tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post113692072407353412..comments2024-03-27T16:39:43.522+00:00Comments on Liberal England: Mark Oaten: An uncertain startJonathan Calderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-1137022747380490252006-01-11T23:39:00.000+00:002006-01-11T23:39:00.000+00:00Sky News interviewed Lembit Opik after Oaten's sta...Sky News interviewed Lembit Opik after Oaten's statement. Asked if Mark Oaten was the Lib Dems' David Cameron, Lembit said "Mark Oaten is the Liberal Democrats' Mark Oaten, and he is unique in that respect". I quote Lembit verbatim as I was so gobsmacked that I made a point of remebering it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-1137014094472720822006-01-11T21:14:00.000+00:002006-01-11T21:14:00.000+00:00Thanks, Ian.I particularly liked the "Frankly, tha...Thanks, Ian.<BR/><BR/>I particularly liked the "Frankly, that is not good enough", as though this were a brave and controversial view.Jonathan Calderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-1136970241408113032006-01-11T09:04:00.000+00:002006-01-11T09:04:00.000+00:00The quote is taken directly from the Guardian's re...The quote is taken directly from the Guardian's reproduction of Oaten's statementIan Ridleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804460062639661335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-1136939025228217562006-01-11T00:23:00.000+00:002006-01-11T00:23:00.000+00:00I don't think you were listening to well - Marks w...I don't think you were listening to well - Marks wifes name is Belinda not Linda as you stated - bit of a gaff there and I know him and her well enough to know it wasn't him that made the error.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-1136936518474999872006-01-10T23:41:00.000+00:002006-01-10T23:41:00.000+00:00Cringed when I heard the 2.30 am line & spotted th...Cringed when I heard the 2.30 am line & spotted the 100 year error too. Dear oh dear.<BR/><BR/>Didn't spot the flooding though. Must have been messy.Ian Ridleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804460062639661335noreply@blogger.com