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By: Top bloggers’ names dragged through the mud for no good reason « doctorvee

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:32:52 +0000

[...] the Terry Watch blog was set up. I, for instance, wrote about Terry Kelly as early as 2006, and again here. I followed up a couple of months later describing him as The greatest argument against [...]

By: doctorvee » The greatest argument against representative democracy

doctorvee » The greatest argument against representative democracy — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 22:56:38 +0000

[...] The Kelly clan’s blogs give off that familiar air, the claim that Labour is the only party worth supporting — or else you must be some kind of horrific freak (such as a right wing nationalist, a label that Councillor Kelly astonishingly managed to indirectly attatch to me). But they never actually manage to explain why, instead resorting to personal attacks and bullying. This is behaviour which appears to mirror certain real life encounters, oh, and this one as well. [...]

By: doctorvee

doctorvee — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 20:26:27 +0000

Mat, are you sure you posted a comment? I can't find it on Councillor Kelly's blog. Surely you weren't posting ~~views that oppose his~~ foul and abusive comments?!

By: MatGB

MatGB — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 15:26:48 +0000

I’ve left him a nice polite comment. I’m utterly bemused by his belief it’s a right wing nationalist conspiracy. Roll on STV…

By: Will P

Will P — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 23:39:31 +0000

Well, I took your lead on that one – after you kept your response on here rather than the SBR, I thought it’d be a bit naughty of me to start a battle on the Roundup.

Incidentally, he’s claiming not to have received any abusive comments that needed to be deleted over the last three and a half weeks. Seeing as I sent him a comment about his assertion that the SNP is anti-gay on the 22nd December – less than three and a half weeks ago – he either failed to receive the comment (how convenient!) or his Comment Moderation policy is less clear than he claims.

By: doctorvee

doctorvee — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 00:56:15 +0000

Thanks Will. That’s why I posted my response here instead of there as well. I guess I shouldn’t have ever mentioned him on the SBR at all for that reason, but it’s too late for that now…

By: Will P

Will P — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 00:11:01 +0000

I’ve also responded and answered his point about my not linking to his site here.

Apologies for the shameless self-promotion, but I didn’t want to turn the SBR into a mudfight.

By: doctorvee

doctorvee — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 21:48:16 +0000

He posted a comment on the SBR site itself as well. He claims he's "just discovered" it (despite the fact that he wrote about it on his blog almost two weeks ago) and says the he has been "excluded" from "my" site (despite the fact that it is a collaborative effort). He misses the fact that millions of other blogs are also "excluded" from the SBR because they do not meet its criteria. The criteria are simple.

You have to either be from Scotland or write about Scottish politics -- Councillor Terry Kelly passes this one
You have to write well-written, thought-provoking blog posts -- Councillor Terry Kelly fails this one

So there are two options. Councillor Terry Kelly can write some good posts and he will be included in SBR posts that I write. Or I can include him in roundups regardless -- but that would completely go against the whole point of the SBR, which is to highlight the best of Scottish political blogging. I should also note that these points only apply to the roundups that I write. CuriousHamster will have his own reasons for including people or not, as will the various guest posters we'll be bringing on board over the coming months.

By: Will P

Will P — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 21:17:23 +0000

Oops, forgot to credit David Farrer for flagging it up.

By: Will P

Will P — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 21:16:46 +0000

He’s at it again: http://councillorterrykelly.blogspot.com/2007/01/scottish-blogging-roundup.html