Chris_Sleeps Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 By the company which is called the Daily Mail. There is no company called "The Daily Mail". Have another go, Prince Pedant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillpig Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 Ralph Miliband was a Russian spy? He was associated with the Krogers, Gordon Lonsdale and George Blake. Peter Wright named him as a fellow traveler. In this country the balance of proof would probably have not been quite enough to convict. In other countries he would have been convicted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Sleeps Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 In this country the balance of proof would probably have not been quite enough to convict. No then, putting many words into one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angos Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 There is no company called "The Daily Mail". Have another go, Prince Pedant. Daily Mail and General Trust plc is a British media conglomerate, and it's not unreasonable to shorten that to the Mail, or Daily Mail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Sleeps Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 Daily Mail and General Trust plc is a British media conglomerate, and it's not unreasonable to shorten that to the Mail, or Daily Mail. Woo. I crown thee, King Pedant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alchresearch Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 I think they brought his father into it because Miliband claimed his politics where inspired by his farther politics. It help use the electorate if we know what his father politic were, if Miliband is comparing himself to his father. It sounds like you think its OK to attack the character of some political opponents, but its not OK to attack the character of other political opponents. Do you have any preference on who's character should be attacked and who's should be left alone? Any public political figure should be fair game if they've lied or showed hypocrisy in relation to their work role. What's out of bounds are family. I don't know what game the DM are playing here or what they aim to get out of it, but its certainly tasteless. However, its not a million miles away from other Sunday papers a few weeks ago criticising Ed Milliband for his past work. They were saying he was confused because he was trying to be a socialist, a former marxist not ashamed of his past, yet appeal to modern Tory voters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angos Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 Woo. I crown thee, King Pedant. And there was me thinking it was I that posted because you were excessively concerned with minor details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Sleeps Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 And there was me thinking it was I that posted because you were excessively concerned with minor details. Others set the bar low. I just enjoy limbo dancing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeMaquis Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 How did you feel about the recent "revelations" about Nigel Farage's school years. Were you a critic in the same way because a schoolboy's, alleged, support for fascists were published? The difference between the Farage and Ralph Miliband cases is that Farage was the one doing the Nazi-singing whereas it was Ed Miliband's father who was quoted in the Mail piece. What Ralph Miliband wrote has nothing to do with Ed Miliband who wasn't even born at the time. The Mail are going in for a guilt by association piece. Ed Miliband is not responsible for what his father did. Farage is responsible for what he himself did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altus Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 I've just watched an interview on BBC, Alastair Campbell was being a typical politician, will never answer questions with a straight answer, but insisted that the man from the mail should answer question, but every time he tried to answer the questions posed by Campbell, Campbell interrupted him. They were there to discuss the Mail's article so it's natural that the Mail's deputy editor would be expected to be the one answering questions. The Mail man was being pretty evasive. Anyway so people who didn't watch Newsnight can form their own opinion of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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