May 17, 2008...5:39 pm
Double standards on by-elections
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A number of right wing bloggers - and journalists who should know better - have been trying to make hay with the prime minister’s refusal to visit Crewe and Nantwich. Guido is using his typical invective to attack GB, but I can’t help feeling that the criticism would have been no less harsh had GB decided, after all, to visit the by-election. Tony Blair, in 1997, very briefly deviated from the convention that prime ministers don’t take part in by-elections, before wisely reinstating it.
Nevertheless, I think it would be only fair to take these critics - including Guido - seriously… provided they can honestly state that they also called for GB to visit the Sedgefield and Ealing Southall by-elections last July.
Well? Anyone…?
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May 19, 2008 at 8:15 am
Just had a look at the last 10 posts on your front page. 50% of them refer either to Guido or Dale. Is that a winning strategy for up and coming bloggers?
May 19, 2008 at 9:29 am
Guido - consider it a compliment from someone new to this blogging lark
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