Comments by "Dale Crocker" (@dalecrocker3213) on "" video.

It's worth noting that the alleged instigator of the "Pork Pie Plot" represents the ultra safe Conservative East Midlands seat of Rutland and Melton. Her predecessor, Alan Duncan, who more or less ran the Foreign Office for years, quit because having experienced Bozo as Foreign Secretary, he knew that his premiership would swiftly run into major fuckups after a period of agonising incompetence. She and Duncan remain in touch. Those MPs whom you might regard as Johnson's supporters (including Rees-Mogg) are not generally his supporters at all. They are just making the noises expected of them until such time as, with great regret, they will be forced to withdraw their allegiance "in the interests of party unity."
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@geraldhewing2076 All human institutions are, I think. The Tory party is extraordinarily resilient, however.
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@carlossaraiva8213 As you can see elsewhere in this thread, one reviewer said Moggy's last book was so badly-written no ghost writer could have done it!
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The Tory Party is semi-immortal.
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@ADifferentBias A cretin who doesn't understand words but who has somehow managed to write twelve extremely readable and well-reasoned books. How many have you written?
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@alphanumeric9793 I think J.K. Rowling also criticised it on stylistic grounds, which says something. Mind you, I think it probable that Moggy is being castigated for his outdated attitudes more than for his literary performance.
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@timothyharris4708 I doubt Moggy would compare himself with your first tranche of recommendations - nor even with the second, I daresay. Still the books wot he wrote are books just the same, and their existence refutes Phil's claim, do they not? ( I have to admit that Enid Blyton's works have given me far greater pleasure than any of the authors you mention, by the way.)
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@mikeborsos8621 No. But they would be entertaining. Or controversial. Or both. And they would be books. And you would have to have some idea how words work to write them.
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@timothyharris4708 It says you don't need "style" to be a best-selling author. When it comes to the effective use of language Enid Blyton has both Rowling and Moggie knocked into a cocked hat. (And most of your revered authors also!) She has both style and narrative ability. Rowling is good at creating imagery, which is why she has succeeded in a world where visual imagery via film and TV has become paramount. Her language is often quite wincingly leaden though. As for your great thinkers, the complexity of their ideas often makes lucidity a challenge. Ae someone who reads for entertainment more than in the hope of erudition, many of their apparently penetrating insights are, alas, beyond my scope.
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@timothyharris4708 Liberty consists in doing what one desires.
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@timothyharris4708 The quote was from John Stuart Mill of course, which you may have recognised since he did also remark that the liberty of the individual must be limited to prevent him making himself a nuisance to other people- or something along those lines. Cheers!
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@timothyharris4708 It was a tremendous strain. I don't think I'll be doing it again for a while.
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@carlossaraiva8213 Many would say that the English language reached the height of perfection and elegance during the 18th century. Your post, by the way, contains very many mis-spellings and other errors. You clearly didn't attend Eton, but as your name suggests you are a foreigner of some sort I suppose you may be forgiven such infelicities.
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@davidmcculloch8490 She's probably right though.
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@geraldhewing2076 Not that I remember. But then I probably wouldn't, would I?
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@sugarfree1894 She in fact replaced Duncan in 2019.
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