tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post6466780050594727988..comments2023-12-28T02:11:22.501+00:00Comments on The Streatham & Brixton Chess Blog: On the NevilTom Chivershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09850710685193416732noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-64415972026392361092015-08-27T19:22:32.401+01:002015-08-27T19:22:32.401+01:00[Anonymous comment received today - there is no wa...[Anonymous comment received today - there is no way we could publish that without a real name attached!]ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-60375361772002353002014-12-07T08:25:00.303+00:002014-12-07T08:25:00.303+00:00Nev is a great guy....obviously he strayed and was...Nev is a great guy....obviously he strayed and was tempted by this attractive Delila woman. Get off the man's case and give him a breakAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-37844362712533045382014-10-10T10:02:31.430+01:002014-10-10T10:02:31.430+01:00I still believe in the deterrent value of a custod...I still believe in the deterrent value of a custodial sentence.Jon Hnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-53474025127030707752014-10-10T08:23:35.364+01:002014-10-10T08:23:35.364+01:00Off-topic now, but if Jon H is worried about what ...Off-topic now, but if Jon H is worried about what happens to the money he pays in taxes, the last thing he should want is for them to be quite wasted on a pointless prison sentence. And there is an alternative - 120 hours of community service, say, is a sentence which can affect someone for almost a year and it is actually cheap and somewhat constructive. (That would also meet the concerns of David R).Jonathan Rogersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-68633703783186820612014-10-10T00:15:01.877+01:002014-10-10T00:15:01.877+01:00I'm going to plead anonymity in this, as I'...I'm going to plead anonymity in this, as I've known and respected Neville for many years. I had wondered why it was that he had taken up a second career as a chess trainer, but the blog material prompted some work with search engines. The previous "fraud" caution appears to relate to a complex civil case involving alleged or proven mortgage misrepresentation. This set some case precedents in the area of professional liability insurance.<br /><br />Perhaps making Justin's point, this wasn't a barrier to becoming Malcolm's right hand man at CSC.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-45118577065378896492014-10-09T21:30:28.522+01:002014-10-09T21:30:28.522+01:00Open prison; outdoors; suntan; lost weight; eight ...Open prison; outdoors; suntan; lost weight; eight weeks. Out.<br /><br />'Punishment' served. <br /><br />End of.<br /><br />David RAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-50840070030115049292014-10-09T14:23:26.396+01:002014-10-09T14:23:26.396+01:00Perhaps put it this way, and perhaps it would have...Perhaps put it this way, and perhaps it would have driven the point home more clearly had I done it this way rather than with somne levity.<br /><br />Prominent Official Of Educational Charity Convicted Of Fraud is so obviously news as to require no discussion.<br /><br />That's why you're reading about it above: as often with this blog, the questtion is not why you're reading it here as why you're not reading it elsewhere.<br /><br />The question of whether such crimes <i>should</i> lead to imprisonment is a different one entirely and one on which I doubt my view differs much from yours.ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-42698527580039228672014-10-09T13:55:10.864+01:002014-10-09T13:55:10.864+01:00It doesn't have anything to do with Ray Keene ...It doesn't have anything to do with Ray Keene at all, Jonathan.<br /><br />As far as Nevil's concerned, I thought it was an interesting contrast with yesterday's case: and if "man doesn't go to prison" constitutes chess news, then "man does go to prison" surely does. <br /><br />Criminal convictions <i>are</i> news, after all. And outside the rather strange world of chess, nobody would think otherwise.ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-37895021731686504212014-10-09T13:26:54.706+01:002014-10-09T13:26:54.706+01:00As you say Justin, Nevil's connection with che...As you say Justin, Nevil's connection with chess boxing is "very slight and tangential indeed".<br /><br />So why mention his conviction? It was a minor offence, for which he would not have gone to prison in most civilised countries. But you seem happy for everyone to know about it because it has a slight and tangential connection with your general agenda against chessboxing and Ray Keene. <br /><br />In this case I think you can fairly be accused of having an unhealthy obsession with your pet subjects.Jonathan Rogersnoreply@blogger.com