tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9095270985170721876.post8382094008820783256..comments2024-03-24T23:22:43.753+00:00Comments on Tony's Musings: Lord Dorwin SpeaksTonyTheProfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10486414706261508994noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9095270985170721876.post-4401549951358912042013-02-23T18:04:37.463+00:002013-02-23T18:04:37.463+00:00They cut it off just after the first paragraph at ...They cut it off just after the first paragraph at "The Bald Truth blog predicted this coup weeks ago".<br /><br />Part of the reason I wrote the comment like that was as an informal experiment to check out potential "suppression" versus just pruning because they are too lily-livered about libel laws.<br /><a href="http://www.thisisjersey.com/news/2013/02/21/is-this-minister-fit-to-hold-office/" rel="nofollow">click for comments</a><br />To test that, I submitted another comment (#49) that started:<br /><br />"Re my comment at 42. If any one wants to see the rest of it that the JEP didn’t print, it has been sent to various politically focussed local blogs too"<br /><br />I then followed that with an "interesting" speculation about how tidal + wind turbines could give us a causeway to France and several other benefits apart from huge amounts of free predictable power.<br /><br />I speculated that if the more paranoid elements were right, the JEP would not want to allow the general public to see "proof" of what Bailhache and co might be up to and so they would either not publish or censor the first lines of my second comment. They did neither. Given that, it seems clear that they don't mind if their readers are directed so they can read the "dodgy stuff" elsewhere, just as long as it is not on their patch.<br /><br />Those who winge about being censored on that comments page probably just don't realise how sensitive the media is to being exposed to possible legal action. When their posts are cut or blue pencilled, it's probably not sinister suppression just scaredy cat far-as-you-can-get-from-tough- investigative-type editors covering their backs.<br />sNick Palmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05360924308743466075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9095270985170721876.post-28825043183157630502013-02-22T19:46:04.421+00:002013-02-22T19:46:04.421+00:00No doubt Minister Duhamel was aware of the long kn...No doubt Minister Duhamel was aware of the long knives being sharpened. It begs the question as to why he didn't go out of his way to do a non-contentious sucking-up type speech.Nick Palmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05360924308743466075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9095270985170721876.post-63494475023080784602013-02-22T14:30:59.615+00:002013-02-22T14:30:59.615+00:00It may well be true that Senator Bailhache has Dep...It may well be true that Senator Bailhache has Deputy Duhamel for the chop, but I was not reporting on that, but only what was, in my opinion, an extremely bad speech. <br /><br />It was perhaps unfortunate that I had heard a talk by Prof. Andy Newsam on Monday night - well presented, clear, dynamic.<br /><br />Interesting, the translation in Bailleine's article "some Jersey Surnames" has:<br /><br />Bailhache, give the hatchet, was probably even more murderous. TonyTheProfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10486414706261508994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9095270985170721876.post-87998209460903045212013-02-22T14:26:11.429+00:002013-02-22T14:26:11.429+00:00Can I publish a comment I just made to the ThisisJ...Can I publish a comment I just made to the ThisisJersey article about Deputy Duhamel? As I point readers to the Bald Truth post predicting the Machiavellian attempt weeks in advance - allegedly set in motion by Senator Bailhache in a fit of pique - they may not print it.<br />--------------------------------<br />"All you commenters aren't being shown the whole picture. The JEP story was that an "email is circulating" because of Minister Duhamel's "reported as disastrous" speech at this dinner. If anyone cares to look back at Trevor Pitman's blog you will clearly see that this knife in the back was planned weeks ago. Unless certain other Ministers have access to a time machine that all rather blows the convenient cover story the JEP has been fed completely out of the water.<br /><br />"The Bald Truth" blog predicted this coup weeks ago - it is apparently rooted in Senator Bailhache who was mightily miffed that Duhamel's granting of planning permission to the wannabe Plemont despoilers jacked up the potential purchase price of the land and thereby tipped the vote against Senator Bailhache's personal project. Now, I am angry that Plemont was granted permission but Duhamel had little other choice under the Planning Law, given the long history of the proposed development's applications and promises before he became Minister. In essence, it appears that Bailhache threw his toys out of the pram and screamed "off with his head" because Minister Duhamel actually applied the Planning Law against his wishes.<br /><br />What does this show about Senator Bailhache's true respect for the Law? Coming from his former legal life, he should really have the utmost respect for, and favour an honest application of, the Law. If he had a problem with the law he should have lobbied to change it. The last thing we want to believe about him is that he believes the Law should only apply when it fits his objectives and that he feels entitled to exact a terrible revenge when he is thwarted.<br /><br />This situation needs to be cleared up soon and the bright light of day needs to be shone onto any hidden Machiavellian anti democratic activity."Nick Palmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05360924308743466075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9095270985170721876.post-75644583807795983532013-02-22T08:45:50.669+00:002013-02-22T08:45:50.669+00:00And readers of this blog will know I have also bee...And readers of this blog will know I have also been critical of Senator Ozouf.TonyTheProfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10486414706261508994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9095270985170721876.post-21866425161319284302013-02-22T08:45:29.419+00:002013-02-22T08:45:29.419+00:00As I said on Twitter, this was a very bad talk, an...As I said on Twitter, this was a very bad talk, and I would have been ashamed if I'd given it.<br /><br />I have no personal animosity against Rob Duhamel, and if Philip Ozouf gave as bad a talk, I'd report on that as well. <br /><br />TonyTheProfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10486414706261508994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9095270985170721876.post-4767510404935859072013-02-21T17:14:10.206+00:002013-02-21T17:14:10.206+00:00Tony,
Links to this blog are being tweeted around...Tony,<br /><br />Links to this blog are being tweeted around by right wing supporters of Prince Machiavelli himself, Senator Philip Ozouf.<br /><br />Either wittingly or unwittingly, you will be a component in the theatre that is about to play out in front of us, that being the very public knifing in the back of Rob Duhamel.<br /><br />Et tu, brute?<br /><br />Let nobody who comes across your blog in this Machiavellian tragedy forget that it was Senator Philip Ozouf who, as President of the then Planning Committee, approved the plans for the Radisson Hotel.<br /><br />Rob Duhamel should feel entitled to put his own head in his hands and shake his head.<br /><br />Anyway, watch out folks, this one ain't gonna be pretty.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com