And another thing…

And four years to the day since the Dr. Who relaunch.
My, how time flies when you’re having fun.
But spare us the luvvie-dove bit pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeze.

Clearly you don’t love me or you wouldn’t keep removing my comments…

Iain Dale has an easy conversational style to die for, and puts me firmly in the league of plodders. It’s a zeitgeist thing.

Those of us who have to spend time constructing a case, with examples and sources (yes I do)don’t press all the buttons that provide instant gratification.

To use an over-used word, I think your blog has a more identifiable “narrative” over a period of time in that I get a sense of you trying to make sense of the world as you write. It is more autobiographical and partisan and goes for advocacy (sometimes quite passionate advocacy) rather than revelation and scandal.

Trying not to stretch the metaphors, if Dale is Everyman, you are Hamlet..

“whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or to take arms against a sea of troubles, and by opposing, end them”. That sort of thing.

It sounds daft, it is daft, but there may be a shred of truth in it somewhere.

@ Wrinkled Weasel – that’s Richard III, not Hamlet. What are you trying to tell me?

@ Richard – Oh, you’ve no idea how tempted I was to delete that comment…

‘Wrinkled Weasel – that’s Richard III, not Hamlet. What are you trying to tell me?’

Now, given that that is indeed from Hamlet what is Tom trying to tell us?

‘Since the affairs of men rest still incertain, let’s reason with the worst that may befall’.

That’s from Julius Caesar.

I love you all, you know that, don’t you?

Careful, your wife might get suspicious!

@ Jim. Yeah, okay, I was getting my soliloquies mixed up. Winters of discontent and all that… Sorry.

You know what Tom, for a Labour MP you’re not too bad! (Whoa talk about a caveat!)

Does that include me? I’ve been here since early last summer

Ah. Got your soliloquies in a twist. It’s the tights and a faulty codpiece.

Forget the Hamlet analogy.

Spoiler Alert!

They all die.

I shouldn’t use the quote “winter of discontent” around Gordon…

However much you claim to love us I still won’t vote for you, it’s because you have that labour icon beside your name.

Then again, as you’ll probably be safely re-elected however I vote, you likely don’t care )

Congratulations on your succesful blogging.

Haven’t been feeling the love. :p

Yeah, well love is a two-way street, Andrew…

@Wrinkeled Weasel

All died? Nearly.

And while the bodies dropped around
Horatio, who’d popped around, to see the end and superintend, came through the palce doorway
With Fortinbras and legions of hairy great Norwegions
They trampled in with pomp and din and claimed the throne for Norway.

The moral of the story boys
Is don’t be death or glory boys
Don’t try to rule
Or maybe you’ll
Find you are apt to bungle
Don’t tamper with detection lads
Just stick to introspection lads
Be kind, be good, and if you would
Try not to stab your ungle.

Hat-tip to the late Ronnie Barker. Full thing available on request. Available at high fees for after-dinner extraordinary renditions.

DARAO.

Hey – when did I not show you love!? It’s not *my* fault you’re a closet Tory. One of my best friends is a Tory. I just want you to be you!

richard@ -’I shouldn’t use the quote “winter of discontent” around Gordon…

especially as it leads into the assasination of the two princes in the tower!