tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22403989.post8279521815306346172..comments2024-01-18T10:54:54.459+00:00Comments on Iain Macwhirter Now and Then: "Gordon Brown is gay" - except that he isn'tiain macwhirterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14486911281896217461noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22403989.post-78332843752172662102009-04-30T19:47:00.000+01:002009-04-30T19:47:00.000+01:00After all, the McBride-Draper exchange was never i...<I>After all, the McBride-Draper exchange was never intended for publication. It was supposed to be a private discussion between friends</I>I am soundly rebuked, Mr McWhirter.<br /><br />At this very moment I am de-registering a number of www sites I have registered in the past wee while.<br /><br />Anyone wanting to post on the following sites needn't bother.<br /><br />JackStrawInstigatesTorture.com<br /><br />JacquiBlueUses2But-plugs.com<br /><br />MrHeathNeverMarriedConveniently.com<br /><br />The discussions I have had with people who don't like NuLab are even worse.Merkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02499327449561248731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22403989.post-70913300328828205852009-04-18T19:11:00.000+01:002009-04-18T19:11:00.000+01:00We imagine that most Members of Parliament are bis...We imagine that most Members of Parliament are bisexual; along with Napoleon, Churchill, Alexander the Great, Hitler, Mao, Lincoln, Elvis, etc. etc. The Dutroux Affair appeared to demonstrate the extent to which so many of the top people expose themselves to the possibility of blackmail.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22403989.post-19509892253818704402009-04-18T13:58:00.000+01:002009-04-18T13:58:00.000+01:00Two thoughts.
Setting up a web site to smear memb...Two thoughts.<br /><br />Setting up a web site to smear members of the opposition is one step further than having a chat about it.<br /><br />Smearing the wife of a politician is another step too. <br /><br />Overall the McBride issue was the proverbial straw. The culture of anger and negative attitudes that surround Brown are what are so awful. I remember when he came to power with all that talk about his vision, ideas and all those other fluffy words supposed to show us what a caring, thinking bloke our PM is. Well he's done little to deliver on that and he's done little to rid Downing St of its culture of spin. I blogged way back at the start of GB's premiership about his lack of abilities as a leader; he proves it day in and day out. He may have a brain the size of a planet but he has the emotional intelligence of a gnat. You can just be a leader because you're called a leader. It's a fundamental that Brown just doesn't grasp, which is why he's surrounded himself with bully boysRichard Havershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309594787689405779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22403989.post-55489408803495715002009-04-18T13:49:00.000+01:002009-04-18T13:49:00.000+01:00Iain like you I dont like annymous bloggers so yes...Iain like you I dont like annymous bloggers so yes this is me and I largely agree with your analysis of both the blogging and smearing debates.However I think you underestimate the way in which blogging and the net have changed the political discourse.Since Mandelsons first entry in1987, things have got much worse particularly inside Labour see my article in the Scotsman last Monday.Hugh Kerrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10162719587740436864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22403989.post-16120792865307135822009-04-18T08:51:00.000+01:002009-04-18T08:51:00.000+01:00God, what a desperate, struggling attempt to defen...God, what a desperate, struggling attempt to defend the indefensible. Sanctity of private discussion? Remind us again, Iain - which political party is it that wants to access everyone's email and web history?<br /><br />In your recent rant against the blogosphere you omitted mention one of its most important attribute - leaks and inconvenient facts now have somewhere to go to get published. Would the Guardian have published the footage of the murder of Ian Tomlinson if they hadn't known it was going to be all over the ether anyway? Would the Times have published those emails if they hadn't known that Guido would be spreading them all over the planet if they didn't?<br /><br />Let me get you really worried. Ordinary people are just acquiring the skill of blowing this particular whistle. They will get better - look at the character of our political leaders, and see what a wonderful incentive they have. <br /><br />Now let me get you really, really worried. How many telephone calls do you think it would take to destroy New Labour in Scotland? I don't know, but I'll bet you that that number isn't in double figures. Fingers could be hovering over the dial buttons or the send key as we speak.<br /><br />Good luck - you're sure going to need it.Vronskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17797785918817375436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22403989.post-61669836411272001252009-04-17T22:15:00.000+01:002009-04-17T22:15:00.000+01:00Nothing objectionable about being homosexual.
I g...Nothing objectionable about being homosexual.<br /><br />I guess you havnt had shit on the end of your knob?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22403989.post-1621805684916703412009-04-17T22:04:00.000+01:002009-04-17T22:04:00.000+01:00Final word?
Yeah - You wish LOLFinal word?<br /><br />Yeah - You wish LOLSilent Hunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12586061220673855660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22403989.post-63032848479139457892009-04-17T21:32:00.000+01:002009-04-17T21:32:00.000+01:00Gone are the days when careless talk cost lives or...Gone are the days when careless talk cost lives or is it because we don't want to acknowledge that fact.<br /><br />McBride is just another worker who behaved badly.subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.com