tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post4273449133354470213..comments2023-11-03T15:48:35.688+00:00Comments on Paul Linford: Ken - a flawed political geniusPaul Linfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01977920120772282561noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-10890717715712539512008-01-23T19:42:00.000+00:002008-01-23T19:42:00.000+00:00Paul: fair enough.Paul: fair enough.septicislehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03369157723084834549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-54339466117559022402008-01-23T15:26:00.000+00:002008-01-23T15:26:00.000+00:00My favourite comment about Churchill and drink is ...My favourite comment about Churchill and drink is the one made by a political contemporary: 'Winston can't possibly be an alcoholic - an alcoholic wouldn't drink that much'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-31707201073640857292008-01-23T11:03:00.000+00:002008-01-23T11:03:00.000+00:00Come on, we have a huge alcohol misuse problem in ...Come on, we have a huge alcohol misuse problem in the UK and it is particularly associated with violence and domestic abuse. The whole point about the law is that –(maybe) it's wrong. Vast numbers of young people feel the laws against dope are hypocritical, because they see their elders and betters getting p*ssed with impunity. <BR/><BR/>Many health professionals and police officers feel that Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-90384393980513127032008-01-23T11:01:00.000+00:002008-01-23T11:01:00.000+00:00Anyone who is is shallow enough to think that Bori...Anyone who is is shallow enough to think that Boris Johnson is a Twit should really give up trying any type of political comment. Surely you should listen to what he says rather than just commenting on his mannerisms.<BR/><BR/>While I sometimes disagree with him, what he says and writes is actually rather intelligent and generally well-argued. Of course most people who would vote for Ken wouldn'tAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-12360882508707870932008-01-23T10:56:00.000+00:002008-01-23T10:56:00.000+00:00What Phil Taylor said. Livingstone is a disgracefu...What Phil Taylor said. Livingstone is a disgracefully expensive incompetent. I echo the diappointment/bewilderment of other commenters. Only the other day you said you would find it hard to vote for a non-Christian (what Nick Clegg said). On that basis, I find it astonishing that you have twice voted for someone whose actions are so palpably anti-Christian. Why don't you judge a man by his Praguetoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16520923731691837948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-7102057539079807072008-01-23T10:43:00.000+00:002008-01-23T10:43:00.000+00:00Anonymous (why?) 10.04I admit there is an apparent...Anonymous (why?) 10.04<BR/><BR/>I admit there is an apparent contradiction in my attitudes to alcohol (and smoking, which I am also unusually tolerant of) and my attitude to cannabis and other illegal drugs. It may be that this is simply down to the fact that I am a basically law-abiding citizen and the difference between legal and illegal substances has been drummed into me from an early age.<Paul Linfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977920120772282561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-37106862763709342612008-01-23T10:16:00.000+00:002008-01-23T10:16:00.000+00:00Even if you put aside the Mayor's character flaws ...Even if you put aside the Mayor's character flaws the Mayor's pose as competent executive who gets things done cannot be sustained:<BR/><BR/>Policing - overall crime has come down recently but only after it went up in the Mayor's first term. You might expect crime to come down a bit if you increase police numbers by 20% but today in most violent crime categories it is worse than before the MayorAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-5372735672034732352008-01-23T10:04:00.000+00:002008-01-23T10:04:00.000+00:00Your generous toleration of alcohol abuse contrast...Your generous toleration of alcohol abuse contrast with your extreme intoleration of cannabis. All substance misuse is bad, surely.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-36134076010483364732008-01-23T09:56:00.000+00:002008-01-23T09:56:00.000+00:00How very superior, Bob.If you look any further dow...How very superior, Bob.<BR/><BR/>If you look any further down your nose you'll fall over backwards;)MorrisOxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11952846056079111473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-40204668373673181682008-01-23T09:34:00.000+00:002008-01-23T09:34:00.000+00:00Paul, one of the benefits of being included in Iai...Paul, one of the benefits of being included in Iain's Daley Dozen is you get a sharp increase in readers. <BR/><BR/>Sadly, as you can tell from the comments, most of them are completely batty and obsessional... and anyonebutbrown is a prime example. You really cannot expect to enter into rational discussion with these people.Bob Piperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13792439016502695274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-49263878865391074922008-01-23T09:25:00.000+00:002008-01-23T09:25:00.000+00:00I'm so sorry Paul, you have just gone way down in ...I'm so sorry Paul, you have just gone way down in my opinion. <BR/>Ken is just appalling. He is a corrupt and racist mysoginist. How the left cannot see and acknowledge this damns them in my eyes. Its ok for him to behave in this manner because "he's one of us". Great.<BR/><BR/>Good for Martin Bright and Nick Cohen standing up and saying the emperor is naked.<BR/>Johnson might be a twit, butAnyoneButBrownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12449885769320793720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-58249268238806657062008-01-23T09:09:00.000+00:002008-01-23T09:09:00.000+00:00Anonymous 7.19"Ken appears to have a serious drink...Anonymous 7.19<BR/><BR/>"Ken appears to have a serious drinking problem. In the case of Charles Kennedy that was enough to force him to stand down. What is so special about mayors, that they are allowed to get away with it?"<BR/><BR/>Well, if you look back at what I said about Kennedy at the time, I didn't think he should have gone either.<BR/><BR/>As I've said before, Churchill won the Second Paul Linfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977920120772282561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-81764496067938672552008-01-23T09:07:00.000+00:002008-01-23T09:07:00.000+00:00Ken Livingstone has sadly become what Peter Hain i...Ken Livingstone has sadly become what Peter Hain is, a principle'd person who has become totally corrupted by power.<BR/>As for cannabis, there are a great many other things wrecking other people's lives in far worse ways than cannabis does.<BR/>Only it is easier politically to attack cannabis users than to confront some of the bigger evils in our society.Barnacle Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17257546424880537005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-20795727494199167732008-01-23T08:56:00.000+00:002008-01-23T08:56:00.000+00:00SepticisleI'm afraid I'm one of that admittedly sm...Septicisle<BR/><BR/>I'm afraid I'm one of that admittedly small and declining number who still take the Ann Widdecombe, Bournemouth Conference 2000 view of cannabis. It is is evil shit that wrecks lives and we should have zero tolerance of it.Paul Linfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977920120772282561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-86592989230416548862008-01-23T08:25:00.000+00:002008-01-23T08:25:00.000+00:00Ken is a flawed character, but he has, shall we sa...Ken is a flawed character, but he has, shall we say, continued to be flawed and openly so.<BR/>He has shown no sign of even acknowledging, let alone tackling, the chronic under-performance of people and organisations around him.<BR/>He has also appeared to glory in some deeply unpleasant traits, training the guns of an entire publicly-funded publicity machine on people or organisations he MorrisOxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11952846056079111473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-18717741904418904742008-01-23T08:14:00.000+00:002008-01-23T08:14:00.000+00:00Ken is a flawed character who happens to be incred...Ken is a flawed character who happens to be incredibly corrupt in addition to being lying and deceitful - if you believe what you read, of course.<BR/><BR/>There are only so many 'flaws' in politicians' characters that we should have to accept, and Ken is a step too far.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-1693780349727555102008-01-23T07:57:00.000+00:002008-01-23T07:57:00.000+00:00you've really fallen for the Mayor's publicity (at...you've really fallen for the Mayor's publicity (at incredible expense) if you believe he's done wonderful things for London - and I do still live here.<BR/><BR/>Oh yeah, great fireworks (at my expense). <BR/><BR/>If I could hoik £10 billion out of your pocket legally and flash it around, no doubt I could fool you into thinking I was a genius too.<BR/><BR/>The fact is, we never did need a Mayor Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-18647961487567325852008-01-23T07:19:00.000+00:002008-01-23T07:19:00.000+00:00"Ken is a flawed character, to be sure. But withou..."Ken is a flawed character, to be sure. But without wanting to get all preachy about it, we all are."<BR/><BR/>Well, by definition we are all flawed, but in practice not all politicians are like Ken. The arrogance and readiness to belittle opponents is worrying. And Ken appears to have a serious drinking problem. In the case of Charles Kennedy that was enough to force him to stand down. What is Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-10866674465855854522008-01-23T03:01:00.000+00:002008-01-23T03:01:00.000+00:00Labour supporters lack moral sense. Why?They prea...Labour supporters lack moral sense. Why?<BR/><BR/>They preach enough.<BR/><BR/>They slag off others as morally inferior to themselves.<BR/><BR/>And yet when it comes to any fault on their own side, they're completely blind to it.<BR/><BR/>Odd really.<BR/><BR/>It's cultish behaviour. 'Don't confuse me with the evidence. I've already made up my mind'. No wonder they cannot manage an economy (orTapestryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17267094484651413428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-67408027404376259982008-01-23T01:11:00.000+00:002008-01-23T01:11:00.000+00:00You have just plummeted in my estimation of your a...You have just plummeted in my estimation of your ability to make sound political judgements.<BR/><BR/>Livingstone is a ghastly man. If I still lived in London I would want to see him swinging from a gibbet. Come to think of it, I still want to see him hung, drawn and quartered.<BR/><BR/>As for Boris Johnson, you completely mis-understand the impact he will have as Mayor. He is a well-loved Ted Foanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04497077127882545545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-81257076838606943902008-01-22T23:29:00.000+00:002008-01-22T23:29:00.000+00:00What on earth is your definition of a genius?What on earth is your definition of a genius?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-1931078690341498862008-01-22T22:06:00.000+00:002008-01-22T22:06:00.000+00:00'Ken is a flawed character'Your having a laugh,if ...'Ken is a flawed character'<BR/><BR/>Your having a laugh,if half of last nights allegations are true then he's corrupt or to use your language a corrupt twit.<BR/><BR/>Where's your moral stance on some one who invites religious leaders that support suicide bombings of innocent people and the execution of homosexuals?<BR/>Or is this just nicely passed off as 'flawed character'.<BR/><BR/>JohnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-29397695603171719512008-01-22T22:04:00.000+00:002008-01-22T22:04:00.000+00:00His view on drugs being his policy whilst head of ...His view on drugs being his policy whilst head of policing in Brixton to not arrest and charge people for having a small amount of cannabis for personal use? The same policy which is err, now the one nationwide with making cannabis class c, and is, according to the statistics and not the scaremongering, working rather nicely?septicislehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03369157723084834549noreply@blogger.com