Comments on: Trust in me … http://crookedtimber.org/2007/01/08/trust-in-me/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:28:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: JamesP http://crookedtimber.org/2007/01/08/trust-in-me/comment-page-1/#comment-183563 JamesP Tue, 09 Jan 2007 20:09:41 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/01/08/trust-in-me/#comment-183563 I once heard Clare Short, stinking drunk, greet an (Indian) Hindu community leader at an event with 'So, burnt any mosques recently, then?' This would have been offensive under most circumstances; that the man in question was prominent in the interfaith movement and a staunch pacifist merely made it more so. I once heard Clare Short, stinking drunk, greet an (Indian) Hindu community leader at an event with ‘So, burnt any mosques recently, then?’ This would have been offensive under most circumstances; that the man in question was prominent in the interfaith movement and a staunch pacifist merely made it more so.

]]> By: Matthew http://crookedtimber.org/2007/01/08/trust-in-me/comment-page-1/#comment-183547 Matthew Tue, 09 Jan 2007 16:41:49 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/01/08/trust-in-me/#comment-183547 "Clare Short [...] was a lousy Development Sec" And she got <a href="http://www.undercurrents.org/pie/" rel="nofollow">pied</a> for it. “Clare Short [...] was a lousy Development Sec”

And she got pied for it.

]]> By: Daniel http://crookedtimber.org/2007/01/08/trust-in-me/comment-page-1/#comment-183536 Daniel Tue, 09 Jan 2007 13:15:32 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/01/08/trust-in-me/#comment-183536 almost certainly not, but I never cancelled the direct debit. almost certainly not, but I never cancelled the direct debit.

]]> By: CJCJC http://crookedtimber.org/2007/01/08/trust-in-me/comment-page-1/#comment-183529 CJCJC Tue, 09 Jan 2007 10:45:17 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/01/08/trust-in-me/#comment-183529 I thought you were a stockbroker? Does your employer recognise your union?! I thought you were a stockbroker?
Does your employer recognise your union?!

]]> By: Crooked Timber » » Trust and interests http://crookedtimber.org/2007/01/08/trust-in-me/comment-page-1/#comment-183507 Crooked Timber » » Trust and interests Tue, 09 Jan 2007 03:32:37 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/01/08/trust-in-me/#comment-183507 [...] dsquared’s post below reminds me of this post that Duncan Black wrote last year, which I meant to write something about, and never did. [...] [...] dsquared’s post below reminds me of this post that Duncan Black wrote last year, which I meant to write something about, and never did. [...]

]]> By: Daniel http://crookedtimber.org/2007/01/08/trust-in-me/comment-page-1/#comment-183502 Daniel Tue, 09 Jan 2007 00:52:40 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/01/08/trust-in-me/#comment-183502 As I understand it, Le Pen has bragged about being part of an intelligence unit that certainly did torture people, but that all attempts to definitively link him to actual war crimes have come up blank. I'll amend that to "has never ordered anyone thrown out of a helicopter" or something. As I understand it, Le Pen has bragged about being part of an intelligence unit that certainly did torture people, but that all attempts to definitively link him to actual war crimes have come up blank. I’ll amend that to “has never ordered anyone thrown out of a helicopter” or something.

]]> By: Yuri Guri http://crookedtimber.org/2007/01/08/trust-in-me/comment-page-1/#comment-183501 Yuri Guri Tue, 09 Jan 2007 00:38:29 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/01/08/trust-in-me/#comment-183501 <em>... Le Pen, horrid racist though he be, is a democratic politician who repeatedly stands for election and accepts the result, and who has never tortured anyone <strong>to death.</strong></em> Revealing that you added that last qualifier, since I am pretty sure he did a bit of the torture thing in Algeria at one time. I am glad to hear that he never actually gave the coup de grace. … Le Pen, horrid racist though he be, is a democratic politician who repeatedly stands for election and accepts the result, and who has never tortured anyone to death.

Revealing that you added that last qualifier, since I am pretty sure he did a bit of the torture thing in Algeria at one time. I am glad to hear that he never actually gave the coup de grace.

]]> By: Rob http://crookedtimber.org/2007/01/08/trust-in-me/comment-page-1/#comment-183500 Rob Tue, 09 Jan 2007 00:05:23 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/01/08/trust-in-me/#comment-183500 Are you really sure that Kettle et al are really having a go about internal Labour Party politics? I'd always assumed that Kettle at least was just a anti-democratic f*ckwit. Are you really sure that Kettle et al are really having a go about internal Labour Party politics? I’d always assumed that Kettle at least was just a anti-democratic f*ckwit.

]]> By: Chris Bertram http://crookedtimber.org/2007/01/08/trust-in-me/comment-page-1/#comment-183499 Chris Bertram Mon, 08 Jan 2007 23:49:22 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/01/08/trust-in-me/#comment-183499 Maybe I should dig out that old "Benn for deputy" badge I used to own ... Maybe I should dig out that old “Benn for deputy” badge I used to own …

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