Comments on: Another boring Iain Dale post http://www.libdemvoice.org/another-boring-iain-dale-post-1144.html Our place to talk - an independent website for supporters of the Liberal Democrat party in the UK. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:46:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Duncan Borrowman http://www.libdemvoice.org/another-boring-iain-dale-post-1144.html#comment-27268 Duncan Borrowman Wed, 08 Aug 2007 21:21:32 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/another-boring-iain-dale-post-1144.html#comment-27268 I don't know I find Iain Dale very good. This is one of his recent best, amd the heading sums the Tories up brilliantly http://tinyurl.com/ysmlp5 I don’t know I find Iain Dale very good. This is one of his recent best, amd the heading sums the Tories up brilliantly http://tinyurl.com/ysmlp5

]]> By: Cheltenham Robin http://www.libdemvoice.org/another-boring-iain-dale-post-1144.html#comment-27266 Cheltenham Robin Wed, 08 Aug 2007 20:58:05 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/another-boring-iain-dale-post-1144.html#comment-27266 Plese let us stop all this tit for tat stuff. There is a need in today's political world of spin and soundbites for blogs like this one and the one over at Conservative Home. Both blogs provide a forum for debate for members, supporters and also for people from a different party. There will always be idiots who abuse the internet in all parties. Let those of us who enjoy our online forums show some respect to people like Iain Dale and the many other political bloggers of every colour who give us a platform for our political rants. Yes, it will get tribal during elections and yes there may be a few tricks pulled here and there but at the end of the day (god I hate that phrase) we are all in this game because we have ideals that we believe in, let's carry on debating those in a healthy and grown up way. Plese let us stop all this tit for tat stuff.

There is a need in today’s political world of spin and soundbites for blogs like this one and the one over at Conservative Home.

Both blogs provide a forum for debate for members, supporters and also for people from a different party.

There will always be idiots who abuse the internet in all parties.

Let those of us who enjoy our online forums show some respect to people like Iain Dale and the many other political bloggers of every colour who give us a platform for our political rants.

Yes, it will get tribal during elections and yes there may be a few tricks pulled here and there but at the end of the day (god I hate that phrase) we are all in this game because we have ideals that we believe in, let’s carry on debating those in a healthy and grown up way.

]]> By: Matthew Scott http://www.libdemvoice.org/another-boring-iain-dale-post-1144.html#comment-27265 Matthew Scott Wed, 08 Aug 2007 19:49:16 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/another-boring-iain-dale-post-1144.html#comment-27265 Laurence is right. I think the "former Conservative candidate" or "right of centre commentator" parts of his About section might be a hint about his political views. Laurence is right.

I think the “former Conservative candidate” or “right of centre commentator” parts of his About section might be a hint about his political views.

]]> By: Laurence Boyce http://www.libdemvoice.org/another-boring-iain-dale-post-1144.html#comment-27264 Laurence Boyce Wed, 08 Aug 2007 19:42:58 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/another-boring-iain-dale-post-1144.html#comment-27264 <i>I was a keen Iain Dale reader, but his Conservative leanings have become more and more apparent.</i> I can't honestly recall a time when they were ever hidden from view. I was a keen Iain Dale reader, but his Conservative leanings have become more and more apparent.

I can’t honestly recall a time when they were ever hidden from view.

]]> By: Stuart http://www.libdemvoice.org/another-boring-iain-dale-post-1144.html#comment-27262 Stuart Wed, 08 Aug 2007 19:31:03 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/another-boring-iain-dale-post-1144.html#comment-27262 I agree with Tony (9). I was a keen Iain Dale reader (sorry everyone if that's not the done thing), but his Conservative leanings have become more and more apparent, and it's just a turn-off, politically speaking. But then again he may have lost one reader, but he's got 11.5m more. I agree with Tony (9). I was a keen Iain Dale reader (sorry everyone if that’s not the done thing), but his Conservative leanings have become more and more apparent, and it’s just a turn-off, politically speaking.

But then again he may have lost one reader, but he’s got 11.5m more.

]]> By: tony hill http://www.libdemvoice.org/another-boring-iain-dale-post-1144.html#comment-27243 tony hill Wed, 08 Aug 2007 16:55:02 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/another-boring-iain-dale-post-1144.html#comment-27243 Obviously partisan feelings tend to run high during election campaigns so perhaps I shouldn't have been reading the blogs of people I don't agree with politically during the recent by-elections. I'm not keen on dirty tricks or mindless partisanship even in support of the Liberal Democrats, and I had been reading Iain Dale for some time because I felt that he largely eschewed these vices (even if many of the people who respond to his posts are Class A pillocks). But I don't feel he showed much integrity during the recent by elections and he has lost my respect, and he has lost me as a reader of his blog Obviously partisan feelings tend to run high during election campaigns so perhaps I shouldn’t have been reading the blogs of people I don’t agree with politically during the recent by-elections. I’m not keen on dirty tricks or mindless partisanship even in support of the Liberal Democrats, and I had been reading Iain Dale for some time because I felt that he largely eschewed these vices (even if many of the people who respond to his posts are Class A pillocks). But I don’t feel he showed much integrity during the recent by elections and he has lost my respect, and he has lost me as a reader of his blog

]]> By: Laurence Boyce http://www.libdemvoice.org/another-boring-iain-dale-post-1144.html#comment-27242 Laurence Boyce Wed, 08 Aug 2007 16:37:55 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/another-boring-iain-dale-post-1144.html#comment-27242 Iain, once again please ignore us and enjoy the summer evening. Iain, once again please ignore us and enjoy the summer evening.

]]> By: ColinW http://www.libdemvoice.org/another-boring-iain-dale-post-1144.html#comment-27241 ColinW Wed, 08 Aug 2007 16:35:13 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/another-boring-iain-dale-post-1144.html#comment-27241 Iain Dale = Iain Dull Boring little Toryboy wannabe. Yawn. Iain Dale = Iain Dull

Boring little Toryboy wannabe. Yawn.

]]> By: Iain Dale http://www.libdemvoice.org/another-boring-iain-dale-post-1144.html#comment-27240 Iain Dale Wed, 08 Aug 2007 16:31:58 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/another-boring-iain-dale-post-1144.html#comment-27240 Let me make it quite clear - as I have done repeatedly elsewhere - I condemn any attempt at impersonation on the internet no matter who does it. As for any sustained campaign, it's the first I have heard of it. Let me make it quite clear – as I have done repeatedly elsewhere – I condemn any attempt at impersonation on the internet no matter who does it. As for any sustained campaign, it’s the first I have heard of it.

]]> By: Laurence Boyce http://www.libdemvoice.org/another-boring-iain-dale-post-1144.html#comment-27237 Laurence Boyce Wed, 08 Aug 2007 16:16:11 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/another-boring-iain-dale-post-1144.html#comment-27237 <i>Is there such a thing as online morality?</i> <a href="http://www.ianpaisley.org" rel="nofollow">Yes.</a> Is there such a thing as online morality?

Yes.

]]> By: expriest http://www.libdemvoice.org/another-boring-iain-dale-post-1144.html#comment-27235 expriest Wed, 08 Aug 2007 15:52:26 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/another-boring-iain-dale-post-1144.html#comment-27235 mark and Iain - kiss and make up purlease mark and Iain – kiss and make up purlease

]]> By: Letterman http://www.libdemvoice.org/another-boring-iain-dale-post-1144.html#comment-27234 Letterman Wed, 08 Aug 2007 15:49:38 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/another-boring-iain-dale-post-1144.html#comment-27234 Is there such a thing as online morality? Is there such a thing as online morality?

]]> By: Mark Pack http://www.libdemvoice.org/another-boring-iain-dale-post-1144.html#comment-27228 Mark Pack Wed, 08 Aug 2007 14:45:29 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/another-boring-iain-dale-post-1144.html#comment-27228 You've let pass without much comment (other than to pass on Grant Shapp's 1234 excuse for one particular incident) the sustained campaign by your fellow Conservative Party members attempting to pass themselves off as Liberal Democrat members online. But when someone (who doesn't seem to be pretending to be anyone they aren't) criticises Boris, that's a cause of complaint and worthy of a blog posting from you. So perhpas you should be careful about appearing to apply double standards to online morality :-) You’ve let pass without much comment (other than to pass on Grant Shapp’s 1234 excuse for one particular incident) the sustained campaign by your fellow Conservative Party members attempting to pass themselves off as Liberal Democrat members online.

But when someone (who doesn’t seem to be pretending to be anyone they aren’t) criticises Boris, that’s a cause of complaint and worthy of a blog posting from you.

So perhpas you should be careful about appearing to apply double standards to online morality :-)

]]> By: Iain Dale http://www.libdemvoice.org/another-boring-iain-dale-post-1144.html#comment-27227 Iain Dale Wed, 08 Aug 2007 14:39:33 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/another-boring-iain-dale-post-1144.html#comment-27227 Er, I should be very careful Mark. Let me say this quite categorically. I have never posted a comment on my blog or on anyone else's in a name other than my own, nor have I encouraged anyone else to do so on my blog in support of anything I write. The post is a perfectly legitimate attempt to establish what Livingstone has been up to. Jonathan Calder on Liberal England agrees with my take on the Doreen Lawrence attack on Boris. Why don't you? Er, I should be very careful Mark. Let me say this quite categorically. I have never posted a comment on my blog or on anyone else’s in a name other than my own, nor have I encouraged anyone else to do so on my blog in support of anything I write.

The post is a perfectly legitimate attempt to establish what Livingstone has been up to. Jonathan Calder on Liberal England agrees with my take on the Doreen Lawrence attack on Boris. Why don’t you?

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