tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post5291685259692080777..comments2023-12-28T02:11:22.501+00:00Comments on The Streatham & Brixton Chess Blog: The flipside of Dominic Lawson IITom Chivershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09850710685193416732noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-86442494894903531842014-09-06T23:57:35.613+01:002014-09-06T23:57:35.613+01:00"I can't, for example, readily imagine Da..."I can't, for example, readily imagine David Sedgwick writing articles like the ones quoted." (Jack Rudd)<br /><br />Thanks Jack.<br /><br />However, I feel that I'm a rather unlikely champion of inclusive Toryism. I can't recall having written a political article of any description for over thirty years.<br /><br />David SedgwickDRShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12957543555643985218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-30301224668672759792014-09-05T00:17:46.022+01:002014-09-05T00:17:46.022+01:00Out of interest, what does dressing like you are &...Out of interest, what does dressing like you are 'on the game' actually look like?Jonathan Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00293162543015231439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-57433144474747884902014-09-05T00:04:19.026+01:002014-09-05T00:04:19.026+01:00I wonder if he'll be commenting like this on t...<i>I wonder if he'll be commenting like this on the dress standards of younger female players?</i><br /><br />It would be tempting to say that the issue doesn't arise, but regular tournament players can think of a number of historic examples.<br /><br />RdCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-11924298137389547452014-09-04T23:15:41.151+01:002014-09-04T23:15:41.151+01:00Maybe Niall Ferguson is available for this positio...Maybe Niall Ferguson is available for this position?Andrew Gelmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02715992780769751789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-59641110708795481282014-09-04T22:17:46.209+01:002014-09-04T22:17:46.209+01:00I wonder if he'll be commenting like this on t...I wonder if he'll be commenting like <a href="https://twitter.com/mushenska/status/488292428869545985/photo/1" rel="nofollow">this</a> on the dress standards of younger female players?ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-63031107389055813152014-09-04T22:12:29.696+01:002014-09-04T22:12:29.696+01:00Well I guess the ECF could ask him, couldn't t...Well I guess the ECF could ask him, couldn't they?ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-58423435609936617542014-09-04T22:01:50.394+01:002014-09-04T22:01:50.394+01:00Jack knows David better than me. But several well ...Jack knows David better than me. But several well known players with right wing views used offensive language and stereotyping in the wake of t-shirt gate. I wasn't completely comfortable with the Paulson meme on this site either.<br /><br />But 1994 was 20 years ago. The Conservatives were defending clause 28 at that time. I would not be surprised if DL's public opinion change at the same time as Cameron's in 2004.<br /><br />Paul C<br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-9190789869603748762014-09-04T20:09:17.404+01:002014-09-04T20:09:17.404+01:00What ejh said. I can think of a number of right-wi...What ejh said. I can think of a number of right-wing people in chess who would be fine when it came to inclusivity. (I can't, for example, readily imagine David Sedgwick writing articles like the ones quoted.)Jack Ruddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17433574267085964238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-72045061133251246802014-09-04T19:30:16.530+01:002014-09-04T19:30:16.530+01:00Lawson was also famous for his dismissive verbal c...Lawson was also famous for his dismissive verbal comments about chessplayers during the 1993 world title match, e.g. his comment after a minor error by Miles "That's why [those GMs and IMs] are in the analysis room earning pin money while Short and Kasparov are playing for millions."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-74562225271459487562014-09-04T17:57:43.550+01:002014-09-04T17:57:43.550+01:00we should remember that Tories play chess
So we s...<i>we should remember that Tories play chess</i><br /><br />So we should, but that's nothing to do with it, is it? It's not a question of whether Lawson is right or left, it's a question of whether he has a tendency to be objectionable about other social groups, which he plainly does.<br /><br /><i>The ECF (rightly) does have an inclusive agenda</i><br /><br />On paper (or on Twitter) it does. But how do "inscrutable Asiatic countenance" and "poofter" fit in with that, I wonder?ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-3416582224380277882014-09-04T17:47:56.688+01:002014-09-04T17:47:56.688+01:00I am just as unimpressed by DL's views on foot...I am just as unimpressed by DL's views on football or his general political views as you are, but I would expect these things will not feature very largely in his role as ECF President. The ECF (rightly) does have an inclusive agenda, but we should remember that Tories play chess, too.<br /><br />He does seem to have the right credentials for promoting chess and I wish him well in the post.Mike Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13237794157491746812noreply@blogger.com