tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875365454966245098.post6806555177690007947..comments2023-06-11T13:12:20.435+01:00Comments on The Anger of a Quiet Man: Tough for some...Quiet_Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09575652127079681825noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875365454966245098.post-9611084770291740452011-01-03T00:24:56.124+00:002011-01-03T00:24:56.124+00:00With you 100%.
And I don't give a stuff who c...With you 100%.<br /><br />And I don't give a stuff who comes knocking on my door about hanging politicians from lamp posts. Let them. They are a bunch of thieving, self serving, supposedly superior b*st&*ds and I'd wish them nothing but ill, except the stupid unthinking Brits would just feel sorry for them if anything happened to them.<br /><br />That Neave fellow, one of the most unpleasant, narrow minded biggots you would ever meet, won Maggie Hilda Thatcher her first victory by having the goodness to get himself blown up.<br /><br />Everyone forgot what a total b****** he was and felt sorry for the Tories.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875365454966245098.post-75013916758836604572011-01-02T10:47:04.940+00:002011-01-02T10:47:04.940+00:00There's a good column by Ed Staite on this tha...There's a good column by Ed Staite on this that I was reading this morning. One relevant bit:<br /><br /><i>The politics behind holiday choices for politicians are led simply by the media. I remember every summer, about a week before recess, the Mirror would call CCHQ and ask where each shadow cabinet member was holidaying this year. Most came back with answers ranging from 'my constituency' to 'Bridlington' or 'Bude', others listed a UK and foreign destination, only David Willetts was robust enough to admit that he was off to Cape Cod.</i><br /><br />http://edstaite.blogspot.com/2010/12/why-arent-politicians-allowed-to-go-on.html<br /><br />I agree with all of your post, but the Dail Mail quote ruins the tone.<br /><br />We expect some belt-tightening by those who are also tightening our belts for us. But you know for a fact that all of those Mail journalists are heading off on their foreign holidays straight after writing that stuff. <br /><br />Doing something you've got the money to do is one thing. Journalists hypocritically attacking that for a cheap headline is something else.All Seeing Eyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671520010496394878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875365454966245098.post-60225928332893735652011-01-02T10:22:27.955+00:002011-01-02T10:22:27.955+00:00Julia's right, the junkets enjoyed by Mandelso...Julia's right, the junkets enjoyed by Mandelson et al were just as lavish - and unreported ashe rightly points out. The contempt politicians have for the people of these islands is only matched by the growing contempt we have for them. I'd be very wary about mentioning lamposts though, as a friend of Catherine Middleton found her jokey comments regarding illegal immigrants attracted the attention of PC Plod and the Crimethink Unit. Protest ? How very dare we!Mrs Proudie of Barchesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14602689750412188155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875365454966245098.post-80552030597596537922011-01-02T08:27:28.677+00:002011-01-02T08:27:28.677+00:00"Discreet seems to have fallen away from the ...<i>"Discreet seems to have fallen away from the vocabulary of the political/chattering classes along with various "D list" celebrities."</i><br /><br />I'm not sure discreetness would have helped anyway. The MSM would be reporting the same stuff - they know all this. <br /><br />They just chose not to publicise it when it was the OTHER lot in power. They were just as bad.JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.com