tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post4299324929756313237..comments2024-01-23T16:53:02.428+00:00Comments on Mark Thompson: Champagne Super no-noMark Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00744387583593537268noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post-56973443450561781262009-11-01T22:42:40.203+00:002009-11-01T22:42:40.203+00:00I've only just spotted your blog Mark. I actua...I've only just spotted your blog Mark. I actually know the chap in question. He is much more of a computing geek than a "Horray Henry" and is probably feeling very foolish indeed. This is an example of the modern Conservative Party's "zero tolerance" policy. Its a good job though that he told me this summer he wasn't planning to stand as Council candidate any time soon.Paul W.E. Inghamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post-55366407333318726262009-10-10T02:09:21.036+01:002009-10-10T02:09:21.036+01:00Perhaps it is because Tory chairman Eric Pickles i...Perhaps it is because Tory chairman Eric Pickles imposed a champagne ban on visitors to the party's annual conference.<br /><br />In an interview with the Evening Standard, he said it was their duty to look "humble" and avoid offending voters with shows of extravagance.<br /><br />"Basically, I want to see less champagne bubbles and more bubbling activity,"<br /><br />http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23752379-conservative-chairman-bans-champagne-at-conference.do<br /><br />http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2009/10/07/david-cameron-seen-drinking-champagne-as-tories-reveal-wage-freezes-and-pension-cuts-115875-21728511/Fizzy Rascalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post-44564576517717325752009-10-08T19:23:51.309+01:002009-10-08T19:23:51.309+01:00Come on, everyone, this is obvious.
He's not ...Come on, everyone, this is obvious.<br /><br />He's <i>not</i> being banned for "theft", because he's been judged innocent of that.<br /><br />He is being banned for being a twat, for being pissed, and for causing huge embarrassment to the Tories. <br /><br />They <i>are</i> completely free to do that, and I don't blame 'em.<br /><br /><br />To put it another way, if someone came to <i>your</i> party and drank all the expensive booze, slagged off your mate and groped your missus, would you take him to court for theft, slander and sexual assault? Probably not. <br /><br />Would you tell him wasn't coming to any more of your parties? Yup.Constantly Furioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02820008075933084222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post-38846619956466305682009-10-08T15:59:33.196+01:002009-10-08T15:59:33.196+01:00Surely the most embarrassing factoid here is that ...Surely the most embarrassing factoid here is that free champagne is quite plausible at the Tory party conference.<br /><br />And Joe Public will suspect that ultimately he is paying for it, one way or another. It won't be where the party's tombola and whist drive money goes.Joe Ottenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18380362092159905533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post-17043444964646656712009-10-08T13:21:41.405+01:002009-10-08T13:21:41.405+01:00LP - Well I know as much as you do, i.e. what'...LP - Well I know as much as you do, i.e. what's in the report I linked to. He was arrested and released without charge.<br /><br />Seems pretty illiberal to mete out punishment to people who have not even been charged with a crime, let alone convicted of anything. Innocent until proven guilty anyone?Mark Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00744387583593537268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post-27130470316691979792009-10-08T13:20:41.933+01:002009-10-08T13:20:41.933+01:00.. I mean the old "I thought somebody else wa..... I mean the old "I thought somebody else was going to pay" scam that crooks play in restaurants.. I'm sure they're all genuine misunderstandings too.<br /><br />Of course if he had realised there was a mistake or misunderstanding the reasonable thing to do would be to apologise and pay - obviously that didn't happen, hence a night in cells and somebody from the tory party smoothing over the "misunderstanding".Liberal Provocateurhttp://liberalprovocateur.vox.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post-58690369590491902162009-10-08T13:17:01.395+01:002009-10-08T13:17:01.395+01:00Hang on just a minute..
This was taking something...Hang on just a minute..<br /><br />This was taking something and not paying for it, surely any reasonable person would ask before they take 150 quid worth of champagne, rather than just helping themselves.<br /><br />I've attended (non political) conferences and workshops where there has been a free bar, funnily none of us took the piss and ordered a bottle of champagne, and certainly didn't pretend to have any misunderstandings when there wasn't a free bar.Liberal Provocateurhttp://liberalprovocateur.vox.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post-46741671348809818982009-10-08T13:03:02.553+01:002009-10-08T13:03:02.553+01:00WTF!! One unit per night!? I look forward to heari...WTF!! One unit per night!? I look forward to hearing if that is true and how the hell they are enforcing it if it is!Mark Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00744387583593537268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post-9129592341651976442009-10-08T13:00:56.811+01:002009-10-08T13:00:56.811+01:00I understand, trying to substantiate it, that Tory...I understand, trying to substantiate it, that Tory PPCs have been limited to one unit of alcohol per night at conference. Wonder how that is being policed?Stephen Glennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03027718551675624433noreply@blogger.com