Comments on: Latest YouGov trackers

By: Mike N

Mike N — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 07:28:24 +0000

Alec “…the BBC website has the headline ‘No Arrests Despite England Display’. ”

I imagine the beeb planned to use this headline whatever the performance/result.

By: Eoin Clarke

Eoin Clarke — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 01:22:38 +0000

Oldnat

Very funny!

BillyB,

Wine prohibits me from responding until 2moro

By: oldnat

oldnat — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 20:06:51 +0000

Alec

“Interesting take on Huhne’s situation. The NOTW has a long description of their cloak and dagger stuff ”

I’d probably take similar steps to avoid anyone seeing me with a copy of the NOTW!

By: Billy Bob

Billy Bob — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 19:48:26 +0000

@Alec – I sat opposite a member of the HoL in second class one time. Subjected to an hour long harange from a someone with a borderline personality condition, he bore it with remarkable patience and understanding, but was unable to do any work.
I would *advocate* 1st Class for high profile public servants.

By: Billy Bob

Billy Bob — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 19:39:30 +0000

@Eoin – JRM was a massively controversial figure. The first ‘leader’, as after 1922 election the chairman of CLP became designated ‘leader of the opposition’.

B Webb has many things to say about him, and was equally caustic about the lack of any alternative: “He has great gifts as a political leader, he has personal charm, he has vitality, he is assiduous, self-controlled and skilful. In all these respects he is unique in the inner circle of the Labour Party made up, as it is, of fanatics, faddists, refined and self-effacing intellectuals and the dull mediocrities of the Trade Union Movement” 1926.

Perhaps NC has been reading up (though perhaps with less justification). David Kirkwood 1931: “We had seen nations crash into chaos and seen dictators rise to autocracy on the ruins. We were familiar with the idea of a non-party administration. Ramsay MacDonald had said on more than one occasion that he was willing to work with any Party or any men, if by their combined efforts they could redeem the nation. So strong was his hold over the Party in the House that … anyone who challenged him would have been howled down.”