Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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20 September 2008
08:116357Just when all appeared lost to the beleaguered Labour government, not to mention the Labour Party as a whole, this huge gift from the hugely successful author of the Harry Potter books, will surely give them all a boost. She said she is keen on the way this party only has tackled child poverty. So there you have it. Somebody out there believes in what the Labour government is trying to do.
Its quite interesting in that they have received a number of big donations quite recently. Could the down tide be turning?
JK is beleived to be worth something like £560 million so the donation wont leave her strapped for short term cash. She could rebuild Dover with her loose change.
Guest 645- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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20 September 2008
08:176358Paul
I also heard that snippet of news this morning.I wonder whether Tory voters will stop their kids buying the next Harry Potter or going to the cinema to watch the next instalment knowing that indirectly they are contributing to the Labour Party coffers..lol
On a serious note if the PM manages to dig the UK out of its current financial crisis which it looks like he could well do..I wonder what the knock on effect would be in the polls.He would go from **sehol* to hero overnight.
Marek
I think therefore I am (not a Tory supporter)
20 September 2008
08:496359I don't know where you get your confidence from in our power-at-all-costs Prime Minister, Marek.
Can't see any evidence that the Bottler's going to get us out of this 1929-esque mess, nor the quisling Millipede boy when he gets anointed by the politburo after the Jock Nationalists win the Glenrothes by-election.
Regards all,
A horrified former Labour voter.
20 September 2008
08:516360And as for Harry Potter, er, anyone ever read a proper book?
Guest 655- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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20 September 2008
09:176362Indeed Andrew, the Harry Potter books leave me cold, the films (the few that I saw) did not impress either. She can do what she wants with her own money though.
You are also right about the economy. Anthony Bolton believes that we are entering the last stage of the bear market, which thankfully backs up something I have been saying to clients since January, but that does not itself mean an end to economic problems. Remember we are headed into recesssion and can expect a difficult 2009. Economists expect a recovery in 2010 but that is no thanks to Brown who is happy for the wealth generating sector to take the full impact and to sufffer while the public services continue to be featherbedded. In this way he is creating a larger problem, stacking up inflation for the future, deepening the recession and slowing the eventual recovery.
Guest 674- Registered: 25 Jun 2008
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20 September 2008
12:096366BAZ
Your so prodictable.
If she had given dosh tories u would have watched all her films read her books etc, cos its labour, its all rubbish.
she made that dosh cos so man y people liked the films/books
get real.
Guest 674- Registered: 25 Jun 2008
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20 September 2008
12:096367BAZ
Your so prodictable.
If she had given dosh tories u would have watched all her films read her books etc, cos its labour, its all rubbish.
she made that dosh cos so man y people liked the films/books
get real.
Guest 655- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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20 September 2008
13:026370Keith. I dont like her books, full stop. My sons do, but both Alison and I do not. We have seen one of the Potter films but have not bothered with the others. What her political allegancies are is totally irellevant. After all i like many of Dickie Attenborough's films, despite his political affiliations.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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21 September 2008
22:236395i thought that ms rowling only wrote for children.
why would an adult like them?
Guest 655- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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22 September 2008
06:556400Good point howard. The fact is though a lot of adults do read them, I cannot work out why myself.
DT1- Location: Dover
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22 September 2008
07:016401I agree Barry, Harry Potter is a load of rubbish. In my opinion Rowling has just ripped off most of the ideas that people think are so original and thrown in a bit of nostalgic 'englishness' to temp adults into the hype. "oh I had a Ford Anglia, how very charming, I must get to WHSmith to buy the next installment"
Don't get me wrong, these books have created 'readers' out of some children that were simply not interested, and this is wonderful. As for adults reading them: You are not 'Whacky' 'Crazy' or 'down with it' get a proper book, there are plenty out there!
Guest 645- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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22 September 2008
07:386404Lord Archer cornered of the market for churning out rubbish novels.
At least Rowling has introduced kids back to the pleasure of reading not only in this country but around the world.And for that alone we should be pleased.
Marek
I think therefore I am (not a Tory supporter)
22 September 2008
07:396405Childrens books can appeal to adults: the C S Lewis books continue to give me great comfort and pleasure, and The Curious Incident of the Dog etc etc is ostensibly a childrens book, as is The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, but their simplicity reveals more than it omits and offer great pleasure and thought to adults. It is also rather nice to read the books our children are reading so that we can talk about them and share. (I read The Ghost Child recently because one of my daughters had it - it was a good discussion point).
Guest 655- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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22 September 2008
12:106411Marek, have you ever read any of Archer's books?
He has written some good ones. I particularly enjoyed First Among Equals, it is well written and an enjoyable read. There are some other very good novels too by him, I forget the title, but one that follows the life of a barrow boy in London through to building a multinational business is also excellent.
Guest 675- Registered: 30 Jun 2008
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22 September 2008
13:006414I have never wanted to read a Harry Potter book simply because, from the synopsis they sound too much like so many other fantasy books I have read by far better authors. To my regret I have read an Archer and a half and find his characters wooden and his plots thin and predictable. Life is too short and I prefer to be a little choosy in who I read whatever their political leanings.
Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong.
Richard Armour
Guest 645- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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22 September 2008
15:136418Barry
Yes,I read the Kane and Abel thing plus a couple of others.I suppose I was hoping that his 'next' novel would be better than his last plus to my shame I liked the bugger.I also read his prison diaries(better than his novels)Like Chris his books seem so predictable.He should write a biography ,,how he lied to get a job at Dover by enhancing his CV..and his meeting with the lady of the night and how she came to an untimely end..now that would be interesting..if you could believe him.Shame really he was a talented likeable individual.But its a bit like admitting that you liked a Gary Glitter record if you get my drift.
Marek
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Guest 655- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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22 September 2008
15:366419I get your drift... Depends on your taste in books at the end of the day.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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22 September 2008
20:366437i have tried reading lord archer's "books".
people kept telling me that they were a good read.
i never finished the first chapter in any of them, cliche after cliche, corny beyond belief.
i remember one of them starting "it was 1939 and the clouds of war were gathering over europe"!!!!
Guest 655- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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22 September 2008
21:246441So whats your type of book then howard, Enid Blyton?
Seriously it is all a matter of taste.
One thing that does wind me up is literatury (is that a real word?) snobbery. You get the Booker winners like Salman Rushdie writing boring old tosh no-one bothers to read but is bought and kept on the coffee table just for show.
There are some great books out there by some great writers that get no recognition, apart from outselling the likes of Rushdie 20:1.
Books by such authors as Bernard Cornwall, Wilbur Smith, Tom Clancy, Vince Flynn and yes, even Dan Browne, are much better reads than any of these Bookers like Rushdie write.
Guest 645- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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22 September 2008
21:416443Charles Dickens is one of my favourite authors.
Marek
I think therefore I am (not a Tory supporter)
