Polite Discourse

So today was the day that I was called a “sack of shit” by one of the UK’s most popular political bloggers. It was all pretty silly really. I didn’t even really disagree with what he had written. I just pointed out that his blog entry had two completely unattributed quotations. It’s Iain’s blog, of… Continue reading Polite Discourse

Iain Dale Talks Balls

Iain Dale has some new and interesting information about Labour Party leadership contender, Ed Balls. Apparently whilst he was at Oxford in the  80s, Balls was a member of the Conservative Association there. Except, of course, the news isn’t as new or interesting as Dale would have you believe. Dale quotes from an article in… Continue reading Iain Dale Talks Balls

Tweedledum Meet Tweedledee

This is from Iain Dale’s blog: The thing is, people actually elected this woman to represent them, yet she seems incapable of rational argument or debate. If you disagree with her she cries foul and accuses you of being nasty. And yet she doesn’t understand it’s her own brand of nastiness which causes people to… Continue reading Tweedledum Meet Tweedledee

Iain Dale on Rwanda

Top tory pundit Iain Dale was a bit busy on Sunday I am spending today helping commemorate the tenth anniversary of the end of the Rwandan genocide Bit of a shame that he’s three years too late for the tenth anniversary. Just remember the quality of his research the next time you read “facts” on… Continue reading Iain Dale on Rwanda