Comments on: By-election candidate discovers cure for insomnia

By: Clark

Clark — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 19:43:41 +0000

Sorry PS, didn’t know you were so young. I suppose I could have scrolled back to find out when your first article was, but I didn’t bother.

To clarify: “Whoever is behind Scrapbook…” Now does it make sense? And “rying” should read “trying” – please pardon my typo.

By: Scrapbook

Scrapbook — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:45:08 +0000

That doesn't make any sense. How can a blog be "interested in power"?PS agrees with you on the comments though. It's odd that blogs less than two weeks old get so few. This clearly points to an establishment conspiracy against this blog(!)

By: Clark

Clark — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:49:36 +0000

So the trolls really are setting up their own blogs! I thought of leaving a considered comment, but what’s the point? Scrapbook is more interested in power than honesty. I see you get very few comments. I suppose you’re rying to drum up visitors by posting on Craig’s blog…

By: Scrapbook

Scrapbook — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:01:34 +0000

To clarify, that quote is Scrapbook’s projection of his general outlook rather than something he said verbatim.

Without getting into his experience at the FCO, the point is that Murray is too quick to point to an establishment conspiracy against him, whether from the government, the Labour Party, or latterly the BBC. Along with the shrill nature of his blog, this may have damaged his prospects at being seen as a truly authoritative and independent commentator on human rights.

A case in point: libelling a local authority chief executive by describing him as a “New Labour chief executive”. This severely impugned his target’s professionalism and alleged that the council boss concerned had broken the laws relating to politically restricted posts.

Now, which blogger was throwing around accusations of libel this week? Oh, yes:

http://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2009/07/libeler_iain_da.html

By: Duncan McFarlane

Duncan McFarlane — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:36:33 +0000

A political broadcast is not an after-dinner speech. I stayed with Craig for a week during the by-election and he has a great sense of humour and is very funny.

I’m not aware of him ever saying everyone was against him. There was certainly a campaign against him in the foreign office when he opposed going along with the torture of people in Uzbekistan and sent a memo opposing war on Iraq – a campaign of a kind which could justifiably make anyone a bit paranoid for a while afterwards.

By: Political Scrapbook

Political Scrapbook — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:24:33 +0000

Norwich North candidate Craig Murray discovers cure for insomnia http://is.gd/1R932