tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post727318917652769367..comments2023-11-03T11:32:01.540+00:00Comments on Thought Experiments : The Blog: More Alastair CampbellBryan Appleyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-66425295424174132122007-07-14T22:21:00.000+00:002007-07-14T22:21:00.000+00:00“...for really I think that the poorest he that is...“...for really I think that the poorest he that is in England hath a life to live, as the greatest he". I do believe this was the point Campbell was making about Clinton - that Clinton lives this better than most politicians of comparable stature. The fact she was Afro-Caribbean means nothing significant. When was the last time time anyone met an native English chambermaid in a major British Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-28544711403427363652007-07-14T18:15:00.000+00:002007-07-14T18:15:00.000+00:00Poor Alastair. He spins so much, his vision, his t...Poor Alastair. He spins so much, his vision, his thoughts, his recollections must be permanently akin to those of a trainee astronaut immediately after his first session on the giant centrifuge, befuddled and without any real grasp on reality. On Newsnight, he claimed his diaries were "warts and all", quickly amended to "warts and all does not mean all the warts". He expressed his intolerance of John Halliwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12901514854360709519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-5525366928507450882007-07-14T17:12:00.000+00:002007-07-14T17:12:00.000+00:00David Hare -- oh, my. And poor you all: "The Verti...David Hare -- oh, my. And poor you all: "The Vertical Hour" is going to appear in London, says his by-line. Well, it's very p.c. and makes mincemeat of Bush et al and other idiotic American activities (jogging, overeating), so it will probably play far better among people who agree completely than it did on B'way (where it closed 3 weeks early, despite the star power of Bill Nighy & Julianne Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-19467522717175498732007-07-14T15:27:00.000+00:002007-07-14T15:27:00.000+00:00As Mrs. H said this morning, in another context, i...As Mrs. H said this morning, in another context, it's all part of our consultant culture.Richard Havershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309594787689405779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-89448581131811430012007-07-14T10:55:00.000+00:002007-07-14T10:55:00.000+00:00Well I've just read the Guardian piece which says:...Well I've just read the Guardian piece which says: 'Clare Short turns his stomach. Worse, she cannot "recalibrate to circumstances". Bernard Ingham is "a silly old fucker", Roy Hattersley "a fat pompous bugger", Matthew Parris "a little shit", Simon Jenkins "a total wanker". Alistair seems a pretty good judge. I was astonished by Newnight's coverage (and the BBCs coverage in general) but then Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-43661315063980665282007-07-14T09:32:00.000+00:002007-07-14T09:32:00.000+00:00True - and this also makes him representative.True - and this also makes him representative.Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-19643507851813712762007-07-14T09:13:00.000+00:002007-07-14T09:13:00.000+00:00One further point: he takes so much exercise and y...One further point: he takes so much exercise and yet he always looks like a man who takes none.Bryan Appleyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-80753868084598114222007-07-14T09:04:00.000+00:002007-07-14T09:04:00.000+00:00Biggest majority, smallest mandate - and, more imp...Biggest majority, smallest mandate - and, more importantly, least competence, partly thanks to a ruthless politicising of the civil service along with everything else. <BR/>Campbell as a 'shrewd and itelligent man who knows nothing' is, I fear, a representative figure of our times.Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-49507850868518631642007-07-14T08:13:00.000+00:002007-07-14T08:13:00.000+00:00I'm glad someone could make sense of the so called...I'm glad someone could make sense of the so called inner circle. For it defeats me as to how they managed to have the largest majority since George III, and change so little.Vincehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09442327549417743472noreply@blogger.com