According to the Liverpool Echo, Dr (Nice But Dim) Tim Leunig has agreed to visit Liverpool....when he's got the time (http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2008/08/14/barmy-boffin-tim-leunig-to-visit-liverpool-after-furious-echo-readers-bombard-him-with-emails-100252-21531953/ ).
The Echo quotes "Brains" thus:
"I've been bombarded with emails...they've criticised my hair, my glasses and one just called me a wanker...they said I should get a refund on my glasses".
You know, I'm actually starting to feel sorry for the poor lamb.
By way of public service, this blog re-publishes the good doctor's email address: t.leunig@lse.ac.uk .
Don't expect a reply soon, though, there may be a bit of a backlog to get through.
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I was thinking about blogging about this controversy, as this Tim Leunig really got my angry, but I don't think I can put it as eloquently as you do. I am a Northerner myself, but not from this country's north, and I have seen cities in much worst state than Liverpool, which is inventive and dynamic. But regardless of the problems a city faces, suggesting to shut it down is simply imbecile. What an arrogant douchebag Dr Leunig is.
Seeing reports now that Leunig is a Libdem.
That might play very interestingly in Liverpool.
Excellent posts on stuff that matters. Very well done - keep going.
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