tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546613382023661583.post5805775105283670894..comments2023-11-05T12:16:33.639+00:00Comments on Eyes on Power: Andy Burnham: Labour Leadership SpecialEyes on Powerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02408947428831888312noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546613382023661583.post-17937965170582797182010-09-11T17:55:27.533+01:002010-09-11T17:55:27.533+01:00Scouse mouse and Dan:
I understand what you'r...Scouse mouse and Dan:<br /><br />I understand what you're saying, but look at it objectively a second...<br /><br />To dislike the paper is a perfectly acceptable thing to do for what it did - but in boycotting the paper, any politician is, in effect, punishing any readers and, by proxy, their own chances of getting noticed.<br /><br />Like it or not, it is still a popular paper and Andy would be doing a great disservice to himself if he didn't take up the opportunity - his working-class, no nonsense approach appeals *exactly* to the type of people who read it.<br /><br />I'm backing Andy for these reasons, but then I've had the fortune to go along to CLP meetings and read all of his material. <br /><br />The more people who get to see there is an alternative to the Milibands, the better IMO, whether you choose to vote for him or not - and, sadly, this involves some element of media interaction.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546613382023661583.post-77556843640256455872010-09-11T00:49:18.109+01:002010-09-11T00:49:18.109+01:00Andy is 100% my second preference, I don't thi...Andy is 100% my second preference, I don't think he's quite got the whole package, including worldwide experience/appeal like David - but he is definitely a major credit to the Labour Party.<br />He speaks from the heart of Labour and will always have massive respect from me.Lizahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10622001988050717673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546613382023661583.post-29534121546384036922010-09-10T16:49:21.609+01:002010-09-10T16:49:21.609+01:00Scouse Mouse - as a Liverpool fan I completely agr...Scouse Mouse - as a Liverpool fan I completely agree, but unfortunately I don't think it's practically possible. It's fairly easy for players, ex-players and managers to boycott the S*n, but it would be pretty hard for someone who wants to be Prime Minister to boycott it.Dan @ Eyes on Powerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07098864719222064502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546613382023661583.post-79226375410606144682010-09-10T16:27:25.735+01:002010-09-10T16:27:25.735+01:00I do not understand why Burnham persists with spea...I do not understand why Burnham persists with speaking to the S*n. Doesn't he realise what Liverpool thinks of that rag?Scouse Mousenoreply@blogger.com