An apology to those posting comments

Posted on May 5 2016

Exceptionally I did not moderate all comments on the blog yesterday.

There are 13 outstanding at present.

Managing a house move, family demands (parent evenings), marking student essays, keeping up with my real day job and more besides meant I just could not devote the time needed.

I will get there, but maybe not for a day or two.

Please accept my apologies. I am finite.

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14 Responses

  1. Pilgrim Slight Return says:
    May 5 2016 at 7:56 am

    Good for you Richard. I was wondering how you cope with it all given your move recent.

  2. Andrew Dickie says:
    May 5 2016 at 9:26 am

    Thanks for the he apology, Richard – typical of your “noblesse” – but I think we all sussed out it was due to pressures from your daunting workload and multiple commitments, and would have let the silence pass without your needing to apologise.

    However, now you are back, we’re all, I’m sure, looking forward to your observations on the deep – not the immediate – implications of the various elections taking place today. Your general observations on “deep” politics have been just as valuable as your posts forensically deconstructing matters to do with taxation.

    So welcome back, and many thanks.

  3. Keith Fletcher says:
    May 5 2016 at 12:43 pm

    It is truly a shockingly poor performance, for which no amount of excuses can lead to it ever being forgiven.

    Oh, I forgot you have a real life as well as a virtual one!

    🙂

  4. Sylvia says:
    May 5 2016 at 2:43 pm

    Don’t be drained, it is not selfish to take time off. We will wait.

  5. Dr. Keith Craishaw says:
    May 6 2016 at 6:28 am

    Take your time Richard. House moving is proven to be one of the most stressful things to do ever so take it easy! I hope the environment is as pleasant and as conducive to work as Downham Market was. A shame to leave such lovely countryside for the town.

  6. Alan M says:
    May 6 2016 at 10:31 am

    Forgiven! I’m sure we all recognise the syndrome but few of us experience the sheer volume and variety of conflicting demands on our time when moving home. That you have such demands is a mark of your success as a communicator and a testament to the ‘rightness’ of your message. You’ve broken through the hiss of interference and louder (sponsored?!) broadcasters and are helping shift that Overton window so that the rest of us can see…catch a glimpse of…another view of the world. I guess that as time goes by you will find yourself spread still thinner, and your ruminations here will become fewer and further between and, of necessity, less engaged with the reader. But we’ll still be here, and urging you on. More power to your elbow!