Comments

I've had a few comments left recently made by an individual who keeps posting similar comments under different pseudonyms.

My view is that if you're too much of a chicken to stand up under your own name and be counted then I'm not entirely sure I'm that interested in what you have to say. These types of comments will therefore have to be far more relevant to pass the vetting procedure - and the ones in question have been ditched.

To make the situation clearer, I've updated the comments policy. It can be found here.

Just to expand on comments a bit further...

This blog frequently attracts interest from childish people who have no interest in serious discussion about how this country could be made into a better place at a national and local level. Instead spend their time looking for any tiny item they can use to attack someone (anonymously, of course).

One feature of my personality, and by extension a feature of this blog, is that I'm not afraid to admit when I've got something wrong, or when there's something I don't know. For this reason, such individuals get frequently excited when I talk about a fact unbeknown to me. Their uncontrollable excitement erupts in a rash of comments about how unsuited I am to be a political representative because I don't know x, y or z. Indeed, the very fact that I will happily admit when I don't know something also apparently makes me untrustworthy - an entire concept which is oxymoronic.

If you're not this kind of person, then comment at will. I'd love to hear from you. You'll notice that the comments system has changed a little - and that's because the current system offered by blogger isn't that great. I'll be trialling the new system over the next few weeks to see how I get on with it.