tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post8073504733174105034..comments2024-01-01T16:01:35.711+00:00Comments on Dick Puddlecote: Katie Hopkins: Idiot Or Genius?Dick Puddlecotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-26189726669033875202013-01-18T22:40:37.746+00:002013-01-18T22:40:37.746+00:00I have no doubt she is fascinating like that Austr...I have no doubt she is fascinating like that Austrian leader who was also an inigma a very dangerous one! Beware this sort of person they are hiding a moral detachment from normal human beings. She didn't finish Sandhurst.Tonynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-60600243706791881352012-11-23T11:09:55.747+00:002012-11-23T11:09:55.747+00:00Genius or idiot?
Well, what she said on your po...Genius or idiot? <br /><br /><br />Well, what she said on your posted clip was clearly idiotic as it made the assumption that only those who made 'poor lifestyle choices' got ill in a particular way. <br /><br /><br />She also clumsily sidestepped the 'who decides?' question, already, I suspect, regretting the decision to appear on the show, which was probably made in an attempt to raise or maintain her public profile (unless the appearance fee was irresistible, which I doubt).<br /><br /><br />But take a look at the 'showreel' on her site, and it's hard (for me at any rate) to take issue with any of what she comes out with (particularly on Statutory Maternity Leave) -- she certainly isn't your typical Righteous. <br /><br /><br />The central point behind the NHS is that people don't get ill deliberately, and if you do get ill, it's regrettable bad luck. The NHS will therefore do its considerable best to fix you up, usually successfully. That's its prime function, and all else is pretty irrelevant. It's not, and never should be, a commercial organisation because an individual's need for it is involuntary. It's a service which is there to be used if required, and we all pay something towards it, with smokers and drinkers already paying disproportionately more.Briar Tucknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-74287448094177849552012-11-22T22:03:33.938+00:002012-11-22T22:03:33.938+00:00If she's an idiot, she might well prove to be ...If she's an idiot, she might well prove to be <i>our</i> useful idiot.Legironnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-82372332661443169022012-11-22T18:37:22.457+00:002012-11-22T18:37:22.457+00:00The trouble with zealots is that they always think...The trouble with zealots is that they always think themselves exempt from their religions.<br /><br /><br />I hate to say it guys and gals, but both of you are way over the weight limits you have convinced the NHS to proscribe.<br /><br /><br />Life's a shit if you take it seriously, innit?john millernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-77193039833862220502012-11-22T18:17:06.664+00:002012-11-22T18:17:06.664+00:00Perhaps. Or it could be mimicry, she has been twee...Perhaps. Or it could be mimicry, she has been tweeting today about the "bloated" and "75 years out-of-date" NHS. I still think it's possible she's using the health lobby's arguments <i>against</i> the health system.Dick_Puddlecotenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-43667783893384783382012-11-22T18:10:09.966+00:002012-11-22T18:10:09.966+00:00I don't think that she is joking. We notice th...I don't think that she is joking. We notice the "WE must....", "WE allow..." Classic Zealot speak. Did we notice the <i>assumption</i> throughout that being a bit plump, having few beers on a Saturday night or enjoying tobacco are inevitably the reason for ill-health and damage?Junicannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-61484595141892907502012-11-22T13:26:34.943+00:002012-11-22T13:26:34.943+00:00Yes, the fat tax comment was the one which started...Yes, the fat tax comment was the one which started me thinking that her opinion might not be as straightforward, or transparent, as it looks.Dick_Puddlecotenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-73059324854834232472012-11-22T13:24:36.611+00:002012-11-22T13:24:36.611+00:00Most definitely!Most definitely!Dick_Puddlecotenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-49328508680254004062012-11-22T13:23:39.922+00:002012-11-22T13:23:39.922+00:00That's a third alternative, definitely. She co...That's a third alternative, definitely. She could just enjoy winding people up, like <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/question_time/9379203.stm" rel="nofollow">during her appearance on Question Time</a>.Dick_Puddlecotenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-57012256702885950052012-11-22T11:01:08.892+00:002012-11-22T11:01:08.892+00:00Did you all miss it? Last sentence - about those ...Did you all miss it? Last sentence - about those who "deserve" treatment. As always its a judgment, entirely subjective, in this case from a nutter.RBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-17019175740188383052012-11-22T10:59:22.757+00:002012-11-22T10:59:22.757+00:00HI c777. It definitely would.
And dont forget tha...HI c777. It definitely would.<br />And dont forget that if you were allowed to have invested your NI pension contributions yourself you would get a pension about 5 times the size of the state pension.RBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-66661853543635022792012-11-22T10:57:54.008+00:002012-11-22T10:57:54.008+00:00If Katie's suggestion gains traction - what fr...If Katie's suggestion gains traction - what from her blog? 2 coments on the entire blog - and read a couple of posts igf you have a strong stomach. What a vile woman.<br /><br />Katie Hopkins. Idiot or genius?<br />Might I suggest another option? Arsehole.RBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-56319721923334620472012-11-22T10:53:25.067+00:002012-11-22T10:53:25.067+00:00Just been on the 5Live phone in. I think she's...Just been on the 5Live phone in. I think she's both mad and not very intelligent. Also a deluded attention seeker. Good point the presenter raised about horse riding. Professor Nutt did the country a favour.JonathanBagleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-22840164865172915842012-11-22T10:39:35.789+00:002012-11-22T10:39:35.789+00:00Just thought this might interest you (not regardin...Just thought this might interest you (not regarding this article): a long-term tobacco user has a roughly twofold lower chance of developing Parkinson's disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-approach-common-psychiactric-treatments.htmlNeal Asherhttp://twitter.com/nealashernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-44332554430747934772012-11-22T10:19:26.139+00:002012-11-22T10:19:26.139+00:00I would actually like to opt out of the NHS anyhow...I would actually like to opt out of the NHS anyhow.<br />I reckon my 1600 a year saved would get me a better service privately.c777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-51731861686095623902012-11-22T10:10:50.864+00:002012-11-22T10:10:50.864+00:00I think referencing the Danish fat tax some time a...I think referencing the Danish fat tax some time after news that it is being repealed sways me in favour of idiot. But then again, that is so ill informed and stupid that it could be genius. <br /><br /><br />Personally I avoid the apprentice for many reasons, the principle one being that the contestants are all so obnoxious that I fail to see why any sane employer would hire any of them.Ivan_Denisovichnoreply@blogger.com