tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post8547226246409247937..comments2024-03-28T07:16:39.621+00:00Comments on Lallands Peat Worrier: Sentencing statement - Indygalling in re: Stuart MacLellan [2010] LPW 13Lallands Peat Worrierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18276270498204697708noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-69472098067662173862010-04-09T21:39:09.812+01:002010-04-09T21:39:09.812+01:00I'm sure he is crushed, Hythodaeus. Given the ...I'm sure he is crushed, Hythodaeus. Given the <a href="http://macnumpty.blogspot.com/2010/04/in-which-i-take-no-pleasure-in-being.html" rel="nofollow">stories we're hearing about his history at the University of Edinburgh</a> and the subsequent party developments described in his working life after graduation, he is quite clearly a mustard keen Sir Politick Would-Be. <br /><br />As is so often the case with these manic and mechanical Labour Student types, ego and group inclusion is, in my experience, very much part of the package. As is hunger for internal party promotion and positions. I'm sure he thought that the election would be a great adventure, a chance to big-man about a constituency he knew he couldn't win, recompensed by the tickle of introducing himself as the Labour Party Westminster candidate with a slight air of self importance. And of course, to gain experience, fight the good fight as only losers can - and promote whatever internal conception might have existed of him as an up and coming, "bright young thing" in Labour circles. <br /><br />Instead, it has all doubtless proven rather less fun. He's awfully young to have himself traipsed out in front of the nation as a gormless oink. If he does not retain what I understand to be the party advisor's position he occupies at the moment, I can't imagine getting another job will be terrifically straightforward either.<br /><br />Future party prospects, I suppose, will rather depend on how sympathetically forgetful people are. Given that he nobbled Brown's visit to Scotland today, I suspect he'll have acquired a number of internal critics, and they'll keep the smouldering embers good and hot for a long while yet. <br /><br />As is so often the case, no doubt vanity will be the most wounded faculty of all. That good conceit he had of himself as a smart little cookie crumbling so pitifully and so embarrassingly publicly.Lallands Peat Worrierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238432265194046726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-8400102509884812642010-04-09T21:15:18.068+01:002010-04-09T21:15:18.068+01:00Bah!
I had written a decent response, Douglas, ...Bah! <br /><br />I had written a decent response, Douglas, when a blogger misstep devoured my prose. To reiterate the basic point I was going to make, in brief - you might well be grateful. Many wise men have doubted whether joining the exalted company of persons of public repute is a recipe for a life spent reasonably cheerfully.Lallands Peat Worrierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238432265194046726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-34446828295570425232010-04-09T21:00:06.582+01:002010-04-09T21:00:06.582+01:00Davosa,
Although I don't have a telly myself,...Davosa,<br /><br />Although I don't have a telly myself, from seeing a clip of <a href="http://moridura.blogspot.com/2010/04/scottish-labour-candidate-sacked-for.html" rel="nofollow">tonight's STV coverage of the tale over at Moridura </a>, which included clear footage of both Gray and Murphy defending MacLellan this morning, you may be right. If they hadn't been caught on film, the morning's equivocation could have disappeared in the detail of the story. The media could only have run the clear denunciation later in the day.<br />Juxtaposed in the evening, however, defence then repudiation - on any ledger both Labourites looked decidedly daft. Murphy particularly so. I don't know how BBC Scotland dealt with it, however, although <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/briantaylor/2010/04/the_twitter_election.html" rel="nofollow">wee Brian Taylor was <i>(I thought rather uncharacteristically) </i> scathing over in his text</a> treatment of the tale.Lallands Peat Worrierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238432265194046726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-90506940805992110442010-04-09T20:09:57.885+01:002010-04-09T20:09:57.885+01:00I would very much not like to be in Mr MacLennan&#...I would very much not like to be in Mr MacLennan's shoes today. As I tweeted earlier, for a PPC, former Party Researcher and general political animal such as himself (and at such a young age), it must be truly devastating not only to lose your candidacy but to lose his party membership due to your own actions. Unlike Steven Prucell, who had built himself a reputation and (annoyingly) appears to be undergoing a political rehabilitation, I'm not convinced Mr. MacLennan can come back from this. <br /><br />Of course, (having reflected on the matter following my comments on Twitter earlier), he shouldn't have made the comments in the first place with a position in the Labour Party such as his. While the insults to politicians were fairly run of the mill, some of the remarks demonstrated a staggering arrogance and lack of respect for his potential constituents. It's understandable why Labour sought to defuse that bomb so quickly - I doubt the P&J will be kind to the party over the coming days. <br /><br />Excellent sketch regardless.Hythlodaeushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13402232122699414720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-17770729316968473902010-04-09T13:56:09.713+01:002010-04-09T13:56:09.713+01:00I suppose that is why I could never stand for publ...I suppose that is why I could never stand for public office, as I have been a sweary wee tit in my time on the internet.<br /><br />We need a change in public attitudes to this sort of thing, although, to be honest, we are unlikely to get it....<br /><br />Be very, very careful what you say at two in the morning after a couple of drinks.douglas clarkhttp://dougiesplace.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-64264576041174728232010-04-09T12:00:54.535+01:002010-04-09T12:00:54.535+01:00Yes and now the hypocrisy of Jim Murphy has been e...Yes and now the hypocrisy of Jim Murphy has been exposed to all - rather typical Scottish Labour (New Labour) hypocrisy actually. Murphy is a total prat.Davosanoreply@blogger.com