Nigel Havers goes off on one in the Daily 'Hate' Mail...

[Al C-F]

Not Responding wrote:
> MartinM wrote:
>
>>[email protected] wrote:
>>
>>>The Daily Hate Mail is at it again. The following is probably the most
>>>vitriolic, ill-informed, biased anti-cyclist rant I have ever read!
>>
>>what do you expect from public school **** of the year ?; in his rose
>>tinted Cambridge recollections he neglects the fact that cyclists were
>>instrumental in the birth of socialism in this country.
>
>
> That fact keeps worrying at my conscience.
>
Worry not, Mr NR. There seem to be many high-profile Right-thinkers who
cycle.

 

[Al C-F]

Agent Orange wrote:
> ... as the Daily Mail is normally
> such a reasonable, moderate newspaper.
>

'Scuse me?

 

[Peter Clinch]

Al C-F wrote:
> Agent Orange wrote:
>> ... as the Daily Mail is normally
>> such a reasonable, moderate newspaper.

> 'Scuse me?

I'm not sure which is the more ridiculous individual suggestion...
"reasonable", "moderate", or "newspaper".... ;-/

Pete.
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[Simon Brooke]

in message <[email protected]>, Al C-F
('[email protected]') wrote:

> Agent Orange wrote:
>> ... as the Daily Mail is normally
>> such a reasonable, moderate newspaper.
>
> 'Scuse me?

Presumably ironic. That is to say, I presume the irony was intentional.

--
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to err is human, to lisp divine
;; attributed to Kim Philby, oddly enough.

 

[Alan Braggins]

In article <[email protected]>, Peter Clinch wrote:
>Al C-F wrote:
>> Agent Orange wrote:
>>> ... as the Daily Mail is normally
>>> such a reasonable, moderate newspaper.
>
>> 'Scuse me?
>
>I'm not sure which is the more ridiculous individual suggestion...
>"reasonable", "moderate", or "newspaper".... ;-/

Actually I did recently see a link to a useful and only slightly
alarmist Daily Mail article, via
http://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/2006/06/06/how-to-use-a-chip-card-whose-pin-you-dont-know/

 

[[email protected]]

[email protected] wrote:

> The Daily Hate Mail is at it again. The following is probably the most
> vitriolic, ill-informed, biased anti-cyclist rant I have ever read!
>
> They're belligerent. Foul-mouthed. A danger to us all. But in a
> blistering attack on selfish cyclists, NIGEL HAVERS says it's their
> smug self-righteousness that really drives him insane.
>
> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/li...ent.html?in_article_id=390359&in_page_id=1787
>

And let's not forget that this hypocritical ****** was banned for drink
driving in 1991...

Evening Herald (Plymouth)

September 11, 1998

One to watch

Name: Nigel Havers

Image: Eternal charmer

Best Known For: Running a lot in Chariots of Fire

Early Life: Son of former Attorney-General Lord Havers who became Lord
Chancellor in 1987. Lord Havers successfully defended Keith Richards
and Mick Jagger on drugs charges and prosecuted Yorkshire Ripper Peter
Sutcliffe.

Career: Based on playing greasy cads and smoothies

Love Life: His 18-year marriage broke up in 1988 and he is now married
to former model Polly Bloomfield with whom he had a secret affair for
three years.

Don't Mention: His 1991 drink drive ban. He claimed he was only using
his car to avoid the rain.