tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post2695548739877955029..comments2024-03-26T13:27:26.499+00:00Comments on Zelo Street: Guido Fawked - Press Backside WiperTim Fentonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00726447899972084146noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-84785743129183818182017-03-30T18:38:00.925+01:002017-03-30T18:38:00.925+01:00Ross Kempsell. Not Ross Kemp who, I'd imagine...Ross Kempsell. Not Ross Kemp who, I'd imagine would want to be kept as distant as possible from certain circles. <br />Oh, he isn't?<br />A pact, is it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-30903353223096100362017-03-30T03:11:46.620+01:002017-03-30T03:11:46.620+01:00For your consideration. For your consideration. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-12916962162435145162017-03-29T15:47:55.846+01:002017-03-29T15:47:55.846+01:00As establishment mainstream media (that is, all of...As establishment mainstream media (that is, all of it) gradually seeps down the drain the sewage flushes back up in the shape of Staines and co.<br /><br />For just one small example, take a listen to Starkey's loony outburst on the BBC. Which was too much even for far right Nick Robinson. Christ knows how the arm-waving Klingon Norman Smith would have coped.<br /><br />Meanwhile, take note of the "possibility" of Channel 4 TV "moving out of London." Which sort of fucks up the increasingly dotty Jon Snow's claim that our capital shit hole is "a blessed place."<br /><br />Plainly, our in-house reactionaries are having a bad time dealing with the internet. There's a rough parallel with the introduction of licensing of printers and pamphleteers in the seventeenth century (and later of newsagents, radio and TV). It didn't stop the inevitable revolution, but it could and did divert it into the hands of a different set of spivs from the monarchy and its hirelings.<br /><br />Only an alert citizenry can stop a different kind of corruption. But maybe they prefer the drivel of soap operas and professional sport. A bit like the decline of the Roman Empire really. For confirmation of which, consult Edward Gibbon. But definitely not crackpot David Starkey.Alan Cliffordnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-82263699576678183852017-03-29T12:56:54.754+01:002017-03-29T12:56:54.754+01:00You sound very very bitter, Tim.You sound very very bitter, Tim.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com