OPERATION GUARDIAN

An update on the Guardian’s Operation Clark County. Tim Blair suggests emailing the Guardian with your opinion of this move. A couple of examples:

To: Grauniad
cc: Jonathon Freedland

Dear Sir:
Fuck off and die.
Sincerely,
America

Which, while not perhaps up to the highest standards of politesse is at least short and to the point.

Hi Polly,
I know that it may seems a bit early but, like Christmas and bar room drunks, elections are on you before you know it. More importantly I don’t think you fully understand the global responsibility your ballot will carry; I have followed with great admiration you columns about health and education and the plight of the poor. But I earnestly feel it is time you set these concerns about children, the old and the poor and the vulnerable and aside and considered where the your responsibilities really lie. My flat mate for instance is thinking about the local elections next year here in Minneapolis and thinks that, perhaps, if Blair could be skewered before then, it might help her uncle get elected. But the injustice of it all is that she can’t vote in the UK. So to right this wrong I think that it would only be fair if you gave your vote to her. She’d like you to vote for UKIP – let me know if you have a candidate standing in your constuency – if not let me have a list of other candidates and we’ll see who we can agree on.
Anyway while I’m here I thought you’d appreciate a few other words of advice; I’ve noticed that you haven’t written much on the pros and cons of a south pacific currency union recently – could we have a column on it? Next week at the latest? Of course you’re going to need to sharpen up a bit before then, you know all the prejudices someone from the guardian writing about finance suffers from. So why dont you pop into spec savers and get yourself a pair of those natty square glasses you see all the analysts on TV wearing. You might also want to enroll in a night school on a graph drawing course. Otherwise let me know if you need any editorial help with the first draft.
I’ll be in touch later with suggestions for Christmas presents this year but otherwise let me know if you need help with any of the above.
Your caring and concerned mentor
Giles
PS –why don’t you cook a nice chicken and mushroom pie for dinner tonight.

A great great letter there.

“Were I to receive a letter from a clapped-out novelist telling me how to vote, I’d thank him for his interest, refer him to 1776, and ask my begonias to review his ideas.
If I wanted an opinion from a pissant, I could likely get one closer than the UK.
Sincerely,
Richard A. Aubrey, Jr.
535 Mark Drive
Flushing, MI 48433
USA

I think Richard has the idea and is my favourite so far.
There is also this which should provide you with a one stop method of getting to many at once (if I manage to enter it properly:
Mail To:
Yes, this does work, simply cut and paste into your email address line.
Ideas and letters can be shared with us here or at Tim Blair’s.

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