tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13935904.post6482301499728858281..comments2024-02-04T09:15:50.839+00:00Comments on Mars Hill: Personalities and PoliticsPaul Burginhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06718135185726733792noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13935904.post-58220353405813505462007-10-25T14:07:00.000+01:002007-10-25T14:07:00.000+01:00And don't we know it with his "Britain, Britain, B...And don't we know it with his "Britain, Britain, Britain, etc." mantra. No mention of England though, nor the West Lothian question, nor the Barnett Formula, etc.<BR/><BR/>I think the contempt that he shows England combined with trying to grandstand with the rugby team is what rankles.Falcohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02403217488563637871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13935904.post-42256974711986422952007-10-23T18:23:00.000+01:002007-10-23T18:23:00.000+01:00Well it so happens that Gordon Brown is Prime Mini...Well it so happens that Gordon Brown is Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, which includes EnglandPaul Burginhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06718135185726733792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13935904.post-46667411847112792452007-10-23T14:08:00.000+01:002007-10-23T14:08:00.000+01:00Last time I looked, John Major wasn't Scottish eit...Last time I looked, John Major wasn't Scottish either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13935904.post-19087308820601798852007-10-23T13:14:00.000+01:002007-10-23T13:14:00.000+01:00I'm so tired of Gordon Brown pretending to be Engl...I'm so tired of Gordon Brown pretending to be English when it comes to sport. Surely no Scottish person wanted England to win the rugby - they hate the English! Every non-english person I know was supporting South Africa.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13935904.post-73524247360501319392007-10-22T22:27:00.000+01:002007-10-22T22:27:00.000+01:00Iain, I get your point and will clarify on my blog...Iain, I get your point and will clarify on my blog entry, however Prime Ministers have done this in the past. Harold Wilson and John Major spring to mind.Paul Burginhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06718135185726733792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13935904.post-44455806335544910762007-10-22T13:07:00.000+01:002007-10-22T13:07:00.000+01:00You make a good point about respect for the electo...You make a good point about respect for the electorate. I must confess t is hard for me sometimes to treat supporters of Thaksin (I live in Thailand) without slight prejudice but it is important to try and do so.Red and Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15436554693743660844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13935904.post-7068537677654132352007-10-22T11:31:00.000+01:002007-10-22T11:31:00.000+01:00Paul, I obviously didn't make it clear. I objected...Paul, I obviously didn't make it clear. I objected because he is not Head of State - unlike Sarkozy and Mbeki. If anyone should have been on the podium it was Princess Anne or Prince William. I would have also objected if David Cameron had done it. But then he wouldn't have been so crass.Iain Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.com