Comments on: Labour bloggers are very much part of the Labour ‘nasty party’ http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/05/16/labour-bloggers-are-very-much-part-of-the-labour-nasty-party/ Daily views on British politics and the Conservative Party from a centre-right thinker who writes letters on his blog to politicians, journalists and many others. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:48:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: steve platt http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/05/16/labour-bloggers-are-very-much-part-of-the-labour-nasty-party/#comment-2212 steve platt Sat, 24 May 2008 11:12:13 +0000 http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com/?p=636#comment-2212 Come say hello here. Labour Home gets a mention and you may find the quiz entertaining: http://plattitude.blogspot.com/2008/05/crewe-and-nantwich-by-election.html And I promise not to ban anyone<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('2212','steve platt'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('2212','steve platt','Come say hello here. Labour Home gets a mention and you may find the quiz entertaining:\n\nhttp:\/\/plattitude.blogspot.com\/2008\/05\/crewe-and-nantwich-by-election.html\n\nAnd I promise not to ban anyone'); return false;">Quote this comment</a></div> Come say hello here. Labour Home gets a mention and you may find the quiz entertaining:

http://plattitude.blogspot.com/2008/05/crewe-and-nantwich-by-election.html

And I promise not to ban anyone

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]]> By: JuliaM http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/05/16/labour-bloggers-are-very-much-part-of-the-labour-nasty-party/#comment-2211 JuliaM Mon, 19 May 2008 10:38:25 +0000 http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com/?p=636#comment-2211 “Ah, I see, so a “Tory Troll” is anyone who comes onto a Labour website and disagrees with you? “

Yes, that does seem to be their definition.

Or on to ‘CiF’, which has a lot of the same logic-challenged contributors.

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]]> By: Praguetory http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/05/16/labour-bloggers-are-very-much-part-of-the-labour-nasty-party/#comment-2196 Praguetory Sun, 18 May 2008 22:26:49 +0000 http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com/?p=636#comment-2196 At least you got a logon in the first place. ;-) . PS I'm also banned from Piper's place. Take it as a back-handed compliment.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('2196','Praguetory'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('2196','Praguetory','At least you got a logon in the first place. ;-) . PS I\'m also banned from Piper\'s place. Take it as a back-handed compliment.'); return false;">Quote this comment</a></div> At least you got a logon in the first place. ;-) . PS I’m also banned from Piper’s place. Take it as a back-handed compliment.
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]]> By: Candid http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/05/16/labour-bloggers-are-very-much-part-of-the-labour-nasty-party/#comment-2206 Candid Sun, 18 May 2008 20:07:05 +0000 http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com/?p=636#comment-2206 Labour Home is obviously an accurate reflection of the entire Labour Party. Silence those with more valid but opposite opinions and then cause a huge outcry as they didn't think anybody would notice. Credibility of the Labour Party = 0 Credibility of Labour Home = 0. Congratulations! A.Tory - you have done well - keep up the good work!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('2206','Candid'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('2206','Candid','Labour Home is obviously an accurate reflection of the entire Labour Party.\n\nSilence those with more valid but opposite opinions and then cause a huge outcry as they didn\'t think anybody would notice.\nCredibility of the Labour Party = 0\nCredibility of Labour Home = 0.\n\nCongratulations!\n\nA.Tory - you have done well - keep up the good work!'); return false;">Quote this comment</a></div> Labour Home is obviously an accurate reflection of the entire Labour Party.

Silence those with more valid but opposite opinions and then cause a huge outcry as they didn’t think anybody would notice.
Credibility of the Labour Party = 0
Credibility of Labour Home = 0.

Congratulations!

A.Tory – you have done well – keep up the good work!

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]]> By: asquith http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/05/16/labour-bloggers-are-very-much-part-of-the-labour-nasty-party/#comment-2195 asquith Sun, 18 May 2008 17:40:15 +0000 http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com/?p=636#comment-2195 “All I can say is I’ve made very few comments on this site that agree with A.Tory, but he’s never deleted any of mine.”

Same here, though I actually agree with him more often than I’d care to admit :)

Ever been to Ministry Of Truth? That’s a site for you :D

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]]> By: Letters From A Tory http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/05/16/labour-bloggers-are-very-much-part-of-the-labour-nasty-party/#comment-2210 Letters From A Tory Sun, 18 May 2008 17:31:52 +0000 http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com/?p=636#comment-2210 Bob, probably best not to accuse bloggers of needing to 'get a life' when you have taken your time to write a comment on someone's blog. Caroline, I do appreciate that this is not the first time Alex Hilton has acted in this way!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('2210','Letters From A Tory'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('2210','Letters From A Tory','Bob, probably best not to accuse bloggers of needing to \'get a life\' when you have taken your time to write a comment on someone\'s blog.\n\nCaroline, I do appreciate that this is not the first time Alex Hilton has acted in this way!'); return false;">Quote this comment</a></div> Bob, probably best not to accuse bloggers of needing to ‘get a life’ when you have taken your time to write a comment on someone’s blog.

Caroline, I do appreciate that this is not the first time Alex Hilton has acted in this way!

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]]> By: Caroline Hunt http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/05/16/labour-bloggers-are-very-much-part-of-the-labour-nasty-party/#comment-2209 Caroline Hunt Sun, 18 May 2008 14:20:37 +0000 http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com/?p=636#comment-2209 Alex Hilton in being immature shocker :)<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('2209','Caroline Hunt'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('2209','Caroline Hunt','Alex Hilton in being immature shocker :)'); return false;">Quote this comment</a></div> Alex Hilton in being immature shocker :)
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]]> By: Bob http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/05/16/labour-bloggers-are-very-much-part-of-the-labour-nasty-party/#comment-2208 Bob Sun, 18 May 2008 12:10:15 +0000 http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com/?p=636#comment-2208 Go outside, have a drink, get a life.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('2208','Bob'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('2208','Bob','Go outside, have a drink, get a life.'); return false;">Quote this comment</a></div> Go outside, have a drink, get a life.
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]]> By: Letters From A Tory http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/05/16/labour-bloggers-are-very-much-part-of-the-labour-nasty-party/#comment-2207 Letters From A Tory Sun, 18 May 2008 11:08:44 +0000 http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com/?p=636#comment-2207 Ah, I see, so a "Tory Troll" is anyone who comes onto a Labour website and disagrees with you? Personally I find it really interesting to read what Labour websites have to say, hence my blogroll including them as I think it's important to understand things from other parties' perspectives. In fact, I think it makes people better bloggers, writers, politicians etc if they can get their head round the counterarguments to what they are saying. If you wish to create a website purely for loyal followers, believers and non-dissenters then that's fine, but don't call yourself a blogger - maybe sycophantic columnist? On LabourHome you have said that Tories are only welcome "as long as they are polite and constructive and I'd be grateful if readers would alert me if they feel contributors are exceeding their welcome" - so basically if a Tory disagrees with you or if anyone gets upset by a Tory disagreeing with them, you blacklist them. How very mature. Well done Alex.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('2207','Letters From A Tory'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('2207','Letters From A Tory','Ah, I see, so a \"Tory Troll\" is anyone who comes onto a Labour website and disagrees with you?\n\nPersonally I find it really interesting to read what Labour websites have to say, hence my blogroll including them as I think it\'s important to understand things from other parties\' perspectives. In fact, I think it makes people better bloggers, writers, politicians etc if they can get their head round the counterarguments to what they are saying.\n\nIf you wish to create a website purely for loyal followers, believers and non-dissenters then that\'s fine, but don\'t call yourself a blogger - maybe sycophantic columnist? On LabourHome you have said that Tories are only welcome \"as long as they are polite and constructive and I\'d be grateful if readers would alert me if they feel contributors are exceeding their welcome\" - so basically if a Tory disagrees with you or if anyone gets upset by a Tory disagreeing with them, you blacklist them. How very mature. Well done Alex.'); return false;">Quote this comment</a></div> Ah, I see, so a “Tory Troll” is anyone who comes onto a Labour website and disagrees with you?

Personally I find it really interesting to read what Labour websites have to say, hence my blogroll including them as I think it’s important to understand things from other parties’ perspectives. In fact, I think it makes people better bloggers, writers, politicians etc if they can get their head round the counterarguments to what they are saying.

If you wish to create a website purely for loyal followers, believers and non-dissenters then that’s fine, but don’t call yourself a blogger – maybe sycophantic columnist? On LabourHome you have said that Tories are only welcome “as long as they are polite and constructive and I’d be grateful if readers would alert me if they feel contributors are exceeding their welcome” – so basically if a Tory disagrees with you or if anyone gets upset by a Tory disagreeing with them, you blacklist them. How very mature. Well done Alex.

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]]> By: Madeley http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/05/16/labour-bloggers-are-very-much-part-of-the-labour-nasty-party/#comment-2205 Madeley Sun, 18 May 2008 09:36:25 +0000 http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com/?p=636#comment-2205 “Not only have I been banned, you’ve also deleted every comment that I have ever made on the site”

That’s bad form. Either you have an open forum for discussion, or you don’t, and frankly anyone running a political website can’t turn around and say they wouldn’t ever expect criticism- regardless of the political stance the site takes.

“The Tory trolls on Labourhome are there on sufferance.”

What has A.Tory said, exactly, that makes him a troll? Oh, wait, there’s no way for us to tell because you’ve deleted all his comments.

All I can say is I’ve made very few comments on this site that agree with A.Tory, but he’s never deleted any of mine. I’d hope we both learn more from discussion with each other than we would from ignoring what we each have to say.

“Socialists have a real problem with reasoned argument.”

And do you have a reasoned argument to back that statement up with?

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