tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215006984353817373.post2033985062848571319..comments2024-03-23T12:56:50.209+00:00Comments on 99% is ....... The Barnet Eye: Those who can stand for election, those who can't blog !!!!!!Rog Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08139705078907584931noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215006984353817373.post-23143510232304898032008-11-08T23:27:00.000+00:002008-11-08T23:27:00.000+00:00Sirs,Isn't it odd that Brian Coleman picked up som...Sirs,<BR/><BR/>Isn't it odd that Brian Coleman picked up some parts of Hazel Blears' speech but strangely omitted to praise:<BR/><BR/><I><B>Ms Blears, a former solicitor from a working-class family in Salford, said: <BR/><BR/>"Politicians must not live on 'Planet Politics' and behave in ways alien and strange to the electorate. This happens partly because there is a trend towards politics being seen as a career move rather than a call to public service."</B></I>Statler and Waldorfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05207621017525130408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215006984353817373.post-92126992194375132572008-11-08T20:28:00.000+00:002008-11-08T20:28:00.000+00:00RogThe most remarkable aspect of Brian Coleman’s c...Rog<BR/><BR/>The most remarkable aspect of Brian Coleman’s column is that he wrote it at all. Why should he suddenly care about bloggers when he has always made it clear that he simply doesn’t give a stuff what anyone else thinks?<BR/><BR/>Is it a coincidence that Hazel Blears also attacked bloggers this week?<BR/><BR/>No. This is part of a concerted effort by the political classes to undermine the democratic right of the electorate to hold them to account. Politicians consider themselves to be professionals - and they certainly award themselves professional salaries - but what exactly are their qualifications for the job? <BR/><BR/>The simple truth is that everyone is qualified to be a politician, and thanks to the internet and blogging, everyone can now have their say. And that is what the politicians fear most, because they have lost their monopoly on having an opinion.<BR/><BR/>Nobody is forced to read this. Unlike Mike Freer’s blog, it doesn’t cost the taxpayer a bean. If the public don’t want to read blogs, they will soon die out.<BR/> <BR/>Brian says that bloggers have nothing to do all day but sit at a computer screen. I can’t speak for every blogger, but you and I both run successful businesses which create employment. Our endeavours generate tax revenue to keep the economy going. What exactly is Brian’s contribution to the economic well being of the country?Don't Call Me Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13602899129846028170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215006984353817373.post-88052108206799728652008-11-07T15:28:00.000+00:002008-11-07T15:28:00.000+00:00There are too many councillors out there who have ...There are too many councillors out there who have no life except sitting in the back of a taxi, at taxpayers expense, on their way to yet another free lunch.<BR/><BR/>Brian Coleman aka Mr Toad has GOT to go!:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=24061317432" REL="nofollow">http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=24061317432</A><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.myspace.com/mr_toad_has_got_to_go" REL="nofollow">http://www.myspace.com/mr_toad_has_got_to_go</A>Brian Coleman aka Mr Toad has GOT to gohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04404778097850419713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215006984353817373.post-47711999765530421682008-11-06T23:56:00.000+00:002008-11-06T23:56:00.000+00:00Dear barnetresident,"internet newbies" - Heh Heh H...Dear barnetresident,<BR/><BR/>"internet newbies" - Heh Heh Heh, if only you knew what you were talking about - ask yourt mate Jane one day.Rog Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08139705078907584931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215006984353817373.post-70247591981450013362008-11-06T23:36:00.000+00:002008-11-06T23:36:00.000+00:00Brian Coleman writes in the Press:"Particularly in...Brian Coleman writes in the Press:<BR/><I>"Particularly incidious are the ridiculous rumours and false stories that get circulated"</I><BR/><BR/>Coleman wrote in his New Statesman blog 23 April 2007:<BR/><I>"...Mark Oaten had a taste for rent boys or that Simon Hughes has had gay relationships (never trust a man who dyes his hair says my Mother).<BR/><BR/>... The late Ted Heath managed to obtain the highest Office of State after he was supposedly advised to cease his Cottaging activities in the 1950s"</I><BR/><BR/>Unbelievably Councillor Coleman demands - <I>"Just as sending an anonymous malicious letter to your home is a criminal offence, <B>so it should be to post anonymously on the internet".</B></I><BR/><BR/>Statler and I were wondering if he thinks that that crime should be extended to off the record briefing to the press for Councillors sniping at their colleagues?<BR/><BR/>In reply to the observation that "There are far too many people with no life...", let us recall some of the titles of the stunning contributions to British journalism that Councillor Coleman made (before his New Statesman blog was terminated)<BR/><BR/><I>"Time to abolish the City of London?" followed by "Up the City of London" !!<BR/>"A few cans of Hairspray"<BR/>"Thatcher the gay icon"<BR/>"The closet is a lonely place"</I><BR/><BR/>Off for some Ovaltine.Statler and Waldorfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05207621017525130408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215006984353817373.post-82572296361881208532008-11-06T23:17:00.000+00:002008-11-06T23:17:00.000+00:00LOL - for internet newbies like yourself Rog T - t...LOL - for internet newbies like yourself Rog T - that means LAUGH OUT LOUD!!!<BR/>(methinks the lady dost protest toooooo much!!)Barnetresidenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14150718451337185814noreply@blogger.com