tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3553440626649035970.post5429730601893118943..comments2023-12-10T16:30:24.965+00:00Comments on Max Atkinson's Blog: If Mandelson has to struggle to win applause, what are the Labour party faithful saying?Max Atkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06163447049027217653noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3553440626649035970.post-11770019322655555402009-10-06T04:37:00.643+01:002009-10-06T04:37:00.643+01:00Just seen Mandelson's speech on youtube (I kno...Just seen Mandelson's speech on youtube (I know, behind the times) so came here to see what you thought about it - and I think, for once, you've gone astray.<br /><br />All of the lines you quote are terrible applause lines. They have the list/contrast, but they all tail off at the end. Like a joke's punchline, the important word needs to be at the end - both in terms of content and stress - and on that, Mandelson fails, so didn't get the applause. <br /><br />Do you agree?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13156205711119052120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3553440626649035970.post-31904179002335869162009-09-29T00:11:34.482+01:002009-09-29T00:11:34.482+01:00Chantal - Glad to heary ou find the transcriptions...Chantal - Glad to heary ou find the transcriptions helpful. Luckily, it's easier done these days than when I started 30 years ago, when you had to do it yourself.<br />Now all you have to do is download the text from the internet and correct it (and, interestingly, corrections are always needed).Max Atkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06163447049027217653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3553440626649035970.post-17682871988321794772009-09-28T20:46:46.107+01:002009-09-28T20:46:46.107+01:00Thanks for taking the time to transcribe the speec...Thanks for taking the time to transcribe the speech - it makes it easier to follow the clip and see how the devices work (or not).<br /><br />Regards<br />ChantalAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3553440626649035970.post-87941714033704590452009-09-28T20:15:02.015+01:002009-09-28T20:15:02.015+01:00I can't help wondering why they don't just...I can't help wondering why they don't just tell the audience to go home and only come back again when they want to support this Labour government.<br />Just now I have been reading Kerry McCarthy's blog (albeit hasn't yet got today's conference report on it), and there is nothing about politics in its reports about Brighton. These people are supposed to be running the country.dreamingspirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00324207120279777521noreply@blogger.com