tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30704611.post697387791960834582..comments2023-05-28T10:59:57.169+01:00Comments on Jon's labour movement blog: Twittering about the UNISON General Secretary election...Jon Rogershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10779486527359048519noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30704611.post-71467553264967321362015-12-12T16:27:49.198+00:002015-12-12T16:27:49.198+00:00I suspect Chris its someone very close to him - th...I suspect Chris its someone very close to him - thats not DPs writing style but I can take aim at a couple of people at the top of the tree whose style it might be ;)SarahFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14967922108822004503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30704611.post-46448498687809787132015-11-19T20:23:57.959+00:002015-11-19T20:23:57.959+00:00Is anonymous a pseudonym for Dave Prentis? Some m...Is anonymous a pseudonym for Dave Prentis? Some might say it was apt.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15102940533698665465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30704611.post-47990012136379378062015-11-19T20:22:39.812+00:002015-11-19T20:22:39.812+00:00Is anonymous a pseudonym for Dave Prentis. Would ...Is anonymous a pseudonym for Dave Prentis. Would be very apt.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15102940533698665465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30704611.post-60774317201835212512015-11-10T09:08:16.321+00:002015-11-10T09:08:16.321+00:00I suggest you ask Dave about this. I would be flat...I suggest you ask Dave about this. I would be flattered at your interest in what I've said were you not so obviously confused.Jon Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10779486527359048519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30704611.post-76358325131096504352015-11-10T07:46:02.387+00:002015-11-10T07:46:02.387+00:00Morning, Jon! How are you?
I'm disappointed ...Morning, Jon! How are you? <br /><br />I'm disappointed to see you've stopped publishing my comments. Is there a problem?<br /><br />Or simply that you can dish it out, but can't take it?<br /><br />Did you try either of those questions I suggested?<br /><br />Go on - sort it out!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30704611.post-14872019249786497622015-11-09T19:13:01.781+00:002015-11-09T19:13:01.781+00:00But, Jon, you not telling the truth is far, far mo...But, Jon, you not telling the truth is far, far more interesting. It's easy to prove me a liar: just publish here the questions you put directly to @electprentis<br /><br />Come on - 'fess up. You didn't ask @electprentis those direct questions you claimed to, did you?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30704611.post-34845966588627619982015-11-09T14:05:31.352+00:002015-11-09T14:05:31.352+00:00Don't let me stop you asking him since you'...Don't let me stop you asking him since you're so concerned.Jon Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10779486527359048519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30704611.post-71697854225448009012015-11-09T13:55:46.720+00:002015-11-09T13:55:46.720+00:00You know, you could always ask @electprentis direc...You know, you could always ask @electprentis directly if they have purchased followers. <br /><br />You could try something really straightforward like 'Have you purchased followers?' or 'How many followers have you purchased?' Worth a try I'd have thought? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30704611.post-28406166752441502642015-11-09T13:20:40.981+00:002015-11-09T13:20:40.981+00:00Not the followers I purchased though...Not the followers I purchased though...Jon Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10779486527359048519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30704611.post-65358061223940332812015-11-09T13:12:41.914+00:002015-11-09T13:12:41.914+00:00I'm sure readers of your blog will draw their ...I'm sure readers of your blog will draw their own conclusions from your persistent evasiveness on this.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30704611.post-12330790232715654492015-11-09T12:09:02.716+00:002015-11-09T12:09:02.716+00:00Dave Prentis has had ample opportunity to refute t...Dave Prentis has had ample opportunity to refute the clear suggestion that someone acting on his behalf has arranged for his twitter feed to be followed by some most implausible followers. He has chosen not to do so. I suggest you take that up with him. Jon Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10779486527359048519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30704611.post-29373064051167900122015-11-08T15:37:14.835+00:002015-11-08T15:37:14.835+00:00Disappointed in you, Jon. Thought you might have h...Disappointed in you, Jon. Thought you might have had the courage to admit you were wrong, even if only because you made a mistake. Because there were no direct questions about your allegations on buying followers put to @electprentis by you, were there?<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30704611.post-18574866243957724302015-11-08T08:51:38.777+00:002015-11-08T08:51:38.777+00:00Morning, Jon!
How about sharing those four questio...Morning, Jon!<br />How about sharing those four questions here today - those ones you posed direct to @electprentis - please?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30704611.post-88705112654614509692015-11-07T16:31:41.056+00:002015-11-07T16:31:41.056+00:00Oh! Please don't leave, Jon. Not without showi...Oh! Please don't leave, Jon. Not without showing us here those four questions you claim to have posed directly to @electprentis <br /><br />Go on. Just to show people that you aren't a liar.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30704611.post-42731032429255724812015-11-07T16:17:41.754+00:002015-11-07T16:17:41.754+00:00I'll leave you to enjoy your delusions of sign...I'll leave you to enjoy your delusions of significance my dear anonymous.Jon Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10779486527359048519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30704611.post-35972020743403304822015-11-07T16:05:42.664+00:002015-11-07T16:05:42.664+00:00While some might be speculating about my identity,...While some might be speculating about my identity, I just know they'll be more interested in why you won't clear things up by publishing here the direct questions you posed to @electprentis<br /><br />But then you wouldn't do it even for a named commentator, would you? Because it wouldn't support your story.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30704611.post-62368073662989468902015-11-07T15:52:08.370+00:002015-11-07T15:52:08.370+00:00I'm so glad you won't be holding your brea...I'm so glad you won't be holding your breath until I treat anonymous comments with respect.<br /><br />To feel responsible for yet another of the fallen whilst standing at the monument to the unknown blog commentator would just be more than I could bear.Jon Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10779486527359048519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30704611.post-72185948180535831632015-11-07T15:35:23.354+00:002015-11-07T15:35:23.354+00:00Thanks, Jon.
Perhaps someone else can find those ...Thanks, Jon.<br /><br />Perhaps someone else can find those direct questions you posed to @electprentis and post them here? <br /><br />I'm sure there must be someone clever enough to hunt them down. I won't be holding my breath, though.<br /><br />Or you could simply put up and show everyone how very wrong I am and how badly I've wronged you.<br /><br />Can't be that difficult, can it?<br /><br />(Unless you are now taking refuge in seeking to describe public exchanges on Twitter as private correspondence, that is.)<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30704611.post-50812021875843356072015-11-07T15:26:48.345+00:002015-11-07T15:26:48.345+00:00I'm glad you've made an assumption that pl...I'm glad you've made an assumption that pleases you my anonymous friend. I don't of course publish private correspondence.Jon Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10779486527359048519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30704611.post-57524601205747010302015-11-07T15:23:40.652+00:002015-11-07T15:23:40.652+00:00So I was right - the questions you posed were to t...So I was right - the questions you posed were to those supporters you were concerned about and not to @electprentis <br /><br />Why all the evasion?<br /><br />It would've been a whole lot easier to come clean at the beginning, Jon. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30704611.post-82773213404411840172015-11-07T15:18:14.694+00:002015-11-07T15:18:14.694+00:00You've read the questions. I've published ...You've read the questions. I've published them.<br /><br />Now ask yourself what on earth is going on at the top of UNISON and why what could be a great trade union is so much less significant than it might be.<br /><br />See if you can manage to connect those last two paragraphs.<br /><br />All by yourself.Jon Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10779486527359048519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30704611.post-35582601632005202702015-11-07T15:14:21.386+00:002015-11-07T15:14:21.386+00:00Thanks, Jon. Very glad to be welcome here!
But p...Thanks, Jon. Very glad to be welcome here! <br /><br />But please, please, please publish here the questions you posed directly to @electprentis? I'm beginning to feel like Jeremy Corbyn keep having to ask David Cameron the same question time and again about tax credits! <br /><br />Do your blog readers not deserve to see them if, that is, you really did ask them?<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30704611.post-83919966876803537182015-11-07T15:06:21.205+00:002015-11-07T15:06:21.205+00:00Ah. Another pint? Was that wise?
Honestly I'm...Ah. Another pint? Was that wise?<br /><br />Honestly I'm sure the Prentis camp would like to hear from you directly.<br /><br />Now that Bob Oram has stuck the knife in I hear that they are increasingly lonely.<br /><br />Still, you're always welcome here.<br /><br />Even if you don't know who you are.Jon Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10779486527359048519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30704611.post-754626821166991552015-11-07T14:56:43.882+00:002015-11-07T14:56:43.882+00:00Why don't you want the questions you directly ...Why don't you want the questions you directly posed to @electprentis published here, Jon?<br /><br />And interesting to see you've moved on from reporting it as an allegation to specifically saying yourself that it was a "faux pas by whoever had custody of the twitter feed".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30704611.post-40704451325271581422015-11-07T14:56:12.211+00:002015-11-07T14:56:12.211+00:00I see you've lunched well (in the Anonymous Ar...I see you've lunched well (in the Anonymous Arms?) and recommend a strong coffee, a nap and diligent attention to my last comment.Jon Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10779486527359048519noreply@blogger.com