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October 12, 2006
The unfortunate inevitability of Iain Dale's naivety
Iain Dale is a very busy man. Not only does he post stuff to his blog every few seconds, he's also an international TV star and Tory A-lister.
Unfortunately, this doesn't leave him time to think much about what he's typing, let alone read this blog.
This burdensome naivety today crept into his post on 'New Zealand, or why PR would be rubbish for Westminster'.
Iain thinks the choice is between FPTP and the closed-list system we use to elect our MEPs. "Whatever system emerged", Iain thinks, "would be bound to ruin the link between MPs and their constituencies."
Which is palpably ridiculous, of course. Poor, silly boy.
UPDATE: It has occured to me that not everyone follows the links put in these posts, so for the reasons Iain is wrong, you want to click the words 'of course' above. Hope that's clear now.
Posted by pauldavies on October 12, 2006
Comments
This sort of puerile post does your cause no good. It's arrogant and condescending. If I;m wrong, tell me whay I am wrong rather than calling me a "poor, silly boy". Pathetic.
Posted by: Iain Dale at October 13, 2006 12:15 AM
Nice of you to drop by Iain.
The 'poor, silly boy' comment was made entirely in jest, not malice. And the link preceding those words explained why you were wrong. I felt no need to write it all out again.
Posted by: Paul Davies at October 13, 2006 10:15 AM
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