I couple of days ago I suggested that Iain Dale was seeking to emulate Marina Snyde’s glittering career: now he’s taking the shortcut by quoting large chunks of her articles on his website. What can I say? QED. As for the article itself, it starts off well: there certainly is a self-destructive streak running through… Continue reading Snyde on the Lib Dems
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Iain Dale’s Lord Levy moment
I do worry that certain bloggers are getting too big for their boots. I’d draw an analogy here with one of my past obsessions: Robot Wars. I used to love the show for the simple reason that it involved lumps of metal sawing the crap out of each other. Another entertaining feature was seeing the… Continue reading Iain Dale’s Lord Levy moment
Freedland on the Conservative and Anti-Unionist Party
At the risk of having my comments filled with swivel-eyed loons with an penchant for calling everyone who doesn’t agree with them a “c***”, I just thought I’d recommend Jonathan Freedland’s article on the Tories’ daft proposals on breaking up the UK. There are however, the points in this I take exception to: You don’t… Continue reading Freedland on the Conservative and Anti-Unionist Party