Comments on: Through a press release, darkly http://davecole.org/blog/2008/04/14/through-a-press-release-darkly/ Thoughts, notes and comments Sun, 07 Sep 2008 10:13:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Matt Wardman http://davecole.org/blog/2008/04/14/through-a-press-release-darkly/#comment-1182 Matt Wardman Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:22:52 +0000 http://davecole.org/blog/2008/04/14/through-a-press-release-darkly/#comment-1182 Your last 3 paragraphs are interesting. I may explore the question. Matt Your last 3 paragraphs are interesting. I may explore the question.

Matt

]]> By: jameshigham http://davecole.org/blog/2008/04/14/through-a-press-release-darkly/#comment-1156 jameshigham Tue, 15 Apr 2008 04:25:15 +0000 http://davecole.org/blog/2008/04/14/through-a-press-release-darkly/#comment-1156 The greatest problem with these suggestions, Dave, is that they make sense and that is not a prerequisite with Brown. The greatest problem with these suggestions, Dave, is that they make sense and that is not a prerequisite with Brown.

]]> By: dave http://davecole.org/blog/2008/04/14/through-a-press-release-darkly/#comment-1155 dave Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:45:25 +0000 http://davecole.org/blog/2008/04/14/through-a-press-release-darkly/#comment-1155 Justin, Perhaps I've made the whole thing a bit too conspiratorial. It's not a small group of people, but in the hundreds or low thousands, and it's not secrecy so much as putting the message out there in the 'right' way. xD. Justin,

Perhaps I’ve made the whole thing a bit too conspiratorial. It’s not a small group of people, but in the hundreds or low thousands, and it’s not secrecy so much as putting the message out there in the ‘right’ way.

xD.

]]> By: Justin http://davecole.org/blog/2008/04/14/through-a-press-release-darkly/#comment-1154 Justin Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:18:00 +0000 http://davecole.org/blog/2008/04/14/through-a-press-release-darkly/#comment-1154 <i>Just because something is in the papers doesn’t mean it’s meant for the entire readership</i> That being the case, Dave, I'd say Straw using the Guardian to send secret messages to a few dozen chums is at best an act of vanity. I wonder if the editor of the Guardian would be good enough to flag the intended readership of each article. That way we don't waste our time reading oblique references not intended for us or intrude on private conversations being held in the pages of a national newspaper. It would be nice to have the guesswork taken out of it - maybe they could have a pullout supplement we could immediately discard. Going on the assumption that your interpretation is correct, Straw should remember he's an adult in the Cabinet and not a character in a Len Deighton novel. It's an odd notion that these people communicate in this way. Just because something is in the papers doesn’t mean it’s meant for the entire readership

That being the case, Dave, I’d say Straw using the Guardian to send secret messages to a few dozen chums is at best an act of vanity.

I wonder if the editor of the Guardian would be good enough to flag the intended readership of each article. That way we don’t waste our time reading oblique references not intended for us or intrude on private conversations being held in the pages of a national newspaper. It would be nice to have the guesswork taken out of it - maybe they could have a pullout supplement we could immediately discard.

Going on the assumption that your interpretation is correct, Straw should remember he’s an adult in the Cabinet and not a character in a Len Deighton novel. It’s an odd notion that these people communicate in this way.

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