The Oxford Mail - always at the cutting edge of local news - has finally got round to publishing a review of a talk by conspiracy theorist David Icke, who spoke to Oxford students last February. I vaguely remember being collared by a journo on the way out and asked for a comment.
Nearly three months later, I now find myself being quoted as saying: "It's interesting. I wouldn't say I agreed with much of what he said. There's a point up to where it made sense and a point where it was getting silly."
It's odd. I could have sworn I actually told the journo (after the obligatory liberal blurb about free speech and so on) that Icke was talking a load of complete and unadulterated tosh. I hope this doesn't come back to haunt me later in life ...
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O/T. With regard to your comment on Iain Dale. It is not standard practice to reopen selections after a by-election is called; the Tories don't do it (hence E. Timpson in Crewe).
The Libs do it, not out of any principle (this is the Libs! "Having no principles here"), but out of a cynical-and if C&N goes right, touch wood, completely unsuccessful-attempt to hoodwink the voters with a "name" or local somebody. Doesn't detract from it being completely nauseating though.
I thought you were meant to be the non-political party for local people? So what happens to the hard-working PPC who's got on first-name terms with the council officers and knows the place like the back of their hand? Tough - we can get a few more inches in the papers with a "face" who gets elected and then can't find his way round Westminster or his constituency in the next 2 years before the election.
And that's all that matters to the Libs - stuff the residents, if we can get our man in and do down the Tories, all to the good.
Sorry but it's still sick-making.
Cheers for dropping by, Anonymous. I've started a new thread to reply to your comments properly.
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