Comments on: Where’s Lemby? Day Eight http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2008/09/09/wheres-lemby-day-eight/ "crass, boorish and more a bruiser than blogger" - Alex Wilcock Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:20:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: James Graham http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2008/09/09/wheres-lemby-day-eight/#comment-200979 James Graham Wed, 10 Sep 2008 10:12:05 +0000 http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/?p=1623#comment-200979 Gosh, I hope you aren't implying that I was <em>in any way</em> being sarcastic El Fattie? (Having said that, a simple <a href="http://news.google.co.uk/news?q=lembit%20opik&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&sa=N&tab=wn" rel="nofollow">Google News search</a> suggests that he did indeed get quite a lot of publicity out of yesterday's stunt.) Gosh, I hope you aren’t implying that I was in any way being sarcastic El Fattie?

(Having said that, a simple Google News search suggests that he did indeed get quite a lot of publicity out of yesterday’s stunt.)

]]> By: Letters From A Tory http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2008/09/09/wheres-lemby-day-eight/#comment-200970 Letters From A Tory Wed, 10 Sep 2008 08:56:26 +0000 http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/?p=1623#comment-200970 I hardly think the Londonist and Kerron Cross classes as "a massive amount of publicity". The BBC website mentioned the story on its ticker tape for a few minutes yesterday and I didn't see the story on any newspaper website homepage this morning. I hardly think the Londonist and Kerron Cross classes as “a massive amount of publicity”. The BBC website mentioned the story on its ticker tape for a few minutes yesterday and I didn’t see the story on any newspaper website homepage this morning.

]]> By: James Graham http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2008/09/09/wheres-lemby-day-eight/#comment-200919 James Graham Tue, 09 Sep 2008 23:26:13 +0000 http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/?p=1623#comment-200919 I'm sure a Segway is greener than a motorcycle or a car. Personally I have no problem with them and if they are legal on roads elsewhere around the world we should at least be open minded about them. The idea that we should be restricting trade with the US "creatively" (yes, I know they do this to us from time to time) is nuttier than anything Lembit Opik has ever come up with. I’m sure a Segway is greener than a motorcycle or a car. Personally I have no problem with them and if they are legal on roads elsewhere around the world we should at least be open minded about them.

The idea that we should be restricting trade with the US “creatively” (yes, I know they do this to us from time to time) is nuttier than anything Lembit Opik has ever come up with.

]]> By: PhilW http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2008/09/09/wheres-lemby-day-eight/#comment-200917 PhilW Tue, 09 Sep 2008 23:22:05 +0000 http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/?p=1623#comment-200917 I do hope Lembit isn't being sponsored for this in any way whatsoever. The Segway is perhaps the most absurd development in the history of personal transportation, and to describe it as 'environmentally friendly' is a travesty of logic, mathematics and common sense (surely walking or cycling is vastly more fuel efficient?). I for one am delighted that UK authorities are determined to frustrate this American corporation's quest to get its product rubber-stamped for UK adoption and look forward to more creative import restrictions on a vast range of would-be US imports. I do hope Lembit isn’t being sponsored for this in any way whatsoever. The Segway is perhaps the most absurd development in the history of personal transportation, and to describe it as ‘environmentally friendly’ is a travesty of logic, mathematics and common sense (surely walking or cycling is vastly more fuel efficient?).

I for one am delighted that UK authorities are determined to frustrate this American corporation’s quest to get its product rubber-stamped for UK adoption and look forward to more creative import restrictions on a vast range of would-be US imports.

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