Comments on: Taking away the Speaker’s Chair: Not a Trap, After All http://charlottegore.com/2009/05/19/taking-away-the-speakers-chair-not-a-trap-after-all.html Free Trade and Free Minds. Politics for Reasonable People. Independent Political Blogging. Top 20 Blog. Libertarianism. Laser Kitties. Tue, 10 May 2011 21:47:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Darrell http://charlottegore.com/2009/05/19/taking-away-the-speakers-chair-not-a-trap-after-all.html/comment-page-1#comment-3474 Darrell Tue, 19 May 2009 19:59:43 +0000 http://charlottegore.com/?p=955#comment-3474 Charlotte, I didnt think they would kick the snot out of us; I just think that there were happy for us to do it while Cameron cleaned up by addressing issues that has won him what, frankly, is an exceptional approval rating under the circumstances. Yes Clegg got 1 days good coverage out of it; unfortunatly it was procedded by 1 or 2 days of Cameron being covered looking, frankly, every inch a Prime Minister in waiting. Come the General Election, I wonder which one the people will remember? Besides a good rule of thumb if you are leading the Conservatives and want to lead them into government is to *totally ignore* just about everything the Spectator says and certainly not champion their causes because of the kind of publication it is and what its readership is like. Charlotte,

I didnt think they would kick the snot out of us; I just think that there were happy for us to do it while Cameron cleaned up by addressing issues that has won him what, frankly, is an exceptional approval rating under the circumstances. Yes Clegg got 1 days good coverage out of it; unfortunatly it was procedded by 1 or 2 days of Cameron being covered looking, frankly, every inch a Prime Minister in waiting. Come the General Election, I wonder which one the people will remember?

Besides a good rule of thumb if you are leading the Conservatives and want to lead them into government is to *totally ignore* just about everything the Spectator says and certainly not champion their causes because of the kind of publication it is and what its readership is like.

]]> By: Charlotte Gore http://charlottegore.com/2009/05/19/taking-away-the-speakers-chair-not-a-trap-after-all.html/comment-page-1#comment-3465 Charlotte Gore Tue, 19 May 2009 18:37:55 +0000 http://charlottegore.com/?p=955#comment-3465 It's not so much Labour. Lib Dems have a history of Right Wing media outlets goading the Lib Dems into doing X then kicking the snot out of them for it afterwards. Paranoia is rife! It’s not so much Labour. Lib Dems have a history of Right Wing media outlets goading the Lib Dems into doing X then kicking the snot out of them for it afterwards. Paranoia is rife!

]]> By: Stu http://charlottegore.com/2009/05/19/taking-away-the-speakers-chair-not-a-trap-after-all.html/comment-page-1#comment-3464 Stu Tue, 19 May 2009 18:26:05 +0000 http://charlottegore.com/?p=955#comment-3464 I'm not sure the Labour Party are organised enough to set a trap such as that nowadays. The sad thing is, they're supposed to be running the country. I’m not sure the Labour Party are organised enough to set a trap such as that nowadays.

The sad thing is, they’re supposed to be running the country.

]]> By: Darrell http://charlottegore.com/2009/05/19/taking-away-the-speakers-chair-not-a-trap-after-all.html/comment-page-1#comment-3458 Darrell Tue, 19 May 2009 16:34:40 +0000 http://charlottegore.com/?p=955#comment-3458 Pop-quiz; who got a 55% approval rating in the latest ICM poll for their handling of the expenses issue? David Cameron, of course so I am sure he will be gutted that Spectator readers think he 'missed a trick'. Meanwhile, much needed internal party reform goes undone etc,etc and nobody will even remember this story in a week. Pop-quiz; who got a 55% approval rating in the latest ICM poll for their handling of the expenses issue? David Cameron, of course so I am sure he will be gutted that Spectator readers think he ‘missed a trick’. Meanwhile, much needed internal party reform goes undone etc,etc and nobody will even remember this story in a week.

]]> By: Shaun Pilkington http://charlottegore.com/2009/05/19/taking-away-the-speakers-chair-not-a-trap-after-all.html/comment-page-1#comment-3455 Shaun Pilkington Tue, 19 May 2009 15:27:21 +0000 http://charlottegore.com/?p=955#comment-3455 Anything to do with the rumour that the Queen last week told Brown to get this crisis under control or she'd have to dissolve Parliament, I wonder? Anyway... time to watch the remaining expenses rats try to draw a line under what they'll call systemic failure in the (vain) hope we'll forget about the guys who took so much money they couldn't recall their mortgages being paid off (both Labour) or the soon to be ex-MP who had his Moat dredged (Tory) which had an obvious impact on Parliamentary business. What, you can't see it? Well, they need somewhere to bury the bodies... Anything to do with the rumour that the Queen last week told Brown to get this crisis under control or she’d have to dissolve Parliament, I wonder?

Anyway… time to watch the remaining expenses rats try to draw a line under what they’ll call systemic failure in the (vain) hope we’ll forget about the guys who took so much money they couldn’t recall their mortgages being paid off (both Labour) or the soon to be ex-MP who had his Moat dredged (Tory) which had an obvious impact on Parliamentary business. What, you can’t see it? Well, they need somewhere to bury the bodies…

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