Comments on: Lord Ashcroft and Iain Dale http://www.tom-watson.co.uk/2008/03/lord-ashcroft-and-iain-dale/ The inside track since 2003 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:10:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Alix http://www.tom-watson.co.uk/2008/03/lord-ashcroft-and-iain-dale/comment-page-1/#comment-40277 Alix Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:47:19 +0000 http://www.tom-watson.co.uk/?p=1906#comment-40277 I dunno, I think we should be glad Lord Ashcroft is pouring even a teeny smidgeon of his money into an enterprise so transparently useless. Who will read it? If I were not of a delicate and retiring Lib Demmish disposition I would use the phrase "circle jerk" about now. At least blogs are free... I dunno, I think we should be glad Lord Ashcroft is pouring even a teeny smidgeon of his money into an enterprise so transparently useless. Who will read it? If I were not of a delicate and retiring Lib Demmish disposition I would use the phrase “circle jerk” about now. At least blogs are free…

]]> By: Top of the Blogs: The Dirty Dozen #3 | Liberal Democrat Voice http://www.tom-watson.co.uk/2008/03/lord-ashcroft-and-iain-dale/comment-page-1/#comment-40260 Top of the Blogs: The Dirty Dozen #3 | Liberal Democrat Voice Sun, 30 Mar 2008 17:22:45 +0000 http://www.tom-watson.co.uk/?p=1906#comment-40260 [...] Tom Watson is interested in the news that Iain Dale’s new magazine Total Politics is being funded by Lord Ashcroft. [...] [...] Tom Watson is interested in the news that Iain Dale’s new magazine Total Politics is being funded by Lord Ashcroft. [...]

]]> By: Paul Sandars http://www.tom-watson.co.uk/2008/03/lord-ashcroft-and-iain-dale/comment-page-1/#comment-38909 Paul Sandars Fri, 14 Mar 2008 18:26:03 +0000 http://www.tom-watson.co.uk/?p=1906#comment-38909 The last mogul to launch a political magazine was Jimmy Goldsmith 30 years ago. With a staff including Peter Snow- who left ITN- and Anthony Shrimsley- the number two at the Sun- it still lost money hand over fist and Goldsmith lost a fortune; although oddly given his reputation, all the staff got redundancy payoffs far in excess of what they were entitled to and to my knowledge, none of them ever said anything bad about him. Still, the thought of Dale losing Ashcroft's shirt does brighten this evening somewhat..... The last mogul to launch a political magazine was Jimmy Goldsmith 30 years ago. With a staff including Peter Snow- who left ITN- and Anthony Shrimsley- the number two at the Sun- it still lost money hand over fist and Goldsmith lost a fortune; although oddly given his reputation, all the staff got redundancy payoffs far in excess of what they were entitled to and to my knowledge, none of them ever said anything bad about him.

Still, the thought of Dale losing Ashcroft’s shirt does brighten this evening somewhat…..

]]> By: Hopi Sen http://www.tom-watson.co.uk/2008/03/lord-ashcroft-and-iain-dale/comment-page-1/#comment-38871 Hopi Sen Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:40:25 +0000 http://www.tom-watson.co.uk/?p=1906#comment-38871 Well, I hope Iain's given Lord A a good business plan, as political magazines almost universally lose money. And I wonder how much ROI the Doughty street chaps got. Well, I hope Iain’s given Lord A a good business plan, as political magazines almost universally lose money. And I wonder how much ROI the Doughty street chaps got.

]]> By: Letters From A Tory http://www.tom-watson.co.uk/2008/03/lord-ashcroft-and-iain-dale/comment-page-1/#comment-38868 Letters From A Tory Fri, 14 Mar 2008 09:42:52 +0000 http://www.tom-watson.co.uk/?p=1906#comment-38868 Boring boring boring. If anyone wants to invest in a magazine, they are more than welcome to. I'm sure Iain would be more than happy to chat with any left-wing / liberal investors as well, but of course that wouldn't make for a good blog post, would it! http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com Boring boring boring. If anyone wants to invest in a magazine, they are more than welcome to. I’m sure Iain would be more than happy to chat with any left-wing / liberal investors as well, but of course that wouldn’t make for a good blog post, would it!

http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com

]]> By: Paul Sandars http://www.tom-watson.co.uk/2008/03/lord-ashcroft-and-iain-dale/comment-page-1/#comment-38816 Paul Sandars Thu, 13 Mar 2008 21:22:57 +0000 http://www.tom-watson.co.uk/?p=1906#comment-38816 I hope and trust that no Labour blogger/journalists will take the Dale/Ashcroft money and give it credibility as a journal. I don't think for a minute any self-respecting Labour voice will- but I think the Liberals will. As usual. I hope and trust that no Labour blogger/journalists will take the Dale/Ashcroft money and give it credibility as a journal.

I don’t think for a minute any self-respecting Labour voice will- but I think the Liberals will. As usual.

]]> By: Tim Ireland http://www.tom-watson.co.uk/2008/03/lord-ashcroft-and-iain-dale/comment-page-1/#comment-38814 Tim Ireland Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:39:45 +0000 http://www.tom-watson.co.uk/?p=1906#comment-38814 Iain: "Shouldn’t you, er, be running the country, something?" Haven't you, er, graduated from the playground [or] something? Iain: “Shouldn’t you, er, be running the country, something?”

Haven’t you, er, graduated from the playground [or] something?

]]> By: Gary Elsby stoke http://www.tom-watson.co.uk/2008/03/lord-ashcroft-and-iain-dale/comment-page-1/#comment-38795 Gary Elsby stoke Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:45:39 +0000 http://www.tom-watson.co.uk/?p=1906#comment-38795 'If home is where my heart is, then Iain Dale's diary is my home'. Iain isn't going to like this, Tom. Best cut the thread. Gary ‘If home is where my heart is, then Iain Dale’s diary is my home’.

Iain isn’t going to like this, Tom. Best cut the thread.

Gary

]]> By: jailhouselawyer http://www.tom-watson.co.uk/2008/03/lord-ashcroft-and-iain-dale/comment-page-1/#comment-38794 jailhouselawyer Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:35:08 +0000 http://www.tom-watson.co.uk/?p=1906#comment-38794 How is it that Lord Ashcroft is able to avoid paying taxes and able to put the money instead into a propaganda rag for the Tory Party? How is it that Lord Ashcroft is able to avoid paying taxes and able to put the money instead into a propaganda rag for the Tory Party?

]]> By: Lobster Blogster http://www.tom-watson.co.uk/2008/03/lord-ashcroft-and-iain-dale/comment-page-1/#comment-38793 Lobster Blogster Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:32:08 +0000 http://www.tom-watson.co.uk/?p=1906#comment-38793 Rather than all this guff about being "politically neutral", wouldn't he be better off just by saying its aimed at the politically naive? Rather than all this guff about being “politically neutral”, wouldn’t he be better off just by saying its aimed at the politically naive?

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