tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post2973484053030487553..comments2023-11-05T09:37:36.840+01:00Comments on A View From Rural Wales: Snippets from Ireland.Glyn Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10442114752573417252noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-61174363962915930422009-11-03T22:05:06.919+01:002009-11-03T22:05:06.919+01:00Chemist - Thank you sir, or madam. I've taken ...Chemist - Thank you sir, or madam. I've taken a few days off over the last year, which is rather unusual for me. First holiday we took after marraige was our 10th anniversary! I need to visit Ireland sometimes. Weonly hav eone grandchild, and she lives in Cork. Anyway, holidays are over until after the General Election now.<br /><br />MH - Just read your comment more carefully. Quite often, I post a blog very quickly, late at night. Next morning I sometimes check it and if dissatisfied with the wording (usually the grammer) I amend it. If its in response to a comment, I would always acknowledge it. Must admit that I do not recall whether I edited this post, or what I changed if I did - and it was nothing to do with the misspelling of Fine Gael.Glyn Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17344589217554138315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-12517741792188191492009-11-03T15:59:28.533+01:002009-11-03T15:59:28.533+01:00Jealousy rears its ugly head at times like this. ...Jealousy rears its ugly head at times like this. <br /><br />The steps that an immature party will 'goto'. Just another cheap shot as their anti-Wales-let's play student politics ship goes down. <br /><br />Glyn Davies lives in Montgomeryshire, he grew up in Montgomeryshire, and he farmed in Montgomeryshire. <br /><br />Of the PPCs, Glyn Davies easily spends more time in Montgomeryshire than the Lib-Dem and Plaid PPCs put together.Chemistnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-60242915284960715232009-11-02T22:18:01.974+01:002009-11-02T22:18:01.974+01:00Would'nt your time be better spent trying to w...Would'nt your time be better spent trying to win your seat,rather than poncing off on holiday every few weeks?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-85777163216801430492009-11-02T00:55:32.397+01:002009-11-02T00:55:32.397+01:00MH> get a life mate! I know at least one perso...MH> get a life mate! I know at least one person who thought "Celtic Rangers" was one team and that person was not Glyn Davies!Tcoahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-22592436437671444832009-11-01T23:21:38.468+01:002009-11-01T23:21:38.468+01:00MH - I don't claim to know that much about Ir...MH - I don't claim to know that much about Irish politics, but I do know a bit. Must admit its odd but I've made that mistake before. I'm never ashamed of admitting my ignorance, and have not changed the post to reflect your helpful comment. Normally I would have corrected the spelling - some thing I will now have to leave until Tuesday, when I have time to blog again.Glyn Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17344589217554138315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-33809096907473775432009-11-01T17:12:52.479+01:002009-11-01T17:12:52.479+01:00Ireland is ahead of Wales on attracting business? ...Ireland is ahead of Wales on attracting business? <br /><br />That Plaid has more in common with Irish sheep than Welsh job needs. <br /><br />That Welsh Labour has a credible PPC running against you in Montgomeryshire?Tell Me it ain't Sonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-66518290941768651932009-11-01T05:34:51.167+01:002009-11-01T05:34:51.167+01:00Glyn, I really didn't think it would be necess...Glyn, I really didn't think it would be necessary, but what I said seems to have gone over your head.<br /><br />The two main parties in Ireland are Fianna Fail and Fine Gael. Joining them together as "Fianna Gael" would be the biggest political news in Ireland since independence.<br /><br />I intended only to pick you up on an amusing typo. End of. But even after I highlighted it, you didn't notice your mistake. That rather suggests you don't know much about politics in Ireland. That's fair enough, why should you be expected to? <br /><br />-<br /><br />But, on the other hand, why bother to comment on the suitablity of John Bruton if you had so little idea about the differences between the two main Irish parties? You could have just said "I don't want it to be Blair" without trying to make out that you had an informed opinion on something you clearly hadn't got the first clue about. <br /><br />-<br /><br />Finally, and more seriously, others reading your post as it now stands will probably be unaware that it (and not just the title) has been changed from what you had originally written. It's an attempt to cover your tracks; to retrospectively make out that you knew more about the political situation in Ireland than was evident from the original post I commented on. You then published my comments only after you had made the changes. That's cheap, Glyn. I thought you were better than that.MHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09329059309196746446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-69920959588497218282009-10-31T21:16:18.226+01:002009-10-31T21:16:18.226+01:00MH - In Ireland, voters remain very faithful to th...MH - In Ireland, voters remain very faithful to their parties. I'm n hoping my brother-in-law might just come over and help me campaign. As for John Bruton, today's papers are playing his chances down - and Blair's as well. The Dutch Prime Minister seems to be the hot tip, with Bruton as outsider.Glyn Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17344589217554138315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-19973772231460640332009-10-30T13:17:49.512+01:002009-10-30T13:17:49.512+01:00Come on, Glyn. You wouldn't want people to se...Come on, Glyn. You wouldn't want people to see that <a href="http://syniadau--buildinganindependentwales.blogspot.com/2009/10/martin-sheen-comes-home-to-wales.html#comments" rel="nofollow">Huw Lewis</a> has a better sense of humour than you. Why try to cover your tracks by changing the title? <br /><br />Just think. It could have been much worse. I could have drawn attention to your other freudian slip and revealed Enda Mopbucket's true identity to the world.MHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09329059309196746446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-52068852191675469122009-10-29T23:27:56.872+01:002009-10-29T23:27:56.872+01:00Fianna Gael. Are you entirely sure your son and d...Fianna Gael. Are you entirely sure your son and daughter-in-law see eye to eye on political matters, Glyn?<br /><br />But, on the other hand, this "News from Ireland" might be the political scoop of the decade.MHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09329059309196746446noreply@blogger.com