tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29618513.post116265650025162084..comments2023-09-13T09:59:36.013+01:00Comments on snowflake5: Matthew Parrissnowflake5http://www.blogger.com/profile/14700425293614182769noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29618513.post-1162926848303049332006-11-07T19:14:00.000+00:002006-11-07T19:14:00.000+00:00why is Parris in Tone's pocket.thought he was a to...why is Parris in Tone's pocket.<BR/><BR/>thought he was a tory!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29618513.post-1162915364759331532006-11-07T16:02:00.000+00:002006-11-07T16:02:00.000+00:00[quote]what does a Tory like Parris know about Lab...[quote]what does a Tory like Parris know about Labour, or indeed the qualities required for leadership?[/quote]<BR/><BR/>theres been a Tory to the Right of Parris leading the Labour Party for the last decade, that might qualify him to speculate a bit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29618513.post-1162831010297353402006-11-06T16:36:00.000+00:002006-11-06T16:36:00.000+00:00Not harsh at all. Parris also did a hatchet job o...Not harsh at all. Parris also did a hatchet job on Chris Huhne during the Lib Dem contest, which suggested to me that Huhne was the candidate Downing St most feared.Paul Linfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977920120772282561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29618513.post-1162808585095979462006-11-06T10:23:00.000+00:002006-11-06T10:23:00.000+00:00I think that's slightly harsh. Parris is an inter...I think that's slightly harsh. Parris is an interesting writer though I by no means agree with all of what he says. Interestingly a recent article told of how he was sucker punched by Alaister Campbell, who convinced him not to ask Tony a difficult question in the early days of TB leading Labour, without Parris realising that Campbell was about to quit his job as a journalist and become TB's Political Umpirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05025804183639479675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29618513.post-1162660056673299372006-11-04T17:07:00.000+00:002006-11-04T17:07:00.000+00:00Hacks at the Times usually just follow whatever is...Hacks at the Times usually just follow whatever is whispered into their ear by Number10. <BR/><BR/>That's where the Johnson story came from.Aaron Murin-Heathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11519231609156056620noreply@blogger.com