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You Know You Are Iain Dale When…



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Dear old Dalecroft has decided to take a pop against the Fabians assertion that we should “ban” the word ‘Chav.’

Recess Monkey defends the right for people to speak their mind and therefore feels compelled to pay homage to the former Chief of Staff of David Davis - that champion of civil rights and free speech.

So you know when you are Iain Dale when…..

10. You berate the Fabians for asking the media to avoid the word ‘chav’ but then ask people to stop using the word ‘Toff’

9. You have respect for John Redwood.

8. You take money to fund a magazine nobody wants to buy from a peer who hasn’t publicly declared he pays tax in the UK and ask no questions

7. You’re prepared to tour England hosting an ‘Audience with Ann Widdecombe’ but still don’t get selected to succeed her.

6. You not only consider Nadine Dorries good company but you also believe an evening watching Mamma Mia with her was time well spent.

5. You think an MP’s appearance at a civil partnership ceremony to be a better insight to his views than how he actually votes on gay rights.

4. You proclaim CCTV to be a menace and intrusion into your privacy but people can follow your every move on Twitter!

3. You patiently take on board anything Shane Greer has to say and keep giving him jobs!

2. You write a book about “sleaze” in the Labour Party but think Derek Conway is off limits “because he’s a friend.”

1. Star Trek fans or Trainspotters look down on you because you’re too interested in making lists.

We’re sure our loyal readers can come up with better suggestions so there’s a free Recess Monkey T Shirt for the best one. (Hey, if Guido can do it, so can we!)

Update: 9 fell off as it was a slight on John Redwood but reinstated as we realised that that’s ok.






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11 Responses to “You Know You Are Iain Dale When…”

  1. 9: When you can’t count to ten

    Anonymous said this on July 18th, 2008 at 7:18 am

  2. Ooh you bitch. Funny though.

    BJ said this on July 18th, 2008 at 7:24 am

  3. Iain Dale’s pastiche of the Fabian report on the word ‘chav’ was the first time he actually made sense to me. Pity he then spoiled it by saying he was being sarcastic.

    Why he can’t admit that using a a prejudicial term to belittle a large group, the majority of which are just as law abiding as any of us. Rather than argue the real political points of poverty and under education in high density urban conditions is a classic example of moral bankruptcy.

    Akheloios said this on July 18th, 2008 at 7:26 am

  4. You are a jealous obnoxious bully. shame on you.

    when are you going to post something worthwhile or thought provokoing instead of the same attack dog crap fuelled from your bitter jealousy.

    ET said this on July 18th, 2008 at 9:22 am

  5. 11. When you kid yourself that having wangled a researcher’s pass to the HoP makes you almost as good as a real MP…

    Brian Hughes said this on July 18th, 2008 at 9:24 am

  6. Hello ET,

    “Jealous” - no
    “Bully” - we don’t think so
    “Obnoxious” - ok, you got us on that one!

    chunkymonkey said this on July 18th, 2008 at 10:07 am

  7. Beautifully done.

    ourman said this on July 18th, 2008 at 10:11 am

  8. Re. point 10: did it occur to you that Dale’s thread on “toffs” might be ironic? He does do irony, you know (if not very well).

    Richard Weatherill said this on July 18th, 2008 at 11:00 am

  9. Of course Hilton is jelous, he’s dedicated his failed political career to this useless site which is read by next to no-one, could only dream of launching a political magazine/on-line channel, and is considered a complete NOBODY by the political world - whereas Dale has acheived all that and more….

    Now i dont agree with much of what Dale says but these constant attacks on him serve up to suggest little more than playground jealousy! you will never acheive half of what Dale has started on the blogoshpere, or attract even a minor percentage of his followers. Furthermore, his party are consistently 20odd% up in the polls so that must hurt like hell too….

    A bully - absolutely.

    ET said this on July 18th, 2008 at 12:53 pm

  10. Calm down dear, it’s only a blog!

    In fact, I think you’ll find Alex has at least held elected office but sadly never turned a marginal of 483 into a safe Lib Dem seat with a whopping 10,000 majority.

    But heck, he’s a big enough monkey to defend himself.

    And if establishing an audience of “followers” means attracting thousands of spotty, pale-faced, self-important reactionary right-wing loners, then I think we’ll pass.

    Y’all have a great weekend, you hear?

    chunkymonkey said this on July 18th, 2008 at 1:09 pm

  11. Ref No. 4.

    You don’t really have a choice or are able to pick and choose about which cctv camera record you. On Twitter you put as much or as little on there as you want and you can even block people from receiving you little nuggets of bollox.
    You don’t even need to put the truth or anything at all, if you don’t want to.
    Taking that into consideration, it’s not quite the same, is it?

    Sim-O said this on July 21st, 2008 at 7:56 am

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