tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post1700756032729503028..comments2023-11-05T22:35:31.766+00:00Comments on Neil Clark: Sir Nicholas Winterton: First Class WallyNeil Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10479041156190090119noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post-75081158891861387942010-02-25T07:03:57.123+00:002010-02-25T07:03:57.123+00:00I met Nicholas Winterton shortly before I did the ...I met Nicholas Winterton shortly before I did the 50 mile walk for the MS Society a few years ago. The walk went through his constituency. I mentioned that as a 14 year old I had worked for Labour in the 1969 Newcastle under Lyme by election in which he was the Tory candidate. I thought that he was a very genial person and he enjoyed the recollection. In my 30 years as a Labour Party member I have known some Labour MPs who have had a fairly loose grasp of what life was like for ordinary people incluing my present Labour MP Charlotte AtkinsBillnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post-64793874950996855202010-02-19T08:20:54.897+00:002010-02-19T08:20:54.897+00:00I'm really, really sorry that the poor man has...I'm really, really sorry that the poor man has to undergo such torture whenever he travels. Really, it must be awful. Really. Truly. No, really! (Perhaps he should do us all a favour and just stay quietly at home out of harm's way.)Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16112462990202280587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post-18125043747209969392010-02-18T18:09:46.546+00:002010-02-18T18:09:46.546+00:00Ah yes, because actually conversing with people or...Ah yes, because actually conversing with people or playing with your small children are such bad things. This sort of reminds me of the attitude behind the smoking bans. Anything that involves enjoyment of life or sociability is a sure sign of working-class barbarism. Instead, let us all be neurotic, angry, lonely workaholics.Mr. Piccolonoreply@blogger.com