tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post4679741523320737962..comments2023-11-03T15:48:35.688+00:00Comments on Paul Linford: Was Neil Hamilton hard done by?Paul Linfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01977920120772282561noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-46790647332004972232008-02-20T13:48:00.000+00:002008-02-20T13:48:00.000+00:00I have always believed the Hamiltons were not guil...I have always believed the Hamiltons were not guilty of anything more than taking the piss out of Fayed at the Paris Ritz at his expense.Guido Fawkeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15091277669318213298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-41496512495955647102008-02-20T13:13:00.000+00:002008-02-20T13:13:00.000+00:00Didn't Tim Smith admit to receiving the brown pape...Didn't Tim Smith admit to receiving the brown paper envelopes as claimed by Fayed?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-34917816525873930082008-02-20T11:33:00.000+00:002008-02-20T11:33:00.000+00:00Wasn't David Steele also implicated in 'cash for q...Wasn't David Steele also implicated in 'cash for questions' over fox hunting? It was hardly reported at the time.The Daily Pundithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10897210727324532431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-8909504543355466552008-02-20T09:46:00.000+00:002008-02-20T09:46:00.000+00:00I'm not an expert on Neil Hamilton by any means, b...I'm not an expert on Neil Hamilton by any means, but his legacy is not a pretty one. The Conservatives don't want to start harking back to those days!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-86837609224675411172008-02-20T09:23:00.000+00:002008-02-20T09:23:00.000+00:00My impression is that Hamilton is a bumptious litt...My impression is that Hamilton is a bumptious little oik who nonetheless suffered an injustice. Unhappily I think juries are sometimes swayed by their affection or distaste for the person they see in the witness box. That's why it is notoriously difficult to convict celebrities. It is a weakness of the system.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-5316540678741660882008-02-20T01:13:00.000+00:002008-02-20T01:13:00.000+00:00I never believed that Hamilton was guilty of takin...I never believed that Hamilton was guilty of taking cash as accused. Greedy certainly but no evidence of his taking money was ever produced despite investigation. In fact he was convicted on 'evidence' of Al Fayed's employees and we now know just how reliable that is. I did not like Hamilton or his wife but I don't think justice was done.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-72245090736201058952008-02-19T23:54:00.000+00:002008-02-19T23:54:00.000+00:00When Hamilton lost the libel case, the fact that A...When Hamilton lost the libel case, the fact that Al-fayed is somewhat...eccentric, was already well known. Actually didn't Al-fayed make his views on the Duke of Edinburgh known during the case? And Hamilton still lost!Vicarious Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13928967608583618020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-41997307916614669292008-02-19T23:26:00.000+00:002008-02-19T23:26:00.000+00:00actually it was taffy Heseltine who closed all the...actually it was taffy Heseltine who closed all the pits. I'll give Heseltine his due though, he did ask the arabs if they wanted to buy them first before he axed them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-49681345129009984582008-02-19T18:47:00.000+00:002008-02-19T18:47:00.000+00:00Just as I thought; the Welsh have no sense of humo...Just as I thought; the Welsh have no sense of humour.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com