tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932765464128103640.post60665028327813020..comments2024-02-15T17:04:14.226+01:00Comments on Jane Is The One: Philip Gould - The Unfinished Revolutionjanestheonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17617250693471034197noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932765464128103640.post-36134813599604703212011-11-02T10:27:23.101+01:002011-11-02T10:27:23.101+01:00Exactly, last Anonymous!!
Bryan Gould was a total...Exactly, last Anonymous!!<br /><br />Bryan Gould was a total contrast. A good man; a gentlman; a clever man; charismatic too.<br /><br />Would have been a terrif Leader/PM.<br /><br />Bryan, WHY did you take your bat and ball away and go home?<br /><br />Still missed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932765464128103640.post-71154749031510384142011-11-01T10:27:18.516+01:002011-11-01T10:27:18.516+01:00Agree about PG's personal manners, only dealt ...Agree about PG's personal manners, only dealt with him on a superficial basis, and I expect he wont even remember this party menial, but I found him supercilious and sneering. Basic conversation being returned with an aloof, tittering "Good for you".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932765464128103640.post-7475442501742064132011-10-31T12:30:47.494+01:002011-10-31T12:30:47.494+01:00Who is the Gwyn Williams referred to? Sorry, I am...Who is the Gwyn Williams referred to? Sorry, I am not a Labour Party insider, but I knew someone of that name in Reading a few years ago.Augustus Carpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932765464128103640.post-82045189310523433682011-10-30T11:05:58.896+01:002011-10-30T11:05:58.896+01:00That name brought back a memory -a Bryan Gould was...That name brought back a memory -a Bryan Gould was THE name in Labour some 30 years ago.<br />L9Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2932765464128103640.post-64641922841664593722011-10-30T09:00:51.711+01:002011-10-30T09:00:51.711+01:00I did know him - slightly and did not like him at ...I did know him - slightly and did not like him at all. This is not a comment on his ideas and theories - rather his mien and stance. He was very similar to Peter M. <br /><br />Yes - he is right about memorable images and pictures in the media to resonate and make the message attractive. Of course he is. We are not in the Stone Age and it isn't politically sensible or essential to feel that you have to still be using a soapbox and microphone . Or, indeed, public meetings.<br /><br />But he created the 'elite' -- the sense that unless you belonged to a particular social set or background then, forget it lovely - you are never going to have a chance to have what we would call a career in the Labour Party - whether you want one or not. If you don't want to be a Minister - fair enough. But if you do and you don't come from this exclusive background and contact circle, then you ain't gonna cut it - no matter what you do. <br /><br />The way he attemtped to railroad his daughter into a seat was detestable -- although I hold absolutely no candle whatsoeveer for the eventual MP, Teresa Pierce. And shame on you too, Tessy Jowell and your ilk for coming to assist in that grubby operation. But had there not been that base and crude attempt to bludgeon it for a 21 year old ingenue then somebody might have been selected who was not TP and who would have been much better. And before anyone questions - no, not me. I certainly did not apply and had no desire to do so either. <br /><br />He may like Tony Blair. Well, I did, actually. But Phillip Gould was not a good thing for Labour. And - hey, manners!! Can we stop the stalk, the head tilt and the sneer when dealing with our own colleagues who don't just so happen to dine with us in our little elite set? Hey? We don't wear dogshit as perfume, Phil!!<br /><br />He and his ilk in their own way, are as narrow as the worst of the Tories in who they pick and who they dump. I for one do not miss him at all. And Michael Foot will be remembered long after Phillip Gould has slipped from the memory. Donkey jacket or not. Have you read his book on Swift, Phil? Or HG Wells? Byron?? The man could write and that, for me, means something.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com