tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post80021281876476647..comments2024-03-22T21:02:55.051+13:00Comments on Bat, Bean, Beam: His JourneyGiovanni Tisohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-60745334524733290792011-03-30T16:44:47.678+13:002011-03-30T16:44:47.678+13:00Very brave of you to read this stuff- so we don...Very brave of you to read this stuff- so we don't have to. I think I would tear my eyeballs out about page 32 :)robnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-10798335821204363162011-03-25T20:30:18.405+13:002011-03-25T20:30:18.405+13:00I don't actually, sorry.I don't actually, sorry.Giovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-91899605237952850352011-03-25T07:39:03.852+13:002011-03-25T07:39:03.852+13:00Do you have an English translation of your sci-fi ...Do you have an English translation of your sci-fi and human rights essay?David K Waynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10756535951359716522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-5191187445225158982011-03-22T13:21:38.617+13:002011-03-22T13:21:38.617+13:00I always find that double negative with a huge aff...I always find that double negative with a huge affirmative in the middle near impossible to decipher.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04424066726955708314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-376267287238587312011-03-22T13:19:05.098+13:002011-03-22T13:19:05.098+13:00I find that theory a little hard to believe - if f...I find that theory a little hard to believe - if for no other reason that New Zealand has had its own cadre of Labour neoliberals, and I can't quite entertain the thought that the CIA would bother to rig our party system, or that you could even do it in a country with such a sparse population. <br /><br />I also don't find it at all implausible that a left wing politician might become Giovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-5777570269858630542011-03-22T13:12:18.262+13:002011-03-22T13:12:18.262+13:00His obsessive narrative of being a "maverick&...His obsessive narrative of being a "maverick" on some "personal journey" (he knew his "destiny" in 1994, it seems) betrays someone painfully aware of the big strings being pulled for him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-16572519933720378992011-03-22T13:07:36.037+13:002011-03-22T13:07:36.037+13:00Blair was a multi-purpose "manchurian candida...Blair was a multi-purpose "manchurian candidate" to replace Dr. David Owen and other CIA golden Labour boys, the type who mysteriously have better contacts in foreign embassies and banks (often from a rather young age) than they have in their own parties.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-68339274021732761842011-03-22T09:57:26.848+13:002011-03-22T09:57:26.848+13:00Blair was Thatcher and Reagan's love child no?...Blair was Thatcher and Reagan's love child no?<br /><br />colingsh, nearly Colin.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04424066726955708314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-18253755688390070342011-03-22T08:38:23.478+13:002011-03-22T08:38:23.478+13:00Thank you both. Do I want to see The Deal? I'm...Thank you both. Do I want to see <i>The Deal?</i> I'm a little fatigued at this point - the man is truly quite tiresome, even in the cuddly TV version. He makes me feel like I should exercise more, or something. <br /><br />Election date changed. <br /><br />Incidentally, I considered hedging the post a bit by pointing out that for at least two years before the last election I followed Giovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-12995692769309150092011-03-22T07:12:21.496+13:002011-03-22T07:12:21.496+13:00Rather nice that the first words to strike my eye ...Rather nice that the first words to strike my eye on the John Lanchester review page were "Can one man save the world when he can't even save himself?", and even better that this turns out to be an advert for the latest opus by the Iraq-war cheerleader Ian McEwan.<br /><br />I look forward to your dissections of Campbell, Mandelson and Cherie.<br /><br />And another wee correction: Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18076353733931722397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-20346065973189647082011-03-22T02:31:36.763+13:002011-03-22T02:31:36.763+13:00Excellent stuff - but just one wee correction.
Mi...Excellent stuff - but just one wee correction.<br /><br />Michael Sheen has actually played Blair THREE times. The first was in "The Deal", about the 1994 leadership election opposite, David Morrisey as Gordon Brown.David K Waynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10756535951359716522noreply@blogger.com