Comments on: 01: Conference Polls, Gordon’s eyesight, Dannatt and The Tax Payers’ Alliance http://houseofcomments.com/2009/10/01-conference-polls-gordon%e2%80%99s-eyesight-dannatt-and-the-tax-payers%e2%80%99-alliance/ The Voice of the UK Political Blogosphere Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:24:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Left Foot Forward on House of Comments | Left Foot Forward http://houseofcomments.com/2009/10/01-conference-polls-gordon%e2%80%99s-eyesight-dannatt-and-the-tax-payers%e2%80%99-alliance/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Left Foot Forward on House of Comments | Left Foot Forward Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:48:21 +0000 http://houseofcomments.co.uk/?p=26#comment-16 [...] I broke my nose playing football that evening so missed out on the inaugural recording, which also featured Iain Dale. But happily I was able to take part last weekend in the second [...] [...] I broke my nose playing football that evening so missed out on the inaugural recording, which also featured Iain Dale. But happily I was able to take part last weekend in the second [...]

]]> By: Mark Reckons http://houseofcomments.com/2009/10/01-conference-polls-gordon%e2%80%99s-eyesight-dannatt-and-the-tax-payers%e2%80%99-alliance/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Mark Reckons Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:57:24 +0000 http://houseofcomments.co.uk/?p=26#comment-7 Jon, I take your point. Sometimes there is a tendency within the blogosphere to focus on the presentation or what Josh from the West Wing would describe as a process story. With the podcast we are trying to pick up on the topics that are being discussed and the TPA with reference to its director being a non-UK taxpayer was one of the main ones in the days before recording. I thought we actually did go way beyond the main story by discussing the TPA and its coverage in more depth however you are right that we were still talking about the organisation and its coverage rather than the detail of the issues it raises. One problem I can forsee if we had gone down this track is that a debate about tax and spend vs low tax could easily take the entire podcast and then some and I am not sure would hold listeners interest for 30+ minutes! However I will bear in mind what you have said and perhaps we can try and get a bit more behind some of the stories in future. Cheers, Mark. Jon,

I take your point. Sometimes there is a tendency within the blogosphere to focus on the presentation or what Josh from the West Wing would describe as a process story. With the podcast we are trying to pick up on the topics that are being discussed and the TPA with reference to its director being a non-UK taxpayer was one of the main ones in the days before recording. I thought we actually did go way beyond the main story by discussing the TPA and its coverage in more depth however you are right that we were still talking about the organisation and its coverage rather than the detail of the issues it raises.

One problem I can forsee if we had gone down this track is that a debate about tax and spend vs low tax could easily take the entire podcast and then some and I am not sure would hold listeners interest for 30+ minutes! However I will bear in mind what you have said and perhaps we can try and get a bit more behind some of the stories in future.

Cheers,

Mark.

]]> By: Jon Rosenberg http://houseofcomments.com/2009/10/01-conference-polls-gordon%e2%80%99s-eyesight-dannatt-and-the-tax-payers%e2%80%99-alliance/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Jon Rosenberg Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:48:09 +0000 http://houseofcomments.co.uk/?p=26#comment-6 Dear Stu, I think the reason why I am so hard on your new program on this is simply that the discussion went straight to a presentational point and devolved into what was a facile and meaningless complaint, when the actual issue (high tax/high spend vs low tax/less services) is the biggest one in the current political landscape. The bloggesphere often berates political parties for focusing on presentation over substance, and rightly so in my opinion, here you had the opportunity to allow three astute commentators to discuss the pros and cons of what will be the defining argument of the next several years and failed to deliver. However please be assured I will certainly listen again, for several reasons, not least because I'm a political junky. Dear Stu,
I think the reason why I am so hard on your new program on this is simply that the discussion went straight to a presentational point and devolved into what was a facile and meaningless complaint, when the actual issue (high tax/high spend vs low tax/less services) is the biggest one in the current political landscape. The bloggesphere often berates political parties for focusing on presentation over substance, and rightly so in my opinion, here you had the opportunity to allow three astute commentators to discuss the pros and cons of what will be the defining argument of the next several years and failed to deliver. However please be assured I will certainly listen again, for several reasons, not least because I’m a political junky.

]]> By: Stu http://houseofcomments.com/2009/10/01-conference-polls-gordon%e2%80%99s-eyesight-dannatt-and-the-tax-payers%e2%80%99-alliance/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Stu Tue, 13 Oct 2009 06:13:24 +0000 http://houseofcomments.co.uk/?p=26#comment-5 Cheers for the feedback, Jon, I can certainly appreciate your point. We basically picked topics for discussion by looking at what stories have been most discussed in the blogs, and there was quite a lot of talk about the TPA over the past week, so we thought it would be discussing. I thought we did OK with it. But hey, it's only our fist time! Hopefully there was something interesting in there for most people even if not everybody was interested in every story. Come back for the next one! :-) Cheers for the feedback, Jon, I can certainly appreciate your point. We basically picked topics for discussion by looking at what stories have been most discussed in the blogs, and there was quite a lot of talk about the TPA over the past week, so we thought it would be discussing. I thought we did OK with it.

But hey, it’s only our fist time! Hopefully there was something interesting in there for most people even if not everybody was interested in every story. Come back for the next one! :-)

]]> By: Jon Rosenberg http://houseofcomments.com/2009/10/01-conference-polls-gordon%e2%80%99s-eyesight-dannatt-and-the-tax-payers%e2%80%99-alliance/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Jon Rosenberg Tue, 13 Oct 2009 02:07:12 +0000 http://houseofcomments.co.uk/?p=26#comment-4 Wow that argument about the Tax Payer's Alliance has to be one of the most inane in recent blogging. All it amounts to is those who want higher public spending will use this as a point to beat the organisation, those who want lower taxation will think it immaterial. It wont shift a single opinion in a single way. So why even discuss it? Wow that argument about the Tax Payer’s Alliance has to be one of the most inane in recent blogging. All it amounts to is those who want higher public spending will use this as a point to beat the organisation, those who want lower taxation will think it immaterial. It wont shift a single opinion in a single way. So why even discuss it?

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