tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224377669164135329.post1341460483257728971..comments2023-03-27T10:54:13.350-07:00Comments on Winston Smith: Farewell and a Few Final WordsWinstonSmith33http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780806194174659730noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224377669164135329.post-91507233753924361152012-07-22T11:35:20.583-07:002012-07-22T11:35:20.583-07:00Winston, your blog is needed an so I'm sorry t...Winston, your blog is needed an so I'm sorry to see you go. However best of luck back home. If we ever bump into each other during my yearly trip to Ireland I'll gladly buy you a pint and tell you all about the horrors of workin in a local authority homelessness department. A job and a public sector I will hopefully be leaving very soon.<br />All the very best.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224377669164135329.post-73255738546677504852012-07-06T01:16:44.473-07:002012-07-06T01:16:44.473-07:00I found this blog yesterday and read it all the wa...I found this blog yesterday and read it all the way through within a day, and even though you don't write it anymore, I wanted to say thank you for writing about your experiences.<br /> <br />I believe it's vital for everyone (especially children and young people) to know someone cares about them and will help them succeed, and unfortunately there are many cases where this person has to Susienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224377669164135329.post-37238960570890624362012-06-08T00:20:53.426-07:002012-06-08T00:20:53.426-07:00Fair winds and following seas, WinstonFair winds and following seas, WinstonHogdayafternoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06188146617570775741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224377669164135329.post-31101123426711434622012-04-28T06:14:47.047-07:002012-04-28T06:14:47.047-07:00I have just read the kindle version off your book ...I have just read the kindle version off your book on my iPad and it exceeded my worst expectations of the social services I pay for. They were very low already from living in Haringey for 30 years and from the writings of my professional colleague Theodore Dalrymple. I will highly recommend your book to friends and colleagues. I think your effort in the book and the blogosphere is not wasted as Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224377669164135329.post-21766824873059739212012-04-16T15:42:34.518-07:002012-04-16T15:42:34.518-07:00I've recently resigned from an inner-city comp...I've recently resigned from an inner-city comp whose clientele were only biding their time to become your client base. Every word you wrote rang true and my own frustration with the purblind refusal of the "authorities" (a word they would hate) to stare unpleasant reality in the face and respond to it meaningfully has seen the end of my career too.<br />Good luck for the future.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224377669164135329.post-63447088350049625062012-04-14T13:48:22.768-07:002012-04-14T13:48:22.768-07:00You will leave a real hole in the social landscape...You will leave a real hole in the social landscape. Yours is one of the very few voices that spoke about the ongoing damage done by danger of putting middle class liberals to the most vulnerable people in society and all the while convinced that they are "helping"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224377669164135329.post-6415101828417730252012-04-02T02:14:47.525-07:002012-04-02T02:14:47.525-07:00Best wishes, the blog was always an interesting re...Best wishes, the blog was always an interesting read.staybrytenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224377669164135329.post-46640213897041880612012-04-01T15:28:02.706-07:002012-04-01T15:28:02.706-07:00Hi, heard you interviewed on R5L and read some of ...Hi, heard you interviewed on R5L and read some of your book in the Daily Mail.<br /><br />I hope Britain will learn from your Irish good sense, but I fear things will just continue getting worse.<br /><br />God bless.hippiepooternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224377669164135329.post-74651266302133705852012-04-01T12:05:30.037-07:002012-04-01T12:05:30.037-07:00Shame you've gone. Good luck with whatever you...Shame you've gone. Good luck with whatever you do next.Lance Manely- former Stab Proof Scarecrownoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224377669164135329.post-67678082542529622932012-03-31T09:28:37.839-07:002012-03-31T09:28:37.839-07:00Good luck in whatever you choose to do next. Enjoy...Good luck in whatever you choose to do next. Enjoyed your writings greatly.Sebastiannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224377669164135329.post-21795451606385119572012-03-27T07:37:49.919-07:002012-03-27T07:37:49.919-07:00Sorry to see you leave. I like your post about th...Sorry to see you leave. I like your post about the riots. Why not keep blogging about Ireland?<br /><br />good luck.<br />SSovietCityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11215110849326551826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224377669164135329.post-76794852458102606792012-03-20T08:12:43.107-07:002012-03-20T08:12:43.107-07:00Winston
I myself work in the industry and have do...Winston<br /><br />I myself work in the industry and have done for some time. I tended to disagree with about 80% of your posts to be honest but thought it was good that you were able to excercise your brand of cathartic polemicism and give the industry some spotlight and critique. <br /><br />My main fear is that you fed into some negative stereotypes about these young people and the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224377669164135329.post-49311448808741710602012-03-20T06:53:52.823-07:002012-03-20T06:53:52.823-07:00To begin with I was hooked on your blog because it...To begin with I was hooked on your blog because it spoke to the angry and frustrated side of me. I saw what you saw and sometimes came to the same conclusions. After a while it left me feeling hopeless and dispirited. I realised that you were presenting just the negative and broken. Few stories of change or recovery. Perhaps you didn't see them.... I look forward to your new projects.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224377669164135329.post-68764002349693946542012-03-19T01:50:49.577-07:002012-03-19T01:50:49.577-07:00Winston,
yours was one of the first bloggs I check...Winston,<br />yours was one of the first bloggs I checked every day for updates. Thanks for the great reads, and good luck in the future.<br />PeteAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224377669164135329.post-3304052195419899452012-03-17T14:49:35.517-07:002012-03-17T14:49:35.517-07:00Sorry to hear you're leaving the blogosphere, ...Sorry to hear you're leaving the blogosphere, this was one of my favourites even though I didn't always agree with what you were saying. But glad you're in a saner place these days.LiseyDuckhttp://increasingveganicity.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224377669164135329.post-55473350631764850012012-03-15T05:18:32.821-07:002012-03-15T05:18:32.821-07:00Great book.
I hope you do well (although I am not ...Great book.<br />I hope you do well (although I am not sure going back to Ireland now is so wise).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224377669164135329.post-66591604944716695892012-03-15T01:12:29.773-07:002012-03-15T01:12:29.773-07:00Good luck for the future, the blog and the book pr...Good luck for the future, the blog and the book provided a very interesting and frightening insight into this mad world.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224377669164135329.post-85729968721062545802012-03-14T18:56:16.839-07:002012-03-14T18:56:16.839-07:00Sorry to see you leave. Only discovered you after...Sorry to see you leave. Only discovered you after the riots last Summer. I'm Irish myself and have been in London for 11 years. I spent about six months in a homeless boys hostel (as it was called) in Dublin in the mid 90s. Found your blog and book very very interesting. Hope the old sod works out for you, I don't think I could ever go back. Whatever you do next, you have a gift forAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224377669164135329.post-31959476407648746372012-03-14T11:25:21.896-07:002012-03-14T11:25:21.896-07:00Purchased two copies of you book, one for the Prob...Purchased two copies of you book, one for the Probation Officers I work with, one for the Social Workers. they were both *cough* well received :)<br /><br />Good luck and God bless, you will be missed :(Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224377669164135329.post-49873740300601960002012-03-14T04:30:09.378-07:002012-03-14T04:30:09.378-07:00Good luck and all the best for the future. Your bl...Good luck and all the best for the future. Your blog was insightful and thought provoking reading. I will be buying the book in due course.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224377669164135329.post-48084317744964959462012-03-13T10:35:32.061-07:002012-03-13T10:35:32.061-07:00Fair play
Good luck to you Winston.
you provided...Fair play<br /><br />Good luck to you Winston.<br /><br />you provided a voice for those of us who always knew it was madness!<br /><br />I wish you the best in all that you do!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224377669164135329.post-42131281937186134572012-03-11T01:53:34.730-08:002012-03-11T01:53:34.730-08:00Winston
I lent one of my brothers your book. He h...Winston<br /><br />I lent one of my brothers your book. He had to put it down 3/4 way through.<br /><br />As he said; 'It confirms my worst thoughts'<br /><br />Thanks, good luck and I repeat from above 'May your God go with you'bilbaoboynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224377669164135329.post-27210283527037861102012-03-09T12:40:14.051-08:002012-03-09T12:40:14.051-08:00I have read the blog almost from the word go and i...I have read the blog almost from the word go and it has been fascinating. I knew that something must have changed due to the lack of posts. Anyway all the best in your "new" old life, your well out of it; I would have ended up going postal on the twats. Skinning them alive and hanging them from a lamppost near were they came from would be my solution.Daedalushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13928101550998398087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224377669164135329.post-41096337017069553292012-03-08T01:48:31.752-08:002012-03-08T01:48:31.752-08:00My Mother used to work in social care, both foster...My Mother used to work in social care, both fostering and in care homes in North Wales. Reading your blog was a sobering reminder of it all. I have checked out the book yet but I will. <br />Good luck with your new, hopefully more relaxing life <br />JJohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12658361833680850471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5224377669164135329.post-72217437060753357912012-03-08T01:44:55.853-08:002012-03-08T01:44:55.853-08:00I enjoyed reading your blog. Good luck with your n...I enjoyed reading your blog. Good luck with your new opportunities!<br /><br />"Theophile Escargot"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com