tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post3368465830100456248..comments2023-12-11T08:49:46.305+00:00Comments on Dizzy Thinks: Will this hang in Downing Street?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-64465868014607153342008-01-25T16:36:00.000+00:002008-01-25T16:36:00.000+00:00Bliar and Broon should both be hung!Bliar and Broon should both be hung!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-80020809212704907002008-01-22T11:33:00.000+00:002008-01-22T11:33:00.000+00:00'Will this hang in Downing Street?' - intransitive...'Will this hang in Downing Street?' - intransitive verb; active voice<BR/><BR/>"Will this be hung in Downing Street?" - transitive verb (with implied object); passive voice<BR/><BR/>Neither is better.<BR/><BR/>Grammar Nazis be damned!guido fauxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00066839053548510451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-86312647948138615712008-01-21T19:39:00.000+00:002008-01-21T19:39:00.000+00:00@disgusted of tw:Actually, Dizzy was more correct ...@disgusted of tw:<BR/><BR/>Actually, Dizzy was more correct seeing as he used future tense. But in your past tense variant, it would have been better to say "Will this be hung in Downing Street?"<BR/><BR/>Only a human can "be hanged"!Shug Niggurathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07436692879508902713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-42463752069378897312008-01-21T12:22:00.000+00:002008-01-21T12:22:00.000+00:00I am displaying an updated version of this portrai...I am displaying an updated version of this portrait, which seems to echo the sentiments of many contributors <A HREF="http://thelakelanderblog.blogspot.com/2008/01/updated-portrait-of-tony-blair-revealed.html" REL="nofollow"> here</A><BR/><BR/>(it would be nice if one of these links works for once...)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-60933335879693008342008-01-21T12:09:00.000+00:002008-01-21T12:09:00.000+00:00It was commissioned by a Society of Lawyers of som...It was commissioned by a Society of Lawyers of some sort in recognition of their admiration for greedy liars and in thanks for the extra work he's created for them in the fields of human rights, health and safety and inquests.Desperate Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03777360461733732772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-48276495037023400182008-01-21T11:36:00.000+00:002008-01-21T11:36:00.000+00:00The portraits in Downing Street are photographs --...The portraits in Downing Street are photographs -- not paintings!<BR/>TffinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-20174385690631358392008-01-21T11:28:00.000+00:002008-01-21T11:28:00.000+00:00All this talk about our former PM being hung is te...All this talk about our former PM being hung is terrible. Why do we have to stand for such low behaviour? Why are there no calls for him to drawn and quartered too? We should do the job properly; our standards and traditions are slipping.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-5170756658147359992008-01-21T11:15:00.000+00:002008-01-21T11:15:00.000+00:00"Hang"? That's a bit revolutionary!"Hang"? That's a bit revolutionary!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-69501666862153064442008-01-21T10:45:00.000+00:002008-01-21T10:45:00.000+00:00no this is for some law society. nothing to do wit...no this is for some law society. nothing to do with the government.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-25711043219473238682008-01-21T10:42:00.000+00:002008-01-21T10:42:00.000+00:00haddock, it was good fortune apparently. Yeo was k...haddock, it was good fortune apparently. Yeo was keen to get some reference to war into the portrait. Blair arrived for his sitting in early November so was wearing a poppy - perfect.Paul Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03941688096751778537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-23507636180749290322008-01-21T10:34:00.000+00:002008-01-21T10:34:00.000+00:00Where he hangs is of no consequence!The mere fact ...Where he hangs is of no consequence!<BR/><BR/>The mere fact of being hung is all!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-26540198266720596692008-01-21T06:06:00.000+00:002008-01-21T06:06:00.000+00:00Like I give a tossLike I give a tossdizzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04250325010662356883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-65957163021734410002008-01-20T23:18:00.000+00:002008-01-20T23:18:00.000+00:00' Will this hang in Downing Street?'Atrocious gram...' Will this hang in Downing Street?'<BR/>Atrocious grammar. <BR/>It should be 'Will this be hanged in Downing Street?'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-89742490032173532722008-01-20T20:54:00.000+00:002008-01-20T20:54:00.000+00:00Oh sorry, I saw the title and assumed that someone...Oh sorry, I saw the title and assumed that someone had been hung who lives in Downing Street. Bit disappointed that it's just a picture to be hung ;-)Quiet_Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09575652127079681825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-82956837514561143022008-01-20T20:48:00.000+00:002008-01-20T20:48:00.000+00:00it could be that there is a subtle criticism in th...it could be that there is a subtle criticism in the use of the poppy that a warmongering bombast like Blair would not notice... I remember hearing that there is a statue of Mountbatten posed with his hands behind his back in a 'royal' manner but in fact one of the hands is posed to suggest he is lifting his shirt. Artists can get away with a lot with people that have such an inflated estimation of their importance and the affection in which they are heldhaddockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01890864334999930139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-14630718858784165382008-01-20T19:43:00.000+00:002008-01-20T19:43:00.000+00:00Good portrait, but Blair is not in the centre. He...Good portrait, but Blair is not in the centre. He has perceptibly moved to his right.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13775753218753337766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-33288965404627010332008-01-20T19:19:00.000+00:002008-01-20T19:19:00.000+00:00The portraits on the stairs in Downing Street are ...The portraits on the stairs in Downing Street are in fact pictures if my memory serves me correctly. In any case this one was not commissioned by HMG.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-18115957391038121042008-01-20T18:59:00.000+00:002008-01-20T18:59:00.000+00:00The man in the white suit will hang at Lincoln's I...The man in the white suit will hang at Lincoln's Inn.Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00446535470734199043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-16009716923886050692008-01-20T18:09:00.000+00:002008-01-20T18:09:00.000+00:00surely he should be hung from a lampost by a lengt...surely he should be hung from a lampost by a length of piano wire in a similar way to his fellow enthusiast for European Union, one Benito MussoliniAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-9114037740390817922008-01-20T18:02:00.000+00:002008-01-20T18:02:00.000+00:00Very accurate - why it is as if you can see right ...Very accurate - why it is as if you can see right through the man. I'd rather HE hang in The Hague, though, than the portrait hang elsewhere.Elby the Beserkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15060519682739666145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-86101148344683267252008-01-20T17:42:00.000+00:002008-01-20T17:42:00.000+00:00It would have looked a lot better if he was wearin...It would have looked a lot better if he was wearing a bright orange prison suit.<BR/>However, it is a bit hypocritical of Tony Wot's Name to have been painted wearing a poppy.Barnacle Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17257546424880537005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-30501076374965798442008-01-20T17:35:00.000+00:002008-01-20T17:35:00.000+00:00Would much rather see Blair himself hanging in Dow...Would much rather see Blair himself hanging in Downing Street. <BR/><BR/>From one of those sturdy Victorian lamp posts.The Wild Man of the Highlandshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00240691594937251912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-11854764715042061272008-01-20T17:10:00.000+00:002008-01-20T17:10:00.000+00:00A bloody good portrait....only missing the noose t...A bloody good portrait....only missing the noose to hang it by.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-65342367574795057102008-01-20T16:49:00.000+00:002008-01-20T16:49:00.000+00:00Yeo is such a bad artist.Yeo is such a bad artist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-54215066360010977172008-01-20T16:38:00.000+00:002008-01-20T16:38:00.000+00:00Dizzy, I was under the impression that this one wa...Dizzy, I was under the impression that this one was for Portcullis house, which has a portrait of just about every PM or party leader in it - even IDS. But I could well be wrong.<BR/><BR/>Wouldn't it be awesome if this one were for No.10, and if it did that 'following eyes' thing? Brown would love that :)<BR/><BR/>And I agree - a nice painting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com