Comments on: Preview of Huhne’s interview with GMTV

By: crewegwyn

crewegwyn — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 19:55:50 +0000

Snippets of Chris’s interview?

Snippets?

His first answer appears to be a sentence of 150+ words (I gave up counting).

Just what we need – clear, concise public communication.

Remember (when writing FOCUS, or making speeches) :

Some people read the Telegraph, and some people read the Sun.

Those who read the Telegraph can understand what’s in the Sun, but ……

By: Simon

Simon — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 19:26:37 +0000

I’ve posted a longer version on my blog, but why, when apparently this election is about who is the better communicator, is Huhne using a rare chance to be on telly to use an adjective like ‘Gadarene’?? Is he barmy?

By: Charlotte Gore

Charlotte Gore — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 17:46:35 +0000

Hmm you learn something new every day

By: Laurence Boyce

Laurence Boyce — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 17:23:52 +0000

Yay! At last Chris is gently introducing religion into the debate!

By: James Graham

James Graham — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:56:21 +0000

“The man was then cured.”

This, presumably, was to make up for the chronic lack of bacon due to the pigs all going over the cliff?

By: Geoffrey Payne

Geoffrey Payne — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:40:07 +0000

Chris is spot on where he says:
“… and not get sucked into a cosy consensus on things for example like use of market solutions, where they don’t work in public services. ”

We need a critique of market forces – not to abolish them but simply to appreciate that although they work reasonably well in most instances, they are not a panacea.
I would like to see Nick Clegg agree with that, although for now at least I do not know what he does think.

By: Angus Huck

Angus Huck — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:36:20 +0000

Lennon wrote: “3/4 – Technically there was a demon-possessed man, and Jesus comanded the demons to leave him and enter the pigs, which they did, and the pigs then promptly stempeded into the sea (lake). The man was then cured.”

My understanding is that the Gadarene coast of Galilee is prone to landslips. Also, the pig is one of the very few mammals completely unable to swim.

By: Terry Gilbert

Terry Gilbert — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:41:30 +0000

2/3/4/7
Or, for the non Bible scholars among us (Laurence?), try the Dr Who version:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_of_the_Gaderene

By: Lennon

Lennon — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:26:35 +0000

3/4 – Technically there was a demon-possessed man, and Jesus comanded the demons to leave him and enter the pigs, which they did, and the pigs then promptly stempeded into the sea (lake). The man was then cured.

By: Greg Stone

Greg Stone — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:14:36 +0000

Actually come to think of it that might not be the most fortunate reference in the context of the leadership election

By: Sarah Mathers

Sarah Mathers — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:14:27 +0000

The only reason he gets more coverage than the Tory enviro spokesman is because David Cameron does all the environment stories…

By: Greg Stone

Greg Stone — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:13:40 +0000

It’s been a long time since I went to Sunday School; I should say that two demon-possessed men and a herd of pigs stampeded off a cliff into the sea

By: Greg Stone

Greg Stone — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:08:24 +0000

Lemming-like; to join a destructive or suicidal stampede; from the Bible where a crowd of people at Gadara were possessed by demons and stampeded off a cliff into the sea

By: Charlotte Gore

Charlotte Gore — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:04:10 +0000

What does Gaderene mean?

By: Chris is 'left-wing'

Chris is 'left-wing' — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:00:55 +0000

Laugh…I nearly choked on my frapaccino