tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post2738336653077553829..comments2023-11-29T13:13:23.022+00:00Comments on newgate news: Occupational hazard?Macheathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04451439759398780345noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-33964376153164335992014-10-02T08:40:19.183+01:002014-10-02T08:40:19.183+01:00Demetrius, thanks to you I've had a mental ver...Demetrius, thanks to you I've had a mental version of 'One song to the tune of another' rattling round my head ever since. My favourite so far is 'Step in Time' from 'Mary Poppins' - imagine the assembled Labour dignitaries prancing in unison across the platform.<br /><br />JH, I thought <i>I</i> was cynical...Macheathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04451439759398780345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-82690558975442970062014-09-29T20:35:20.164+01:002014-09-29T20:35:20.164+01:00Truth is a word once mentioned in legends.Truth is a word once mentioned in legends.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-61666413607611038322014-09-26T15:28:46.911+01:002014-09-26T15:28:46.911+01:00The words to The Red Flag might go well to the tun...The words to The Red Flag might go well to the tune of "My Old Man's A Dustman", the Skiffle song by Lonnie Donegan. At least it is proletarian.Demetriushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17198549581667363991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-1856326337037843152014-09-26T08:17:56.730+01:002014-09-26T08:17:56.730+01:00AKH, it makes you wonder how many similar strategi...AKH, it makes you wonder how many similar strategies lurk in the arsenals of either party. Certainly it's exactly the sort of thing we were instructed in back in my Labour Student days - our scruples were dismsissed because the Socialist Utopia end justified the means, however despicable.<br /><br />LT, as true today as it ever was in the days of Ancient Greece or the Roman Republic (though less likely to end in a cup of hemlock or with their heads on poles in the Forum).<br /><br />Michael, congratulations on clocking up 40+ years; fortunately for you, a new bridegroom is traditionally the object of much affectionate indulgence (and wedding guests usually appreciate brevity)- though miss out some bits of the vows and it might have been be a different story.Macheathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04451439759398780345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-39661709457090830962014-09-25T17:46:27.618+01:002014-09-25T17:46:27.618+01:00Mind you, I left out a whole page of my wedding sp...Mind you, I left out a whole page of my wedding speech in 1972, and we're still married...<br /><br />What that's got to do with your excellent post, I don't really know, but I thought I should record the fact for posterity, and here seems the best place!Scrobs.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12942449871600526680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-29481492957170048152014-09-25T14:43:47.495+01:002014-09-25T14:43:47.495+01:00He's a politician - therefore he is a liar.He's a politician - therefore he is a liar.Longriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139120804208136012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565737623121795004.post-89659204499202013692014-09-25T10:28:51.849+01:002014-09-25T10:28:51.849+01:00"or he is cynical enough to omit a potentiall..."or he is cynical enough to omit a potentially awkward element from a live speech while including it in the printed record."<br /><br />As you show, he's done it before so I think we can classify Ed as a liar. He didn't forget, it's a technique.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.com