tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post2052865789910668493..comments2024-03-28T23:49:28.343+00:00Comments on David Lindsay: All Roads Lead To DurhamDavid Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-54952203875435008242014-07-12T23:48:58.041+01:002014-07-12T23:48:58.041+01:00Pat is marvellous.
They should have Pat as a main...Pat is marvellous.<br /><br />They should have Pat as a main speaker one year.David Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-7126672505938243582014-07-12T23:10:12.717+01:002014-07-12T23:10:12.717+01:00I loved the sight of you processing into the Cathe...I loved the sight of you processing into the Cathedral right behind Pat Glass. Sharp use of your walking stick could have made all the difference.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-80838592816331884102014-07-12T22:38:45.811+01:002014-07-12T22:38:45.811+01:00That is what prescription painkillers are for.
It...That is what prescription painkillers are for.<br /><br />It will take me a good week to get over today. But it was very, very, very well worth it.David Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-21016607766809818862014-07-12T22:36:24.343+01:002014-07-12T22:36:24.343+01:00You have been marching?You have been marching?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-27261908695545244352014-07-12T21:19:55.584+01:002014-07-12T21:19:55.584+01:00Nice try, luv, but this afternoon I had one of the...Nice try, luv, but this afternoon I had one of the most surreal experiences of my life, marching with the Lanchester banner down Saddler Street after the Cathedral service, and trying to explain to two people who had been there last night that I was not in fact Seumas Milne.David Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-48921035491395855092014-07-12T20:47:58.954+01:002014-07-12T20:47:58.954+01:00Milne obviously admires you. Even those 7 weeks wh...Milne obviously admires you. Even those 7 weeks when the Telegraph employed you were a big influence on political debate. Damian Thompson must have been scared stiff on seeing he had picked one of the greatest political thinkers in Britain today. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-76861448862535708942014-07-12T01:41:20.611+01:002014-07-12T01:41:20.611+01:00Completely off the cuff.
Now, we both need to sle...Completely off the cuff.<br /><br />Now, we both need to sleep before the Big Meeting, a big day.David Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-5505068868456912722014-07-12T01:38:58.485+01:002014-07-12T01:38:58.485+01:00I loved your line that the Mail and the Telegraph ...I loved your line that the Mail and the Telegraph "love everything about the white working class apart from the white working class".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-82780970916471995222014-07-12T01:30:38.707+01:002014-07-12T01:30:38.707+01:00That was only the introduction to my remarks, as y...That was only the introduction to my remarks, as you may recall. My main point was that even <i>The Guardian</i> never had working-class MPs and other such voices in it.<br /><br />He told me afterwards, after he had asked what I was doing these days and I had told him, that being a freelance was "a noble calling". I shall remember that...<br /><br />Now, how much of the media will be in Durham today, and how much of the proceedings will get onto even, say, RT, which I have contacted by several means to try and incite to report? We shall soon see.David Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-65498356351178802602014-07-12T01:25:23.376+01:002014-07-12T01:25:23.376+01:00You from the floor: My dirty little secret is that...You from the floor: My dirty little secret is that I once briefly worked for the Telegraph. The man who sacked me has just been sacked.<br /><br />Milne: They all are eventually.<br /><br />You: They are certainly all being at the moment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com