Comments on: Elizabeth Smith MSP wishes to sit this one out

By: Sim-O

Sim-O — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 23:39:21 +0000

Maybe I'm expecting too much of a politician to stand up for people that have done nothing specifically wrong, and yet are being demonised by the press and also having a quote mis-used like that.But as you say, lets see what happens on sunday.

By: Manic

Manic — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:52:34 +0000

Pete Connolly: Cheers, fella. Duplicate comment removed, BTW. That's my glitch, not yours. Don't sweat it."She doesn't need the good favour of the Express in this dispute more than she needs to be seen to be doing the decent thing."That said, think about all the nasty shit Iain Dale and Paul Staines have said and published about me because I've criticised the way they mistreat (certain) people and cheat their readers. The people who hear that noise are kept well away from the reason they make it, too.I don't want to assume to worst of Lambie – or Smith, for that matter – but it would be foolish to think Derek Lambie a saint if he considered the Dunblane article not only fit for publication but worthy of a front page (plus, I really don't see how anyone could have enjoyed a long career serving under rogue proprieter and pornographer Richard Desmond without denting an ethic or two)… and he's in a good position to withhold publicity from an MSP or – to put it delicately – accentuate the negative from time to time.Sim-O: See above, and let us see what Sunday brings:http://www.bloggerheads.com/archives/2009/03/its_...The agreement Smith speaks off could include a lovely apology on Sunday, plus a free puppy for everybody whose feelings were hurt by Murray's article.

By: Sim-O

Sim-O — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:44:45 +0000

She said what?!Elisabeth Smith either gutless, doesn't give a toss or the Express has something on her.Aren't politicians supposed care about what they say being taken out of context?

By: Pete Connolly

Pete Connolly — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:58:27 +0000

Good work Tim. This really is sloppy, lazy, opportunistic exploitation from Murray and Lambie. A pathetic excuse for a 'story' that anyone with some google practice could produce, were they bereft of human compassion and understanding. It smacks of desperation on behalf on Express Newspapers to produce a story – any story – that might get eyeballs on their product.Methinks Elisabeth Smith needs to get on the (morally) right side. She doesn't need the good favour of the Express in this dispute more than she needs to be seen to be doing the decent thing.