tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27516474.post114862353464920573..comments2024-01-23T13:59:18.502+00:00Comments on Factchecking Pollyanna: OFFSFactcheckingPollyannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07539350837343626125noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27516474.post-1149027593710812052006-05-30T23:19:00.000+01:002006-05-30T23:19:00.000+01:00I see Neil nominates La Toynbee's 'Hard Work' as o...I see Neil nominates La Toynbee's 'Hard Work' as one of his favourite books. As I'm not going to give her my money, directly or indirectly, perhaps he would care to explain how she came to be a tenant in public housing - was the landlord in on the scam, or did she apply for it with less than full disclosure? After all, Toynbee Towers, if broken up into bedsits, would make a sizeable dent in Croydonianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14670533609622717223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27516474.post-1148973886671873322006-05-30T08:24:00.000+01:002006-05-30T08:24:00.000+01:00Neil -- I think the 2 seats/1 seat thing is import...Neil -- <BR/><BR/>I think the 2 seats/1 seat thing is important as it betrays a lack of knowledge about the election she is writing about, and drawing big national lessons from.FactcheckingPollyannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07539350837343626125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27516474.post-1148973452640002732006-05-30T08:17:00.000+01:002006-05-30T08:17:00.000+01:00Neil --You have a record of withdrawing your criti...Neil --<BR/><BR/>You have a record of withdrawing your criticisms once I ask for some evidence to back them up, so please grow up and stop this rubbish. I am not based outside the UK.FactcheckingPollyannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07539350837343626125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27516474.post-1148925568603003342006-05-29T18:59:00.000+01:002006-05-29T18:59:00.000+01:00Polly is just a brainless lover of New Labour - an...Polly is just a brainless lover of New Labour - and for "New Labour" simply read "Worse than Old Tory, but Less Honest About It". <BR/><BR/>Polly lives in the past and is a preachy pain-in-the bot - completely out of touch with the issues facing people in Blair's "brave new" UK today.<BR/><BR/>Keep up the good work. Polly and her cronies are actually far more right-wing than left. And steeped in mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10807920233927919284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27516474.post-1148907631432365662006-05-29T14:00:00.000+01:002006-05-29T14:00:00.000+01:00Which right-wing US organisation is funding you?Pe...<I>Which right-wing US organisation is funding you?</I><BR/><BR/>Perhaps someone should explain to Neil that Blogger offers its services for free.Serfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03298915724856708344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27516474.post-1148872335311698512006-05-29T04:12:00.000+01:002006-05-29T04:12:00.000+01:00Google tells me you are based outside the UK. Whic...Google tells me you are based outside the UK. Which right-wing US organisation is funding you?Neil Hardinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01333739272733802133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27516474.post-1148867392745135742006-05-29T02:49:00.000+01:002006-05-29T02:49:00.000+01:00Even the source you cite says the same as Polly. A...Even the source you cite says the same as Polly. Are you going to admonish them as well?<BR/><BR/>"Tory Margaret Birkett won a landslide victory in Labour's Park ward stronghold at Wyre Borough, Lancashire."<BR/><BR/>This 2 seats - 1 seat rubbish is pedantic in the extreme, since the Tory vote was lower for the two seat election in 2003 than for the one seat election.<BR/><BR/>Once again, not Neil Hardinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01333739272733802133noreply@blogger.com