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By: No geek is an island » Blog Archive » Last weekend

No geek is an island » Blog Archive » Last weekend — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 13:46:44 +0000

[...] As alluded to earlier, I was in London at the weekend. Long train journey down and a long train journey back. [...]

By: Paul Leake

Paul Leake — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 16:23:40 +0000

Isn’t Rennard the author of this unfortunate publication (even if not author of the ‘Freitag method’? I’m sure Labour had hold of this before Winning Elections was reissued though.

By: Joe Taylor

Joe Taylor — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 08:33:58 +0000

Oh, brilliant.

Cameron is clearly desperate to change the story from the present loans scandal, and so has gone on the offensive against both us and UKIP in quick succession – and Rennard has done him a massive favour by taking the bait.

Putting this down quickly and quietly in a short statement would have been the bright thing to do, but even complete silence would have been better than the actual response.

I can’t imagine any serious Lib Dem activists finding the “advice” in question anything more than laughable. Was it even intended to be serious or was it just some bizarre in-joke from the 1990’s?

By: Gregg

Gregg — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 02:41:36 +0000

Shameful confession #128:
I sometimes get the kids on the estate I manage to deliver newsletters and such like for me. However, I never ply them with sweets to get them to do this – they much prefer cigarettes.

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 22:30:17 +0000

Who needs kids when LibDem Bloggers are so willing to deliver in return for a Tuna Sandwich and a trip to Wetherspoons?

By: Quaequam Blog! » Pie-eyed Piper?

Quaequam Blog! » Pie-eyed Piper? — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 21:08:11 +0000

[...] UPDATE: As Will alludes, it is unfortunate that Lord Rennard is so quick to defend ALDC publishing advice on copying the techniques of kiddie fiddlers, while at the same time taking such a hard line against LDYS for its LibDemsOnDrugs campaign which was altogether far more principled and morally defensible. [...]

By: Paul Griffiths

Paul Griffiths — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 20:35:22 +0000

I suspect that the intimate if not downright incestual ties between Cowley Street and Hebden Bridge preclude the robust response suggested by Rob. But, really, something needs to be done about ALDC. When it’s good, it’s really good, but when it’s bad it’s a painful embarrassment.

By: Rob F

Rob F — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 20:14:15 +0000

The party’s response thus far has been unfortunate – quite why it can’t be said “this was a foolish piece of advice. Though it wasn’t produced by the party itself we apologise” I don’t know.

I imagine the children’s charities will be kicking the party in the gut in the papers tomorrow – and rightly so, after the line put out in response to this piece of Tory stirring today.