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  • 18 Apr 2007
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    The carp of politics can't be cut

    There’s something thoroughly depressing about the comments made by Greg Dyke who – for a few brief hours this afternoon – was going to be the joint Tory-LibDem candidate for London mayor. The Guardian quotes him:

    ‘I didn’t want to be a Conservative candidate or a Liberal candidate. I said I didn’t want to stand for any political party. I was interested to see if you could change the mould of British politics. The answer is, you can’t.’

    I don’t know much about Greg Dyke, but his ‘cut the crap’ philosophy whilst at the BBC held much appeal. Can my idealistic streak survive this kind of downer?

    (PS: the headline isn’t a typo… I just don’t want to trigger any obscenity filters.)

    Responses

    1. Gordon McBroon
      19 Apr 2007

      You would have my sympathy for living in Newbury.
      But then it is a place custom made for pompous self-serving dickheads like yourself.
      Grow up !

    2. SimonD
      19 Apr 2007

      I don’t know what I did to deserve that.

    3. rivergirlie
      21 Apr 2007

      nothing – he’s a troll. he’s been to my blog too. you got off rather lightly by comparison!

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