tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post9132879294606134071..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: Shirley Williams Booksigning on MondayIain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-20824925970767102282010-09-14T06:12:01.121+01:002010-09-14T06:12:01.121+01:00Bloody hell Iain, is that woman still alive? She i...Bloody hell Iain, is that woman still alive? She is an odious baggage who did enormous damage to education.Rush-is-Righthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12860467341217977185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-29265867922336389042010-09-13T20:27:13.179+01:002010-09-13T20:27:13.179+01:00She is responsible for destroying the education of...She is responsible for destroying the education of probably two generations and counting, probably a greater cause of Britain's decline than any other act of political vandalism. <br />I despair..........Sandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09377477402766591095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-75823842526443544512010-09-13T18:36:44.198+01:002010-09-13T18:36:44.198+01:00Words fail me. Unfortunately they have not failed ...Words fail me. Unfortunately they have not failed her.Victor, NW Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14778890471547456396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-73717839859582306022010-09-13T16:13:08.857+01:002010-09-13T16:13:08.857+01:00...a collection of insightful essays on subjects S...<em>...a collection of insightful essays on subjects Shirley has been most interested in during her long political career.</em><br /><br />A <em>Festschrift</em>, then?REnglundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10382252863640070870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-20835895007901837082010-09-13T15:38:35.978+01:002010-09-13T15:38:35.978+01:00"you see" (says shirley) "it was ok..."you see" (says shirley) "it was ok for me to go to a top public school and an elite university - just cant have the proles doing the same - for their own good of course"<br /><br />why is it i detest this woman's views so much ? i wonder ? perhaps because i was unlucky enough to be at school when she was in power. <br /><br />best thing to do with this book is recycle it into loo roll. it would be the only useful thing that this woman has ever done in her whole political lifeDanny Lawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08789209821773052718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-77167345898687029662010-09-13T12:10:26.748+01:002010-09-13T12:10:26.748+01:00does she comment on how proud she is of destroying...does she comment on how proud she is of destroying two generations (so far) educational opportunities with her ideological mania for the one size fits all comprehensive? she probably does, her glowing socialist self-righteousness being what it is. how sweet it must be for all these middle class technocrats to see the full glory of their achievements writ large.....with all the little people allocated to the procrustean averageness. mephistopheles said he was 'Part of that power which would<br />Do evil constantly and constantly does good'.......God save us from Shirley and her ilk who are the reverse.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-41803073535469417992010-09-13T11:32:49.157+01:002010-09-13T11:32:49.157+01:00"This is not a book of essays saying how wond..."This is not a book of essays saying how wonderful Shirley Williams is."<br /><br />I was going to say . . .Laurence Boycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17838530535994771528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-36999770097157618962010-09-13T11:29:34.379+01:002010-09-13T11:29:34.379+01:00Given how she wrecked the country's education ...Given how she wrecked the country's education system, I would have though a Tony Blair style egging was in order!MikeyPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02628881766409720006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-51774709576608921482010-09-13T11:25:12.185+01:002010-09-13T11:25:12.185+01:00And an absolute must for all insomniacs......And an absolute must for all insomniacs......Mirtha Tidvillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07940977481295375071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-59643386630457695612010-09-13T11:21:14.720+01:002010-09-13T11:21:14.720+01:00Thanks for the waring Iain, I'll stock up with...Thanks for the waring Iain, I'll stock up with eggs,tomatoes and old shoes.Salmondnethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04135160187810480222noreply@blogger.com