tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post3179039233559005052..comments2023-12-11T08:49:46.305+00:00Comments on Dizzy Thinks: Should MPs be encouraged to car share?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-2561824613959672772007-02-15T22:11:00.000+00:002007-02-15T22:11:00.000+00:00Took the bait.... reel him in, Tom.Took the bait.... reel him in, Tom.Bob Piperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13792439016502695274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-76169545669750437092007-02-15T15:24:00.000+00:002007-02-15T15:24:00.000+00:00Dizzy anonymong here I was enjoying that debate wi...Dizzy anonymong here I was enjoying that debate with you ,Whether I won it or not or left it unfinished ,I still enjoy reading your blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-7502433824018398912007-02-15T14:50:00.000+00:002007-02-15T14:50:00.000+00:00Tom Watson telling Dizzy to get a life. This is th...Tom Watson telling Dizzy to get a life. This is the same Tom Watson who wrote in his resignation letter to Tony Blair: 'The Labour Party has been my life since I was 15.'<BR/><BR/>That sentence alone told me a lot about you.<BR/><BR/>But seriously, someone makes a point about how public money is spent, and you tell him to get a life? Are politicians really that arrogant? Dizzy went out of his way in his post to emphasise that he wasn't picking on you, merely that he knew some facts of your situation, so he used that to make a wider example.<BR/><BR/>Whether or not you realise it, Tom, as an MP, you are the servant of the people, and it is our money you spend. For you to dismiss a legitimate point in such a manner is nothing short of disappointing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-23657848338268068132007-02-15T12:48:00.000+00:002007-02-15T12:48:00.000+00:00Of for fuck sake Tom, don't be such a silly twat.I...Of for fuck sake Tom, don't be such a silly twat.<BR/><BR/>I'm not quite sure what these "facts" you're giving me are for precisely. Firstly, I don't care how much you pay your intern or whether you even have one for that matter. Second, I said I didn't know if you still shared an office. Third, I didn't say you did leave a vote, I said someone said, of MPs generally, that they will try and leave early if they can. <BR/><BR/>Looks, I thought, from the last paragraph of my post that I was pretty clear that you and Tami were chosen quite simply because I knew you shared an office (at least did once and whether you still did didn't detract from the overall point). I wasn't saying you were fiddling the system, nor was suggesting that you might have. I was, as you politicians like to say "starting a debate" about the wider idea of transport sharing amongst MPs. <BR/><BR/>As for me getting a life, I'm not <I>in</I> politics, so I already I have one thanks. <BR/><BR/>Now do stay around and discuss the content of the post instead of acting like an impetuous child.dizzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04250325010662356883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-75954255699992282472007-02-15T12:31:00.000+00:002007-02-15T12:31:00.000+00:00I agree with you that MPs should share ,but someti...I agree with you that MPs should share ,but sometime's inconvience does rear it's head ,and I just think you picked the wrong one's even if they do share an office.<BR/>Roughly using the same route and different transport ,is probably a preference for them,I honestly agree with you , please don't hit me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-43416485059235419412007-02-15T12:22:00.000+00:002007-02-15T12:22:00.000+00:00Nice piece of innuendo Dizzy. Lets just give you t...Nice piece of innuendo Dizzy. Lets just give you the facts:<BR/><BR/>1. It's 95 miles from my constituency office to Mark Tami's. <BR/>2. We no longer share an office and haven't done for over a year, although we do share an intern, who is paid - just for your records. <BR/>3. I was in government for nearly three years. Leaving London before a vote was virtually impossible. <BR/>4. As a Whip, I was responsible for Friday sittings in the Houe which meant leaving London on the 3.40 train from Euston at the earliest.<BR/>5. I don't know why, but the phrase "get a life" is on the tip of my tongue.tom watsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15994883651480455831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-77878016019801951112007-02-15T12:11:00.000+00:002007-02-15T12:11:00.000+00:00ok we're still getting derailed here. It is not be...ok we're still getting derailed here. It is not beyond possibility that Watson and Tami could travel together at some time thus saving some money. <BR/><BR/>But as I said above, pretty clearly, this was not an attack on them but more me picking two people who I happen to know share an office and roughly share a route home and who currently use two different types of transport for the majority of their travel.<BR/><BR/>Instead of playing the fallacy game of refuting the example, I'd rather stick to the point being made about MPs sharing their travel more wherever possible.dizzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04250325010662356883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-21556039260101551982007-02-15T12:00:00.000+00:002007-02-15T12:00:00.000+00:00Dizzy sth of Birmungham I will defer ,the M6 thru ...Dizzy sth of Birmungham I will defer ,the M6 thru Birmungham is horrible all day ,you jump off to go to West Brom nasty ,back on M6 upto J19 nasty ,even A41 behind the wagons , A49 no ,how about the one's who do live closer to London ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-91686526400886099292007-02-15T11:14:00.000+00:002007-02-15T11:14:00.000+00:00nonsense, it's not out of the way at all.. it's on...nonsense, it's not out of the way at all.. it's on the way. Even it meant dropping off and Watson getting, heaven forbid, a public bus or local train for less public money. <BR/><BR/>Either way, your comment is nitpicking around the general point regarding a greater use of sharing of travel by MPs who already share office and travel through each other's constituencies.<BR/><BR/>I applaud the attempt at anonymous derailing though.dizzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04250325010662356883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-75036852967171095882007-02-15T11:06:00.000+00:002007-02-15T11:06:00.000+00:00I know where West Brom is and I know where Flint i...I know where West Brom is and I know where Flint is ,about 80 miles difference ,M6 ,M56 to Queensferry ,sorry ,out of the wayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-80420477799221669402007-02-15T10:57:00.000+00:002007-02-15T10:57:00.000+00:00They do still share an office...heres hoping they ...They do still share an office...heres hoping they take your advice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-78226809742872292532007-02-15T10:35:00.000+00:002007-02-15T10:35:00.000+00:00"They're a perfect case study for the question"the..."They're a perfect case study for the question"<BR/><BR/>the Wintertons are another case study...they also seem to use different transport meansAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-86268742623632084102007-02-15T09:37:00.000+00:002007-02-15T09:37:00.000+00:00I think you don't know the UK road network very we...I think you don't know the UK road network very well. M40 -> M42 -> M56.dizzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04250325010662356883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-59402618341171945822007-02-15T09:31:00.000+00:002007-02-15T09:31:00.000+00:00Since when were North Wales and West Bromwich "geo...Since when were North Wales and West Bromwich "geographically close"? I think you may be trying a bit too hard to make a point here!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com