Sion Simon's promotion

ACLB Mon Oct 06, 2008 at 06:27:48 PM GMT Print-friendly version Facebook

Alongside a post about Sion Simon I casually added a poll asking whether readers thought that the promotion was wise.

Here is the post:

http://www.labourhome.org/story/2008/10/4/205853/180

Here is the poll:

http://www.labourhome.org/poll/1223168266_UXTQKKzH

I have never had such a response to a poll, especially on a post which got so little comment.

Any thought as to why people would react so strongly to the poll?







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Sion Simon's promotion | 10 comments (10 topical)

Re: Labourhome readers oppose Sion Simon promotion (#1)

by alexhilton on Tue Oct 07, 2008 at 01:16:12 AM GMT

Sion's got above average intelligence for an MP and is dedicated to our collective cause.

I didn't even read the original article, let alone vote, simply because the title was so obviously derogatory. Your poll voters were those for whom the antagonistic title was not a turn-off.

Sion was offered a job by the Prime Minister and he's accepted that job. It might be fairer to give the guy a chance before you criticise him.

He is a comrade after all.


Re: Labourhome readers oppose Sion Simon promotion (#3)

by NorthernMonkey on Tue Oct 07, 2008 at 03:31:16 AM GMT

He may or may not be intelligent, but he's still a prat.


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Re: Labourhome readers oppose Sion Simon promotion (#4)

by otware on Tue Oct 07, 2008 at 03:37:22 AM GMT

True.


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Re: Labourhome readers oppose Sion Simon promotion (#5)

by alexhilton on Tue Oct 07, 2008 at 08:36:53 AM GMT

where would we be if that were a bar to political activity?


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Re: Labourhome readers oppose Sion Simon promotion (#6)

by ACLB on Tue Oct 07, 2008 at 11:56:31 AM GMT

Look, it seems unbelievable to me that such a prat could be promoted.

Generally being an obvious prat is a bar to political activity that is why PLP candidates are generally not prats.


I am not willing to offer him my congratulations and I very much wish that he wasn't a comrade, let alone a bloody minister!


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Re: Labourhome readers oppose Sion Simon promotion (#7)

by Floating voter on Tue Oct 07, 2008 at 12:31:11 PM GMT

On ConHome they weren't too impressed either. Their take was "He prefers cronies to ideas or talent: Losing or moving talented junior ministers, whilst promoting curry house conspirators and Quentin Davies. Reshuffle winners include Sion Simon and Chris Bryant; losers include Tom Harris,  Andrew Adonis and Malcolm Wicks"

Obviously they rated Tom Harris higher than Sion Simon. I'd say they got that one right. 


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Re: Labourhome readers oppose Sion Simon promotion (#8)

by otware on Tue Oct 07, 2008 at 05:14:38 PM GMT

Good point. But Sion Simon isn't a prat in a Bevan-esque way, he's a complete buffoon.


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Re: Labourhome readers oppose Sion Simon promotion (#10)

by jkitleft on Wed Oct 08, 2008 at 12:10:21 AM GMT

Did you just slag off Nye? You do realise you'll be expelled for that?!


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Re: Labourhome readers oppose Sion Simon promotion (#9)

by jkitleft on Wed Oct 08, 2008 at 12:09:13 AM GMT

I agree. Did he, or did he not, ask Blair in parliament whether he would consider privatising the Beeb in the wake of the Hutton inquiry?


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Re: Sion Simon's promotion (#2)

by alexhilton on Tue Oct 07, 2008 at 01:20:14 AM GMT

And I have amended the title to your piece. Labourhome is a brand we're trying to build up that is specifically antifactionalist.

Please don't misuse it counter to our aims

Thanks

Alex Hilton
07985 384 859
alexhilton@gmail.com


Sion Simon's promotion | 10 comments (10 topical)