A rise of 218% in ten years”

Is Iain Dale as innovative as Guido in his blogging ?

I feel that the whole political establishment is up itself.

Incidentally a guy has just driven his car through the front doors of our local council offices. I think there’s a news blackout but it’s the talk of the town.

Politicians must start sorting their act out sharpish.

The problem with the McCann case is that now it has been shown in list form that between them they have lied 85 times, it is understandable why 92% of the people polled wish for them to face justice at least for child neglect.

The problem with politics is that now Blair has gone Brown is no substitute, and it needs Balls or Milliband if Cameron is to be stopped. Not that I think Cameron has got what it takes. Veneer is so thin and brittle. I hated Thatcher, but she had what it takes. I wish it would get more interesting.

The newmania thing. I read his attack upon Iain in the comments on the Boris thread. And, he carried it over onto Bob Piper’s blog. I must say, it even surprised me. I am known for my attacks upon Iain Dale. And long ago dismissed newmania as one of his sockpuppets. Now he appears to have turned round and bitten the hand that feeds him, so to speak. As Bob Piper would say, rats in a sack!

I have just been over to conservativehome and the thread on Total Politics Iain Dale gets slated in the comments with this publication. In short, a disaster waiting to happen. Naturally I am interested because of my interests in politics and the media. I will Mickey take because its heads above the parapet time. But, I will also take a serious look at things and later provide serious comment.

Philipa, I know about Boris, but not Newmania, what happened there?

And, whilst Iain Dale has me down as non-aligned (which is how many on the left also see me) he has my blog in the wrong alphabetical order. That is, Prison Law Inside Out (which it is what it used to be called) whilst the thumbnail sketch clearly shows the blog is called Jailhouselawyer’s Blog. Not a good start to be behind the times is it?

I looked at the site and couldn’t make head or tail of it. I am used to blogs whereby all you do is read what’s on the front page and if you want to read an earlier post you simply scroll down.

However, I will have to get used to it because as soon as I heard Iain Dale intended calling it Total Politics I thought what total b*ll*cks and set up a blog in that name to extract the Michael out of the project.

I don’t think there is room for another political magazine, and I suspect that this is doomed to failure for a few reasons. It may not be like the Titanic sinking on it’s maiden voyage, nevertheless I get the impression they are heading up sh1t creek without a paddle.