tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8242563674302521905.post8730890898395686793..comments2023-03-26T09:04:44.946+01:00Comments on It's a Rough Trade, Politics: Down's syndrome, teenage pregnancy, Paul Flynn and the courtesies netiquette requiresUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8242563674302521905.post-20769072070775435952008-09-06T14:33:00.000+01:002008-09-06T14:33:00.000+01:00One sideline of all this is that perhaps some publ...One sideline of all this is that perhaps some public good would come of Mrs Palin's election, in that it would give Down's Syndrome more publicity, which Flynn and the silly woman he endorsed show is sadly needed.Political Umpirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05025804183639479675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8242563674302521905.post-31740221184683684702008-09-06T11:19:00.000+01:002008-09-06T11:19:00.000+01:00I've responded substantially elsewhere, not least ...I've responded substantially elsewhere, not least at the end of my post.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15464069586293077271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8242563674302521905.post-8766772310584154142008-09-04T20:11:00.000+01:002008-09-04T20:11:00.000+01:00I tried to add my tuppence on his blog; he won't l...I tried to add my tuppence on his blog; he won't let me. Well at least he can't interfere with this blog (can he?) ...Political Umpirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05025804183639479675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8242563674302521905.post-75591127382488744522008-09-04T12:40:00.000+01:002008-09-04T12:40:00.000+01:00Thanks for coming over to comment, Paul. As far as...Thanks for coming over to comment, Paul. As far as your difficulties with our libel laws go, I more than sympathise. The difficulties a couple of bloggers have run into (covered in earlier posts here) have simply underlined the age old problem that they make it very very difficult to criticise the wealthy (Robert Maxwell being the obvious example). Our Government could usefully devote time to reviewing those laws, particularly in the light of the criticism they received in the recent UN report. <BR/><BR/>Given your constituent Fido's comment, I checked out your Wikipedia entry, and took no negative inference from that whatever; I doubt if any reasonable person would.<BR/><BR/>The selling of endowment mortgages was certainly scandalous, pretty much on a par with the selling of private pensions, just two of the predictable consequences of the Thatcher era.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15464069586293077271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8242563674302521905.post-10268825381716714052008-09-04T12:00:00.000+01:002008-09-04T12:00:00.000+01:00Thanks for your kind comments Stephen.Your less th...Thanks for your kind comments Stephen.Your less than kind ones are noted. With between 1,000 and 2,000 hits on my sites a day, it's a hard battle to keep the crazies out. That is why I have to restrict debate occasionally.<BR/><BR/>References to the site are always welcome and the discriminating people who use your site are very welcome on mine. Some have dropped in already. <BR/><BR/>I am very proud on the work I did on endowments miss-selling. My alleged 'libel' case involve claims I made about advice companies slicing off between 25% and 50% from compensation won for those who had been miss-sold.<BR/><BR/>I was advised that I had a 90% chance of winning the case, but if I lost, the legal fees could be more than a £million. As I was running out of insurance money I had no choice but to give up the case.<BR/><BR/>There is a principle here in that fear of being sued by a large companies with near infinite resources could inhibit MPs from exposing excessive commission charges by ambulance chasers. I have taken steps to ensure that MPs have more protection to campaign without this threat of being ruined in future. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for your interest and I look forward to more of your readers visiting my blog and contributing to the discussions.<BR/><BR/>best wishes,<BR/><BR/><BR/>Paul Flynn<BR/><BR/>paulflynnmp.co.ukPaul Flynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04188405064538471127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8242563674302521905.post-61418550396899230122008-09-04T03:21:00.000+01:002008-09-04T03:21:00.000+01:00Thanks for the very kind link back, PUThanks for the very kind link back, PUStephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15464069586293077271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8242563674302521905.post-15923836407855747362008-09-04T03:05:00.000+01:002008-09-04T03:05:00.000+01:00It's quite ironic really that he's also a little o...It's quite ironic really that he's also a little older than John McCain. Time to be drawing that Parliamentary pension methinks.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15464069586293077271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8242563674302521905.post-68244034221277520742008-09-03T21:08:00.000+01:002008-09-03T21:08:00.000+01:00It's extremely unlikely he will leave any acknowle...It's extremely unlikely he will leave any acknowledgement, much less admission, on this blog, as the whole sorry saga reveals him to be highly intellectually dishonest. Needless to say, if Mr Flynn lacks honesty in this sense, I'm inclined to the view that he lacks it in other respects, in common with many other members of his profession. Time for another post on netiquette too.Political Umpirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05025804183639479675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8242563674302521905.post-31387158716409907722008-09-03T09:26:00.000+01:002008-09-03T09:26:00.000+01:00Maybe Paul will leave a comment here by way of exp...Maybe Paul will leave a comment here by way of explanation.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15464069586293077271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8242563674302521905.post-1953601034300925382008-09-02T22:48:00.000+01:002008-09-02T22:48:00.000+01:00Paul Flynn is well known for his spin, editing of ...Paul Flynn is well known for his spin, editing of post afterwards and going back on what he has said before.<BR/><BR/>Also his removal of comments that he doesn't like.<BR/><BR/>Oh if you want to ever have your posts deleted, ask him about his libel case that he lost! <BR/><BR/>You can find out about that from his Wikipedia page, but in short he fibbed about a company called Endowment Justice and had to stump up some cash!!!!!Fidothedoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13588552210424845667noreply@blogger.com