Comments on: Cameron’s Quarterly http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/2008/05/10/camerons-quarterly/ If there wasn't one before, it's time we started it... Sun, 20 Jul 2008 01:19:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: thomas http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/2008/05/10/camerons-quarterly/#comment-10223 thomas Mon, 12 May 2008 06:51:19 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/2008/05/10/camerons-quarterly/#comment-10223 Oh, I dunno about Ed Balls being overrated - he isn't rated that highly in the first place. It's the people who do rate him who I worry about. Oh, I dunno about Ed Balls being overrated - he isn’t rated that highly in the first place. It’s the people who do rate him who I worry about.

]]> By: Michael http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/2008/05/10/camerons-quarterly/#comment-10221 Michael Mon, 12 May 2008 06:14:40 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/2008/05/10/camerons-quarterly/#comment-10221 Describing George Osborne as " a brilliant political operator" stretches the notion of bias into the kind of territory once crawled by Pravda... Factually speaking, though, they're dead right about Ed Balls. Describing George Osborne as ” a brilliant political operator” stretches the notion of bias into the kind of territory once crawled by Pravda…

Factually speaking, though, they’re dead right about Ed Balls.

]]> By: Aaron Heath http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/2008/05/10/camerons-quarterly/#comment-10200 Aaron Heath Sun, 11 May 2008 19:43:55 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/2008/05/10/camerons-quarterly/#comment-10200 <em>anticant, It’s tough being a very sexy man at university, I know. ;o)</em> Oh man that looks so cheesy. :o| anticant,

It’s tough being a very sexy man at university, I know.

;o)

Oh man that looks so cheesy. :o|

]]> By: anticant http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/2008/05/10/camerons-quarterly/#comment-10193 anticant Sun, 11 May 2008 16:56:29 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/2008/05/10/camerons-quarterly/#comment-10193 It's tough being a very sexy man anywhere, Aaron. You can never get enough...... It’s tough being a very sexy man anywhere, Aaron. You can never get enough……

]]> By: Aaron Heath http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/2008/05/10/camerons-quarterly/#comment-10184 Aaron Heath Sun, 11 May 2008 09:00:58 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/2008/05/10/camerons-quarterly/#comment-10184 anticant, It's tough being a very sexy man at university, I know. ;o) anticant,

It’s tough being a very sexy man at university, I know.

;o)

]]> By: Aaron Heath http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/2008/05/10/camerons-quarterly/#comment-10183 Aaron Heath Sun, 11 May 2008 08:59:46 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/2008/05/10/camerons-quarterly/#comment-10183 Matthew Sinclair I wonder which magazine will have the first interview with Prime Minister Cameron? Matthew Sinclair

I wonder which magazine will have the first interview with Prime Minister Cameron?

]]> By: cjcjc http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/2008/05/10/camerons-quarterly/#comment-10182 cjcjc Sun, 11 May 2008 08:56:24 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/2008/05/10/camerons-quarterly/#comment-10182 PS - surely Ed Balls *is* the most overrated politician? PS - surely Ed Balls *is* the most overrated politician?

]]> By: cjcjc http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/2008/05/10/camerons-quarterly/#comment-10181 cjcjc Sun, 11 May 2008 08:54:29 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/2008/05/10/camerons-quarterly/#comment-10181 I think we need to look more carefully at the political bias of some of those publications which feature at the end of Have I Got News For You. I am especially worried that Lawnmower Weekly is swinging to the Tories. I only ever see GQ at the hairdresser myself, but I assume that part (if not all) of its job is to be (as it were) a "dedicated follower of fashion". And Cameron is in fashion. I'm guessing that Blair probably had similar fawning treatment from this kind of magazine early on?? I think we need to look more carefully at the political bias of some of those publications which feature at the end of Have I Got News For You.

I am especially worried that Lawnmower Weekly is swinging to the Tories.

I only ever see GQ at the hairdresser myself, but I assume that part (if not all) of its job is to be (as it were) a “dedicated follower of fashion”.

And Cameron is in fashion.

I’m guessing that Blair probably had similar fawning treatment from this kind of magazine early on??

]]> By: anticant http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/2008/05/10/camerons-quarterly/#comment-10176 anticant Sun, 11 May 2008 05:58:55 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/2008/05/10/camerons-quarterly/#comment-10176 "the Lib Dem leader scored an own goal by discussing the number of different women he’s shagged (under some pressure I may add).". Who pressurised him to shag all those women? “the Lib Dem leader scored an own goal by discussing the number of different women he’s shagged (under some pressure I may add).”. Who pressurised him to shag all those women?

]]> By: douglas clark http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/2008/05/10/camerons-quarterly/#comment-10174 douglas clark Sun, 11 May 2008 01:31:34 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/2008/05/10/camerons-quarterly/#comment-10174 I am incredibly naive. I am so naive I think both of you might think the 'pockets of resistance' comments in this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bi1E7QLWy-w&feature=related is quite funny. If so, this is the rest of it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yt2qt0sATz8&feature=related quite interesting... I thought the Tom Cruise bit was brilliant. I am incredibly naive. I am so naive I think both of you might think the ‘pockets of resistance’ comments in this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bi1E7QLWy-w&feature=related

is quite funny. If so, this is the rest of it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yt2qt0sATz8&feature=related

quite interesting…

I thought the Tom Cruise bit was brilliant.

]]> By: Matthew Sinclair http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/2008/05/10/camerons-quarterly/#comment-10166 Matthew Sinclair Sat, 10 May 2008 23:55:20 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/2008/05/10/camerons-quarterly/#comment-10166 If it is about back scratching surely Cameron would have to return the favour somehow. Has he done so? I clearly am naive because I don't follow your second comment :) If it is about back scratching surely Cameron would have to return the favour somehow. Has he done so?

I clearly am naive because I don’t follow your second comment :)

]]> By: Aaron Heath http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/2008/05/10/camerons-quarterly/#comment-10161 Aaron Heath Sat, 10 May 2008 21:14:30 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/2008/05/10/camerons-quarterly/#comment-10161 <em>The idea that Cameron is more ‘powerful’ than Brown has been suggested by others - I agree that it seems remarkable while Brown is PM but he clearly has lost a lot of control of the agenda.</em> I'm sorry, I can't let that pass. So... somewhere under the Atlantic, is a sealed envelope containing Cameron's trouser measurements? The idea that Cameron is more ‘powerful’ than Brown has been suggested by others - I agree that it seems remarkable while Brown is PM but he clearly has lost a lot of control of the agenda.

I’m sorry, I can’t let that pass.

So… somewhere under the Atlantic, is a sealed envelope containing Cameron’s trouser measurements?

]]> By: Aaron Heath http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/2008/05/10/camerons-quarterly/#comment-10160 Aaron Heath Sat, 10 May 2008 21:09:02 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/2008/05/10/camerons-quarterly/#comment-10160 As I said, Matthew, I'm not naive. I just found GQ, how shall I say? A bit on the nose... <em>Also, “best dressed” awards have been given to Rommel. It doesn’t imply moral endorsement. It also doesn’t imply the person is good looking.</em> Now who's being naive? It's all part of the narrative. Anyway, I think this is a story about back-scratching, as much is it is about politics. Surely meritocrats should be repulsed by such self-serving clubbiness, no? As I said, Matthew, I’m not naive.

I just found GQ, how shall I say? A bit on the nose…

Also, “best dressed” awards have been given to Rommel. It doesn’t imply moral endorsement. It also doesn’t imply the person is good looking.

Now who’s being naive? It’s all part of the narrative.

Anyway, I think this is a story about back-scratching, as much is it is about politics. Surely meritocrats should be repulsed by such self-serving clubbiness, no?

]]> By: Matthew Sinclair http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/2008/05/10/camerons-quarterly/#comment-10159 Matthew Sinclair Sat, 10 May 2008 20:32:02 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/2008/05/10/camerons-quarterly/#comment-10159 Is it really a surprise that GQ is right leaning? I thought everyone knew that. The Telegraph is pretty right-wing. The Guardian is left-wing. Print media are under no obligation to be politically neutral. Why would you expect magazines to be different? Total Politics and Politics Home are trying to build a reputation for neutrality. I guess their target market (politics fanatics) is small enough they don't want to piss off a certain ideological segment. GQ has made a different, but quite legitimate, choice. Besides, the opinions of Gordon Brown that you describe are, if you look to the polls, shared by huge chunks of the population. Why shouldn't there be a magazine that shares their opinion? Also, "best dressed" awards have been given to Rommel. It doesn't imply moral endorsement. It also doesn't imply the person is good looking. The idea that Cameron is more 'powerful' than Brown has been suggested by others - I agree that it seems remarkable while Brown is PM but he clearly has lost a lot of control of the agenda. There are left-wing magazines. Arena seems broadly apolitical. Read them if you don't like GQ but I don't think there is necessarily anything wrong with reading media whose political opinions you disagree with. I read Comment is Free and Liberal Conspiracy, after all :) Is it really a surprise that GQ is right leaning? I thought everyone knew that.

The Telegraph is pretty right-wing. The Guardian is left-wing. Print media are under no obligation to be politically neutral. Why would you expect magazines to be different?

Total Politics and Politics Home are trying to build a reputation for neutrality. I guess their target market (politics fanatics) is small enough they don’t want to piss off a certain ideological segment. GQ has made a different, but quite legitimate, choice.

Besides, the opinions of Gordon Brown that you describe are, if you look to the polls, shared by huge chunks of the population. Why shouldn’t there be a magazine that shares their opinion? Also, “best dressed” awards have been given to Rommel. It doesn’t imply moral endorsement. It also doesn’t imply the person is good looking. The idea that Cameron is more ‘powerful’ than Brown has been suggested by others - I agree that it seems remarkable while Brown is PM but he clearly has lost a lot of control of the agenda.

There are left-wing magazines. Arena seems broadly apolitical. Read them if you don’t like GQ but I don’t think there is necessarily anything wrong with reading media whose political opinions you disagree with. I read Comment is Free and Liberal Conspiracy, after all :)

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