tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748920856459488211.post6376902666034490456..comments2023-11-05T08:46:06.975+00:00Comments on IDLE: On Second ThoughtsIdlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16633477263913264410noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748920856459488211.post-34665782186219513542013-09-04T20:59:35.576+01:002013-09-04T20:59:35.576+01:00The thing that exercised me over the past 72 hours...The thing that exercised me over the past 72 hours was the amount of time given over by BBC news to David Frost's demise...to have that headline is a very sorry reflection on our society and its priorities. no..sorry..actually it's a very sorry reflection on the vaingloriousness, self-referential nature of the BBC. Really shameful to have that billed as the first news item on the day the story broke. apricotfoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05487439964729651505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748920856459488211.post-15256347607893253542013-09-03T21:50:03.905+01:002013-09-03T21:50:03.905+01:00We have no dog in the fight so I'm happy to ch...We have no dog in the fight so I'm happy to cheer on both sides. As for the future here passport and escape plan are bang up to date.Thudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18320037763190473684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748920856459488211.post-13011405022714014182013-09-01T20:21:01.142+01:002013-09-01T20:21:01.142+01:00And Hague's voice is becoming a caricature. I ...And Hague's voice is becoming a caricature. I have to turn the radio off when he comes on, with that ridiculous filtered through ?what? Yorkshire drawl. The man is NOT a statesman, and the mess that that Miliband Major made of the FCO he is just making worse.<br /><br />Sod it. They are all bloody useless with a few honourable exceptions who because of their position have no influence. Elby the Beserkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15060519682739666145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748920856459488211.post-90748109785614297292013-09-01T14:06:55.649+01:002013-09-01T14:06:55.649+01:00Hague Mk 2 is a disappointment, E-K. I don't k...Hague Mk 2 is a disappointment, E-K. I don't know what happened between the loss of the 2001 election and 2010, but the result was a Westminster centrist consensual stereotype rather than the conviction politician of Hague Mk 1.<br /><br />I think his attitude towards Syrian intervention, like Cameron's, is correct but he, like Dave, couldn't articulate it like a proper globally-minded Conservative.<br />idlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09938525768274527540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748920856459488211.post-23676849208099798552013-09-01T01:49:35.266+01:002013-09-01T01:49:35.266+01:00EU membership, immigration, HS2 and foreign policy...EU membership, immigration, HS2 and foreign policy are all agendas determined by the BBC.<br /><br />If the BBC hadn't been showing close-up rolling footage all day long, every day, then our PM wouldn't have felt compelled to take a risk in making a fool of himself.<br /><br />He mistook the BBC agenda for public opinion.<br /><br />Impartial and distant coverage is what was required of the BBC. Not the emotive stuff we got. <br /><br />I also think that William Hague has proven himself to have been over rated. <br /><br />As Peter Hitchens states: this is all a consequence of the Arab Spring willed on by romanticists in Western governments and organisations. Assad has no intention being taken a prisoner and so will fight to extremes. <br /><br />It is still not proven that he ordered the deployment of the gas. Why might he do this and then go to lengths to deny it ?Electro-Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18073103431166273080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748920856459488211.post-82026639298751378162013-08-31T12:10:59.713+01:002013-08-31T12:10:59.713+01:00I had exactly the same thought when reading that l...I had exactly the same thought when reading that letter, Elby.idlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09938525768274527540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748920856459488211.post-91018036498018576792013-08-31T11:47:14.104+01:002013-08-31T11:47:14.104+01:00Today's Telegraph. A very good point.
SIR – ...Today's Telegraph. A very good point. <br /><br />SIR – David Cameron said that he “gets” the view of the British people over military intervention in Syria and will act accordingly. Let us hope that he now also gets the majority view over EU membership, immigration and HS2.<br /><br />Pete Taylor<br />Virginia Water, SurreyElby the Beserkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15060519682739666145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748920856459488211.post-68708401562330709432013-08-31T10:07:39.481+01:002013-08-31T10:07:39.481+01:00Whilst Dave may be planning a re-shuffle that gets...Whilst Dave may be planning a re-shuffle that gets rid of all the ministers who didn't vote his way, I think we might just be hearing the sound of knives being sharpened by a few of the Conservative front bench...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748920856459488211.post-82357205572468968592013-08-31T09:01:17.200+01:002013-08-31T09:01:17.200+01:00Would I be wrong in thinking that many in the Midd...Would I be wrong in thinking that many in the Middle East prize stability above "democracy", whatever that is (one is reminded, thinking of the BBC's outrage that the democratically elected Morsi had got the boot) that the boy Hitler (with whom Morsi's Muslim Bros had strong links in the 30s and WWII) was also elected democratically. <br /><br />Syria has been destroyed now; it will never be the tolerant country that it was, with a growing economy and a burgeoning middle class. Now it will be for however long just another battlefield in the Sunni v Shia apocalypse the Middle East has inflicted on itself, in which the West has aligned itself with the extreme elements of Sunniism. <br /><br />Fucked. For good. Elby the Beserkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15060519682739666145noreply@blogger.com