tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post248469890219218762..comments2024-03-28T07:16:39.621+00:00Comments on Lallands Peat Worrier: Tom Harris: Paratrooper?Lallands Peat Worrierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18276270498204697708noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-59427171660521189742011-09-30T06:41:40.089+01:002011-09-30T06:41:40.089+01:00I can't believe it but it just hit me that Ken...I can't believe it but it just hit me that Ken Macintosh is Spock/Leonard Nimoy!!!Ednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-71811755741951839652011-09-29T15:22:36.109+01:002011-09-29T15:22:36.109+01:00I'll delete that post, as I see you already di...I'll delete that post, as I see you already discussed its subject. That'll learn me to read posts before commenting on them.rullkohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06468064035662238392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-34001423477292152032011-09-29T14:56:08.552+01:002011-09-29T14:56:08.552+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.rullkohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06468064035662238392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-5030267742166987332011-09-27T23:12:33.062+01:002011-09-27T23:12:33.062+01:00Edwin Moore,
I too quite like Harris. He seems to...Edwin Moore,<br /><br />I too quite like Harris. He seems to me to lack the usual politicians 'guid conceit of themselves'.<br /><br />Which is a good thing.<br /><br />Sadly, his politics are not my politics....douglas clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11422060678908705962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-40199281838826636372011-09-27T13:17:22.761+01:002011-09-27T13:17:22.761+01:00Harris always seemed a bright sort of chap to me -...Harris always seemed a bright sort of chap to me - as well as being his own man as so few Scottish politicians are and a nice chap - but I was astounded at him rambling on about enlisting Billy Connolly to the Anti-Nat cause.<br /><br />Terribly presumptuous and impolite thing to do I thought. Amazing how smoothly everything keeps rolling for the Eckosaurus - he is immensely lucky in his opponents.Edwin Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05317173893948248954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-2727474322507205192011-09-27T12:45:36.020+01:002011-09-27T12:45:36.020+01:00Conan,
I did suggest that Harris assume a Napoleo...<b>Conan</b>,<br /><br />I did suggest that Harris assume a Napoleonic style for his candidacy - full of dash and vigour - but he seemed nonplussed, alas.<br /><br /><b>Indy,</b><br /><br />I share your apprehension that either of the two relinquishing their Westminster seat in the course of the parliament seems unlikely. Mostly, I thought it worth indulging the speculation far enough, to show that some of the options being mooted aren't legally permitted.<br /><br /><b>Mark,</b><br /><br />As an erstwhile colleague at university once advised me: "never mess with Borderers". Your delightfully circumlocutory admonition is well taken. <br /><br /><b>douglas clark,</b><br /><br />I'm a Sturgeon/Sarwar Southsider, myself. As I recall, Pater PeatWorrier, an inveterate Nationalist, met Harris during the 2010 election campaign. In conversation, apparently Harris cheerfully trashed Labour in Holyrood and in Westminster. It's one approach...Lallands Peat Worrierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238432265194046726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-81048272868027213122011-09-27T04:00:27.449+01:002011-09-27T04:00:27.449+01:00Through some sort of quirk of the electoral system...Through some sort of quirk of the electoral system I live in both Nicola Sturgeons' MSP seat and Tom Harris's Westminster seat.<br /><br />Quite why Tom gets re-elected all the time is one of life's mysteries.<br /><br />The only chance he has of getting elected to Hollyrood, it seems to me, is to continue to be unknown outside of the Scottish political cognoscenti or on-line blog freaks.<br /><br />It is probably also clear that he has absolutely no chance of defeating Nicola Sturgeon for the affections of South siders.<br /><br />So, your question is valid. How, exactly, does Tom Harris become relevant? Or elected.douglas clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11422060678908705962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-6765596565437056702011-09-26T21:50:11.724+01:002011-09-26T21:50:11.724+01:00Pah, tish and furthermore bother, yet another Cent...Pah, tish and furthermore bother, yet another Centralista positing views furth of the Union canal without the assistance of either map or sextant. La Murray holds the electoral hopes of the good people of 'Dumfries' in her tiny tears child-like hands, not the all encompassing 'Borders'. <br /><br />266 years ago, Doonhamers pelted the departing Bonnie Prince Charlie with their siller buckled shoes. I fear Mr Peat Worrier may suffer a similar fate when next he dons periwig and ventures south of the Nith...<br /><br />I believe that Mr Harris has an infeasibly large forehead and in the style of Dominic Medina, could quite easily mesmerise Ms Jackie Baillie into donning a Blacks of Greenock ermine and mink cape and vacate her ample seat. <br /><br />Reality, however, dictates that Ms Lamont shall be the bane of the Tartan Overlord's lugs for the next few years, aided and abetted by the non arsonist scion of the House of Sher...Administratorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17028259430483576141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-28101669096204605672011-09-26T18:27:26.808+01:002011-09-26T18:27:26.808+01:00I don;t think he would even consider standing dowm...I don;t think he would even consider standing dowm. It's not just about finding a winnable seat, it's about what happens to his old seat. A by-election in Glasgow South? Which in Holyrood terms is Cathcart plus a bit of Southside - both SNP held. Same goes for Anas Sarwar whose Central seat in Holyrood terms is Southside, plus a bit of Kelvin plus a little bit of Shettleston - again all SNP held.<br /><br />Too risky. How bad would it look if the seat left vacated by the new leader or depute leader of Scottish Labour was lost to the SNP?Indyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04383904151475839441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638916042737526171.post-7647331454408106652011-09-26T12:01:07.093+01:002011-09-26T12:01:07.093+01:00Paratrooper?
I think he'll need a tank...Paratrooper?<br /><br />I think he'll need a tank...Conan the Librarian™https://www.blogger.com/profile/01904339261121451779noreply@blogger.com