Ten People Who Are Having a Good ElectionIain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-29347301177503472542010-04-30T13:55:58.241+01:002010-04-30T13:55:58.241+01:00Will Straw? Of Left Foot in Mouth?
Shurely not Ia...Will Straw? Of Left Foot in Mouth?<br /><br />Shurely not Iain? I've followed him from LL to LFiM and he's a self-censoring, specious makeweight with selective perception - much like his underwhelming old man. No gravitas; no depth; all thin polemic.Jules Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07316327361072587324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-54353791045551200092010-04-30T09:40:24.850+01:002010-04-30T09:40:24.850+01:00I agree with most of that and also agree with most...I agree with most of that and also agree with most of stepney's list of those about to have a bad election. Not sure about Ed Balls though - he seems to be manoeuvring himself into position for, if not the Labour leadership, then at least an improved stock.<br /><br />Really, really hope it's a bad night for Dawn Butler. A bit of a Lib Dem bellwether.<br /><br />I never know whether to do BBC TV or radio coverage on election night - it's still a tough call. The only thing with the radio coverage is that I'm more likely to fall asleep...eoghanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02408335744825873080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-84000988072611605792010-04-29T20:01:02.583+01:002010-04-29T20:01:02.583+01:0075,000 people not having a good election!
Electio...75,000 people not having a good election!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/1053298/1/.html" rel="nofollow">Election row in Britain over prisoners barred from voting</a>jailhouselawyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03795278184797990706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-67801240691697469942010-04-29T15:22:50.274+01:002010-04-29T15:22:50.274+01:00The new who is your Tory casndidate game?
Take a ...The new who is your Tory casndidate game?<br /><br />Take a grandparent's first name then street you grew up in double-barrelled with your first headmaster’s last name.Simon Gardnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17189501697856123305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-54134798417714347942010-04-29T14:07:22.773+01:002010-04-29T14:07:22.773+01:00agree with your list and like others would add Edd...agree with your list and like others would add Eddie Mair. Andrew is so good he should be mentioned at least twice...Dobsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16131451890214895304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-3306722432143414792010-04-29T13:00:57.091+01:002010-04-29T13:00:57.091+01:00Re election night: I had foresworn any BBC electio...Re election night: I had foresworn any BBC election night coverage until the awful Dimbelbore had gone. Rather optimistically, I had hoped that would be this time.<br /><br />@Stepney<br />Pretty good list. I’m going to add the odious Claire Ward (Watford) plus the whole of disappearing-down-a-hole UKIP. <br /><br />And whichever poor buggers have to bat for Labour on the election night progs. And actually it looks like the Tory batters aren’t going to be having too happy a time either.Simon Gardnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17189501697856123305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-35591635206614712262010-04-29T12:27:56.973+01:002010-04-29T12:27:56.973+01:00In my book...
- Laura K
- Eddie Mair
- Andrew Nei...In my book...<br /><br />- Laura K<br />- Eddie Mair<br />- Andrew Neill<br /><br />All far superior to Humphreys / Naughtie / Dimbleby / Robinson / etc....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-7907015725285821802010-04-29T11:26:18.028+01:002010-04-29T11:26:18.028+01:00David Dimbleby is more subtle than Andrew Neil, bu...David Dimbleby is more subtle than Andrew Neil, but both are good in my opinion.<br /><br />David Dimbleby does not do original research like Andrew Neil (in other words he is rather lazy) but he is a grown up (which is important this day and age) and feels no need to make himself the focus of attention.<br /><br />I like Andrew Neil because you feel he has a sense of the harshness of life, but at his worst he is all contempt (with more than a dash of Mr Chippy) and he is not as clever as he seems to think he is, notwithstanding the fact that he was educated in Scotland! <br /><br />I think all the major political journalists are very wealthy, and so what politicians do does not affect them very much, so it is all a bit of a game to them.<br /><br />Not caring very much about the consequences of politicians bad decisions is actually a very damming criticism.<br /><br />Needless to add I detest the juvenile approach to questioning authority that has become so ubiquitous (since the Sixties?), but at its best (Jon Snow) it is bearable.wildhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14437167510102273197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-88600543481838502112010-04-29T11:09:23.391+01:002010-04-29T11:09:23.391+01:00"Dawn Butler"?! Not from the soundings I..."Dawn Butler"?! Not from the soundings I've been getting. It's a different world out there on the doorstep. Clegg's flirting with the Tories has not gone down at all well for Teather, I can assure you. Could be a gamechanger here in Brent!Shamik Dashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10935999254568311462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-21072609061155541122010-04-29T10:44:02.775+01:002010-04-29T10:44:02.775+01:00At first I didn't like Nolan, and thought he w...At first I didn't like Nolan, and thought he was a weak link in an otherwise excellent 5Live team. I'm pleased to admit I was wrong - he's now a "must listen" when he's got a politician on the show. His dinosaur-baiting of "Sir" Nicholas Winterton is a classic. (Train crash not car crash in his case).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-40007040647394620022010-04-29T10:32:00.716+01:002010-04-29T10:32:00.716+01:00who, from the meja do you think is having a less t...who, from the meja do you think is having a less than successful election ?davidchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15928205954476712575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-65944046366317608132010-04-29T10:28:38.439+01:002010-04-29T10:28:38.439+01:00And here's a list of 10 people who are just ab...And here's a list of 10 people who are just about to have a bad election:<br /><br />1) Ed Balls<br />2) Oilver Letwin<br />3) Kerry McCarthy<br />4) Gordon Brown<br />5) Dawn Butler<br />6) George Galloway<br />7) Lord Pearson<br />8) Nigel Farage<br />9) Caroline Lucas<br />10) Zac Goldsmith<br /><br />May 7th will be the day of staring into space and wondering where it all went wrong.Stepneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10515448384288265355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-36886937691637114992010-04-29T10:02:20.452+01:002010-04-29T10:02:20.452+01:00I actually think David Cameron is having a good el...I actually think David Cameron is having a good election too, and I am sure history will show he's played the campaign just about rightUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15296827297530025996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-49748860026729397832010-04-29T09:52:03.616+01:002010-04-29T09:52:03.616+01:00Methinks Alex doth protest too much. Nothing bad a...Methinks Alex doth protest too much. Nothing bad about admitting regret A.Bartlebyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10282793305058146942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-52396065487889129422010-04-29T09:52:03.617+01:002010-04-29T09:52:03.617+01:00Regret standing as a council candidate? As I told ...Regret standing as a council candidate? As I told the BBC yesterday - and have many times upon being invited to appear - the internet/media game means relatively little to me in comparison to the council campaign. <br /><br />Standing for council in the ward in which I grew up is a privilege. The manifesto is brilliant here, and it addresses real issues: why is there a ten year life expectancy gap between rich and poor in Islington, in the 21st century? Why has there allowed to fester a 13,000-strong waiting list for housing? Why do the ruling council want to cut our hugely successful and popular free school meals policy, which is proven to improve kids' ability to learn, concentrate, behave well and which has made teaching easier while embedding good dietary and social eating habits from an early age, and is taking away the stigma of free school meal tickets and expanding them to all? Big issues in my own back yard - if I regret anything, it's that the blog has taken time away from the campaign, not the other way round!Alex Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14473441656931649879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-29517833943090155932010-04-29T09:47:35.993+01:002010-04-29T09:47:35.993+01:00Why Andrew Neil is not chairing one of the debates...Why Andrew Neil is not chairing one of the debates is a mystery. His Daily Politics show is required viewing for us political anaoraks, and his series of debates with the party spokesmen on foreign affairs, finance, health etc have shed far more light on the the parties' different policies than the leaders debates.<br /><br />Eddie Mair, of the BBC Radi 4's PM programme should also be mentioned in dispatches as having had a 'good election'.GrimUpNorthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14964980342741125101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-40405032498519348902010-04-29T09:42:31.309+01:002010-04-29T09:42:31.309+01:00Iain Dale a shocking omission!Iain Dale a shocking omission!Carl Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07827857669463837979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-14573370902487042042010-04-29T09:36:08.401+01:002010-04-29T09:36:08.401+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Alex Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14473441656931649879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-90864762184011287312010-04-29T09:30:06.092+01:002010-04-29T09:30:06.092+01:00Howe can you omit the god who walks amongst us in ...Howe can you omit the god who walks amongst us in your list of people having a good election. Eddie Mair is streets, leagues, light years better than any other presenter/commentator/interviewer and we are blessed to be in his aural presenceLeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00616413365296681851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-22438331593783297772010-04-29T09:28:12.984+01:002010-04-29T09:28:12.984+01:00i would suggest eddie mair from the p.m. programme...i would suggest eddie mair from the p.m. programme<br /><br />his questions don't take longer to ask than to answer )j humphreys please note) and he doesn't let the person answer a question that hasn't been askeddavidchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15928205954476712575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-51141255330907246732010-04-29T09:25:46.397+01:002010-04-29T09:25:46.397+01:00Andrew Neil is superb on Daily Politics and This W...Andrew Neil is superb on Daily Politics and This Week, definitely agree he would be better for the debate than Dimbleby. Election night coverage too.BexleyToryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09579635153609485704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-34437745213796949372010-04-29T09:22:25.606+01:002010-04-29T09:22:25.606+01:00You're not having such a bad election yourself...You're not having such a bad election yourself Iain - far better than Guido, who seems to be more interested in making films these days.Bartlebyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10282793305058146942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-83021663947217156272010-04-29T09:19:45.464+01:002010-04-29T09:19:45.464+01:00agreed but where's David Davis - he has been s...agreed but where's David Davis - he has been sidelined (sadly) by high command - sure he's be in your list if he was allowed out!Sianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05865222907679580423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-51581745739028645652010-04-29T09:15:59.639+01:002010-04-29T09:15:59.639+01:00Quite right re Tim, I went to Sky this a.m. and fo...Quite right re Tim, I went to Sky this a.m. and found Tim's head big-brother-like dominating the 2 minor figures in the studio. <br /><br />Alan DouglasAlan Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16071898364060640779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-66069709558519636722010-04-29T09:07:51.627+01:002010-04-29T09:07:51.627+01:00Re Sophie Long. BBC New Channel, unlike a sharks m...Re Sophie Long. BBC New Channel, unlike a sharks mouth, has no new sharp teeth to replace her. Just gum. Not another tooth in sight. BBC News would be improved if even Richard Madley and Adrian Chiles moved there it is so amateur, flabby, provincial, like it has been outsourced to Anglia Television.Roger Thornhillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03591327286533118901noreply@blogger.com