tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212152.post2658295085443805583..comments2008-05-25T20:55:54.899+01:00Comments on Guy Fawkes' blog of parliamentary plots, rumours and conspiracy: The Guardianista ClassJSnoreply@blogger.comBlogger89125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212152.post-79697459715433646982008-05-24T12:04:00.000+01:002008-05-24T12:04:00.000+01:002008-05-24T12:04:00.000+01:00well charlie fuckwit, if you hate to interrupt all...well charlie fuckwit, if you hate to interrupt all the snide swearing then don't, you boring cunt.<BR/>I think conservativehome would be more suited to your prudish and and interfering character.<BR/>what a wanker!thick as thievesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212152.post-34319391430636735262008-05-23T20:59:00.000+01:002008-05-23T20:59:00.000+01:002008-05-23T20:59:00.000+01:00I hate to interupt all the snide swearing but is t...I hate to interupt all the snide swearing but is there actually quite an interesting point here?<BR/>Does the Guardian have more privately-educated staff than other papers? or are they just a representative sample of the elite middle classes that run our media?Charlie Beckettwww.charliebeckett.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212152.post-42185873316295600502008-05-23T19:13:00.000+01:002008-05-23T19:13:00.000+01:002008-05-23T19:13:00.000+01:00sam tana,you are the midget-spastic hislop and I c...sam tana,<BR/>you are the midget-spastic hislop and I claim my £5.<BR/>oh, and methinks you sound like a right cunt.thick as thievesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212152.post-14034276524674348332008-05-23T16:02:00.000+01:002008-05-23T16:02:00.000+01:002008-05-23T16:02:00.000+01:00Guido - if Private Eye's so "dated" how come it st...Guido - if Private Eye's so "dated" how come it still managed to beat you to the punch on this one? Methinks you doth protest too much!Sam Tana (formerly anon 5pm May 21)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212152.post-89538073357490431282008-05-23T16:01:00.000+01:002008-05-23T16:01:00.000+01:002008-05-23T16:01:00.000+01:00Guido - if Private Eye's so "dated" how come it st...Guido - if Private Eye's so "dated" how come it still managed to beat you to the punch on this one? Methinks you doth protest too much!Sam Tana (formerly anon 5pm May 21)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212152.post-71676042186697218802008-05-23T09:25:00.000+01:002008-05-23T09:25:00.000+01:002008-05-23T09:25:00.000+01:00My cousin is from an ordinary family. He went to a...My cousin is from an ordinary family. He went to a grammar school: now he's doing his finals at Oxford. Enough said. Of course the Libro-fascists want to destroy grammar schools: they hate meritocracy. Because the incompetent are threatened by merit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212152.post-89383817895500507862008-05-23T02:51:00.000+01:002008-05-23T02:51:00.000+01:002008-05-23T02:51:00.000+01:00Albury Manor County Secondary SchoolAlbury Manor County Secondary SchoolBackstreeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04834357596935074472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212152.post-62074076615380257342008-05-22T21:45:00.000+01:002008-05-22T21:45:00.000+01:002008-05-22T21:45:00.000+01:00Polly Toynbee, I'm informed, sent her kids to West...Polly Toynbee, I'm informed, sent her kids to Westminster.<BR/><BR/>You're forgetting (admittedly it's easy to do) Guardianette Zoe Williams (Godolphin and Latymer).Labanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12031578024191117985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212152.post-86293495228419259372008-05-22T19:55:00.000+01:002008-05-22T19:55:00.000+01:002008-05-22T19:55:00.000+01:00Only if it isn't just about schools. Why not expan...<I>Only if it isn't just about schools. Why not expand it to include all the grotesquely hyprocritical stuff Guardianistas get up to? There's a lot of it about.</I><BR/><BR/>Absolutely. Prime targets would be hypocrisy, nepotism and hidden financial interests.Winston Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13519776778710616619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212152.post-17536895453430559712008-05-22T18:17:00.000+01:002008-05-22T18:17:00.000+01:002008-05-22T18:17:00.000+01:00 another bloke said May 22 9:21 AM"...if you are ...<B> another bloke said </B> May 22 9:21 AM<BR/><BR/>"<I>...if you are talking about Chiswick Comprehensive.<BR/>You describe it perfectly</I>.<BR/><BR/>Afraid not, other side of the river.some blokenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212152.post-6309541743415972172008-05-22T13:56:00.000+01:002008-05-22T13:56:00.000+01:002008-05-22T13:56:00.000+01:00Anyone interested in doing something about this? H...<I>Anyone interested in doing something about this? How about setting up a site where these links - which I suspected are well-known to most of the Westminster and Islington villages - are made explicit?</I><BR/><BR/>Only if it isn't just about schools. Why not expand it to include all the grotesquely hyprocritical stuff Guardianistas get up to? There's a lot of it about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212152.post-39964969858583724822008-05-22T12:18:00.000+01:002008-05-22T12:18:00.000+01:002008-05-22T12:18:00.000+01:00I was brought up in a working class area of an ind...I was brought up in a working class area of an industrial town.My year was the last to take the 11+.Of my (male) primary school class of 36,nine of us went to university including three to Cambridge because we had the chance to pass to the best schools in the district.Now the local boys go to the local "sink school" and only those in better off areas have a decent education.Crosland can rot in hell.bergennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212152.post-35587774755233769112008-05-22T11:24:00.000+01:002008-05-22T11:24:00.000+01:002008-05-22T11:24:00.000+01:00Socialism has always been the hobby of the wealthy...Socialism has always been the hobby of the wealthy classes, as documented in the book http://www.amazon.co.uk/Guilt-Blame-Politics-Allan-Levite/dp/0966694309/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1211451792&sr=8-10<BR/><BR/>Socialism is for those who can afford itAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212152.post-4531566142859414152008-05-22T11:17:00.000+01:002008-05-22T11:17:00.000+01:002008-05-22T11:17:00.000+01:00Anyone interested in doing something about this? H...Anyone interested in doing something about this? How about setting up a site where these links - which I suspected are well-known to most of the Westminster and Islington villages - are made explicit?Winstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13519776778710616619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212152.post-6043592317305068282008-05-22T11:09:00.000+01:002008-05-22T11:09:00.000+01:002008-05-22T11:09:00.000+01:00Anonymous said... Hortense - "Not difficult to fuc...Anonymous said... <BR/>Hortense - "Not difficult to fuck this country up - it's largely self-fucking"<BR/><BR/>Has that inane comment any meaning? Perhaps you would like to explain.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Meaning perfectly clear. Perhaps you would like to explain why you can't understand it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212152.post-25163054830912095062008-05-22T10:38:00.000+01:002008-05-22T10:38:00.000+01:002008-05-22T10:38:00.000+01:00I can confirm that Charles Anthony Raven Crosland ...I can confirm that Charles Anthony Raven Crosland went to Highgate School, along with my dad.Paul Linfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01977920120772282561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212152.post-11784017469436277812008-05-22T10:37:00.000+01:002008-05-22T10:37:00.000+01:002008-05-22T10:37:00.000+01:00Next, I would like to see a list of their second h...Next, I would like to see a list of their second homes - sorry, villas. I gather, from Question Time, that we can start with Pollytoff 'Badders' Toynbee: Tuscany.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212152.post-48841796828124031782008-05-22T09:46:00.000+01:002008-05-22T09:46:00.000+01:002008-05-22T09:46:00.000+01:00Hortense - "Not difficult to fuck this country up ...Hortense - "Not difficult to fuck this country up - it's largely self-fucking"<BR/><BR/>Has that inane comment any meaning? Perhaps you would like to explain.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212152.post-17347188113877029702008-05-22T09:21:00.000+01:002008-05-22T09:21:00.000+01:002008-05-22T09:21:00.000+01:00Some Bloke:I think we went to the same school and ...Some Bloke:<BR/><BR/>I think we went to the same school and were in the same year if you are talking about Chiswick Comprehensive.<BR/><BR/>You describe it perfectly.Another blokenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212152.post-90860131552025298952008-05-22T08:47:00.000+01:002008-05-22T08:47:00.000+01:002008-05-22T08:47:00.000+01:00Alex: Fat finger syndrome rules. However, I did mi...Alex: Fat finger syndrome rules. However, I did mix up Crossman and Crosland, but both were first class useless idiots.<BR/><BR/>Have any of the Gruanidista groupies ever spelled out where their sons, daughters were educated? I was wondering if Folly Toynbee would like to put this in the public domain, or would this show that she is a hypocrite of the first order.<BR/><BR/>Apparently La Harman has had a reputation as a difficult interviewee, and is frequently tetchy if not ill at ease.<BR/><BR/>A BBC reporter asked for advice on how to deal with her. The boss advised asking a question about the well being of her family has helped.<BR/><BR/>La Harman arrived, was tetchy and yet managed to upset the young reporter. <BR/><BR/>His first remark was 'So Ms. Harman, how does your son like his new grammar school?A downtrodden worker confesses mistakes in spelling.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212152.post-2255634998445852592008-05-22T08:43:00.000+01:002008-05-22T08:43:00.000+01:002008-05-22T08:43:00.000+01:00Of course, you don't have to be privileged to get ...Of course, you don't have to be privileged to get 4 years No Claim Discount.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212152.post-18112712925134575912008-05-22T08:39:00.000+01:002008-05-22T08:39:00.000+01:002008-05-22T08:39:00.000+01:00"They allowed Labour to fuck the country up - they..."They allowed Labour to fuck the country up - they must stopped."<BR/><BR/>Not difficult to fuck this country up - it's largely self-fucking.Hortensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04554818638854663187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212152.post-5304398740625748712008-05-22T08:37:00.000+01:002008-05-22T08:37:00.000+01:002008-05-22T08:37:00.000+01:00Anon said "Above all else, Grammar schools enable ...Anon said "Above all else, Grammar schools enable the social mobility of the poor."<BR/><BR/>Which is why NuLab hates Grammars. Can't have poor, working class kids going to grammar schools, mixing with the middle classes, learning to think and - horror of horrors - getting a good job and then voting tory. <BR/><BR/>No, far better to keep them poor and sucking on the state's teat.<BR/><BR/>Social mobility under labour has virtually ground to a halt. <BR/><BR/>How proud those trotsky twats must be - they've kept the proles in their place to guarantee a beholden vote pool.Ratsniffernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212152.post-1052691136936084052008-05-22T08:36:00.000+01:002008-05-22T08:36:00.000+01:002008-05-22T08:36:00.000+01:00I was at school with Clare Margetson. She seemd pe...I was at school with Clare Margetson. She seemd perfectly normal then and was a looker too (that was 23 years ago mind you).<BR/><BR/>Im hope she hasn't become a bitter socialist old bag at the Guardian. That would be a shameful waste of a good brain and a nice pair of legs.Patrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05577562096155323258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212152.post-32662540396284205382008-05-22T08:20:00.000+01:002008-05-22T08:20:00.000+01:002008-05-22T08:20:00.000+01:00Reading Milne's columns I always thought that he h...Reading Milne's columns I always thought that he had left school at 11 to work down the pit. As always it is easy to talk about the revolution when you are earning in a day more money than most working class people see in a month.Polly Parrotnoreply@blogger.com