Andrew Marr's Father in Law

Andrew Marr's Father in Law in Action.

I quite like Andy - that was until I got two phonecalls informing me that I was apparently like this

"A lot of bloggers seem to be socially inadequate, pimpled, single, slightly seedy, bald, cauliflower-nosed, young men sitting in their mother's basements and ranting. They are very angry people" 

Andy has now alienated the entire population of bloggers and it is quite easy for us citizen journalists to fill the internet with negative material about him. We shouldn't talk about Andy's skinny frame, his receding hairline, his large nose and his ability to do his bit to protect a failing profession. It is of course time that the mainstream media understood that citizen journalists are here to stay. We are often more astute and more intelligent about many aspects of the subject we intend on covering. We might not be as eloquent with the words but this is the land of free speech. If we asked Andrew Marr about Ward 87 - he wouldn't have a clue. Neither would he understand what the salient features were. Me thinks Andrew is feeling insecure about his own status and that of his journalist colleagues. We won't mention the fact that some of the BBC journalists/and others steal our material and don't credit our blogs. Yes, we have logs too and know exactly who is reading, cutting and pasting and what articles end up in the mainstream media. Perhaps the public are just fed up of being given the usual streamlined rubbish. May be they don't like being talked down to and spoon fed anymore. In addition, mainstream journalists just don't make good bloggers - you have to  be a certain type of rebel. And Andrew Marr himself just doesn't cut it on the blogging dance floor.

Andy was once a member of the Socialist Campaign for Labour Victory. It is interesting that his views on bloggers are identical to that of Tony Blair and Hazel Blears.

Marr  is married to the daughter of Lord Ashley of Stoke. That is quite interesting because I once received  a letter from Lord Asley of Stoke who couldn't give a flying "F" about Ward 87. Indeed, he told me that he was too ill to deal with that kind of thing. A week or two later, he was spotted by me asking questions at the House of Lords. I have a lot of Labour peers telling me that they are "ill". I wonder why.Indeed Lord Morris of Manchester historically told me he was ill. Illness is quite common at the House of Lords then. Of course, if Andrew Marr had not opened his bald brain and spewed so much clap trap, we wouldn't be scrutinising his father in law's letter on Ward 87.

Anyway, having said he was ill in November 2008, Lord Ashley can be spotted on the 12th November 2008. Then he appears again on the 24th November 2008 and then on the 25th November 2008 he was in fine fettle. Here he is all the way to 2010. Of course, the man from the BBC who visited this blog on his iphone yesterday would have missed this entry. I just thought it was important to add this part of Lord Ashley's "ill health". Yes, I have had alerts set up for" Lord Ashley" from the internet for 2 years now :). I was just interested in the health and welfare of the House of Lord as Lord Darzi performed CPR there sometime ago. Apparently, the place even has a defib. Perhaps Lord Darzi could tend to Lord Ashley's "illness" that precludes him from dealing with Ward 87 [ on his patch]. Perhaps the diagnosis is hypersensitivity type 1 to whistleblowers.

I wonder what would happen if I asked Lord Ashley of Stoke for a "sick note" from his GP.