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Spectator Arts Blog

Too cool for school.. Welcome aboard:)

AY

Journalist with common sense, telling truth, using human language, and applying unskewed logic - a rarity! Welcome and good luck.

Edward McLaughlin

You write for the Observer? You ditn ought to a dun that pal.

What democracy you mean then? Where? I don't see any demos doin any rulin rarnd ere. Or liberalism for that matter. It's all fackin words and dead flags mate.

They been an gorn mate. Arf-inched from beneef ar bleetn noses.

'Kind and caring man'? Yeravinalarfincha?

Craig Strachan

I read "What's left?" and I think you'll be just fine here.

William

Oh dear, I really don't think The Spectator should have posted the really rather unpleasant advertisement for The Sunday Observer on its pages.

Derek

Welcome! I have found your articles in Standpoint immensely nourishing.

Old Slaughter

Another leftie with the right ideas about Islam. Gives you just about enough cover to draw the Speccie pound.
Its not Mary Riddell at the Telegraph thank Ford.

Good luck.

Nicholas

I can never make out what your politics are. At least your articles are legible if unfathomable - on TV and radio I can never understand a word you're on about except to vaguely understand it's usually angry. Thought the video was horrible. Due deference expected or abusive profanity dished out. Very balanced. Cult of celebrity extends to blogging. We are unworthy (and foaming most of the time), so cast your pearls among us oh great one.

Emma

I am in the frozen North. We don't have newspapers, computers or journalists. And I can't read. I like your stuff on Standpoint, though. My butler reads it out to me.

Gerry Healy

Nicely in through the back door ,Comrade.

wrinkled weasel

The infamous "Orwell Shortlist" video is a lot funnier. In the silences, you could certainly hear the muffled thwrrrrpphll of two-fold cotton poplin being soiled.

Carry on.

Mick

probably the only way to get people to read the Observer these days, but also the best ad I can remember seeing

Gawain

If you're the same Nick Cohen that wrote for the Evening Standard then you are most welcome. I'm afraid that the Observer definition of Liberal is far too intolerant for me and it's version of "democracy" much too corporatist !

Newmania

Arf arf dat woz funny.I have read what`s left and described you,in the past,as on the 'Orwell-road' to conservatism. My impression is that you are regarded as more or less a traitor by the left so you are alright with me.
I look forward to reading what you have to say although I am not sure I care much about your foprign policy interests

Andy Gill

Greetings Nick. Keep up the fight. We need you on board.

mcboo

Welcome. "Whats Left?" is a belter of a book.

Tiberius

The posters on here are not rough, Nick, they're just always right.

I seem to remember that you wrote an excellent demolition of Brown in Standpoint, and also remember a presentation on This Week. Although the subject matter of that escapes me, it sticks in my mind because I know I disagreed strongly with it.

I do agree about Tuscany, btw.

Osred

What a deeply unpleasant advert. Loads of pointless swearing and a bigger male hectoring and intimidating a smaller female in her own house. Speaking as a thick pie munching beer swilling ill-educated Northerner, I thought Observer types would have thought the same about it.

John Edwards

"Another leftie with the right ideas about Islam" as one commenter put it. I think we can see why you have been invited to blog here.

Dave Weeden

I think it's time to tell the commenters here that the video is not an Observer advert, viral or otherwise. It is from an Armando Iannucci sketch show http://t.co/X60GGfe

Armando Iannucci has also written for the Observer. It is a JOKE.

Osred

RE: Dave Weeden @ November 23rd, 2010 8:54pm

Blimey! - I stand corrected. Its no Grauniad advert. Its painfully raight-on Guardian writing media darling Armando writinf lazy misogynistic sh!te.

What is the conceit/point then? Ive checked out some of the YouTube East End Thug'd oeuvre and I dont get it yet.

Baron

if the fugging commercial is all you do we have little to fear, just be good and take care

Ian C

This wouldn't the fascist left would it......?!!

Just wait til you mention global warming!! (sorry threats to biodiversity).

MaxSceptic

Nick, is this move part of growing up and casting off childish things?