tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post1469525520545481109..comments2023-11-03T15:48:35.688+00:00Comments on Paul Linford: Redwood and the Reverse Midas TouchPaul Linfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01977920120772282561noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-20377782797344461322007-09-14T00:40:00.000+01:002007-09-14T00:40:00.000+01:00>matt wardman, and can you now re-read my posting,...>matt wardman, and can you now re-read my posting, especially the bit beginninng "Of much more importance"?<BR/><BR/>Hi Ted - ran across this thread again.<BR/><BR/>I did read your posting carefully, and I still can't find a word addressing the content of what he actually said - rather than what you think about his appearance and your views about his "image".<BR/><BR/>MattMatt Wardmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04326720801362744582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-74683099933834231242007-08-15T10:31:00.000+01:002007-08-15T10:31:00.000+01:00matt wardman, and can you now re-read my posting, ...matt wardman, and can you now re-read my posting, especially the bit beginninng "Of much more importance"?<BR/><BR/>And please, don't make any more such 'superficial judgements', frankly I expect better (than 'oh we must not comment on anything that we actually feel or observe about each other as sentinent beings, it would be too depressing')).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-73522269427306609642007-08-14T18:47:00.000+01:002007-08-14T18:47:00.000+01:00OaulAgree Redwood has the kiss of death somehow be...Oaul<BR/>Agree Redwood has the kiss of death somehow bestowed on him at birth but I agree also he seems a decent guy when giving interviews. Also, I can never quite escape having a liking for cricket enthusiasts, and redwood is certainly one of those. Dawkins would upbraid me for my superstitious belief in a mere sport. Oh he of little faith...skipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02632351344359303404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-75705823977492927182007-08-14T10:03:00.000+01:002007-08-14T10:03:00.000+01:00"Bizarrely, Cameron seems to view the job of chair..."Bizarrely, Cameron seems to view the job of chairing policy reviews as some sort of long-service reward for party grandees and figures from the past such as Redwood, IDS and Clarke rather than acting as central drivers of the party's modernisation programme."- Very good point. <BR/><BR/>I didn't think that the Tories would actually implode before, but now that Redwood has been let off his leash,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-27179049532957565042007-08-13T22:50:00.000+01:002007-08-13T22:50:00.000+01:00I saw Redwood at a debate in 1996 at Warwich unive...I saw Redwood at a debate in 1996 at Warwich university where he had come to debate with Leon Britian about Britain and the EUOn every single poitn Redwood was shown to be wrong and he lacked the abolity to express his views. Only a few die hard Conservative Students applauded his every line.Nich Starlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04237390959601973501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-17744583149462141352007-08-13T16:58:00.000+01:002007-08-13T16:58:00.000+01:00>What came across were the strange wobbly way he j...>What came across were the strange wobbly way he juts his head around and his quirky little silent expressions. <BR/><BR/>I find such superficial judgements depressing. Did you even consider listening to what he was saying?<BR/><BR/>Would you make such a snap judgement because someone was female, or black or in a wheechair? <BR/><BR/>Frankly, I expect better.Matt Wardmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04326720801362744582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-36991980269578318212007-08-13T16:30:00.000+01:002007-08-13T16:30:00.000+01:00It's an interesting point - Redwood has always bee...It's an interesting point - Redwood has always been political death. But is it possible that in this case his kryptonite touch might be alleviated? Redwood is an intensely intellectual chap - fellowship at All Souls and all that, but communication has never been his forte.<BR/><BR/>But if Cameron and Osborne, who are accused of being hazy on details, take over the job of presentation, couldn't Tim Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03705980028580424584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-76404196218177539702007-08-13T16:27:00.000+01:002007-08-13T16:27:00.000+01:00I have to say that Redwood conveys an image as one...I have to say that Redwood conveys an image as one of the oddest individuals in the British political arena. I watched him a few days ago in an ill-advised mini-scene for the TV news cameras. He was supposedly perusing his recently published British economy report. <BR/><BR/>What came across were the strange wobbly way he juts his head around and his quirky little silent expressions. So long as Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-50352494841863040872007-08-13T11:57:00.000+01:002007-08-13T11:57:00.000+01:00>failed Major era.That's a phrase I have never qui...>failed Major era.<BR/><BR/>That's a phrase I have never quite got my head around.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps it can be attached to the first 2 years, but after that did he not lay the foundations for those successes (N Ireland, economic growth etc) which we have seen since. And in a far more difficult political environment.<BR/><BR/>MattAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com