tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1597348752799805836.post450600483842622477..comments2023-08-19T01:49:00.707-07:00Comments on The Lot Sporadically: Why the Media are Saying the Local Election Results are a StalemateLot Grundyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01618200650162112678noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1597348752799805836.post-89813868449345259352018-05-06T14:44:55.856-07:002018-05-06T14:44:55.856-07:00Thanks. "That any criticism of him is a smear...Thanks. "That any criticism of him is a smear with so little truth that it might as well be a lie." That's as well-worded assessment of the situation as you could hope to read. <br />Lot Grundyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01618200650162112678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1597348752799805836.post-10128393399231788622018-05-06T14:25:36.808-07:002018-05-06T14:25:36.808-07:00Thank you for speaking reason. I just try to keep ...Thank you for speaking reason. I just try to keep my mouth shut (or rather, fingers off the keyboard) when my otherwise well meaning and intelligent friends go over to the dark side of hard left conspiracy theory - that the bbc is out to get Jeremy. That anyany criticism of him is a smear with so little truth that it might as well be a lie. I just don't share their (uncritical) support of him. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1597348752799805836.post-6709173755803749802018-05-06T13:47:07.589-07:002018-05-06T13:47:07.589-07:00Adding to this: it genuinely has been Labour's...Adding to this: it genuinely has been Labour's best local election results *IN LONDON* since 1971. Of course this was reported sans the *IN LONDON* part by Owen Jones and others right after the results came out. This was apparently an honest mistake on Jones's part since he later corrected himself, but this 'fact' has taken on a life of its own online. Gilman Grundyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06607416440240634159noreply@blogger.com