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Sam Coates and Sam Coates

Sam Coates is hardly the most common of names and so it's very understandable that confusion has been caused by the fact that there's a Sam Coates who helps edit this website and another Sam Coates who is a political correspondent for The Times. ConservativeHome's Samuel Coates is regularly asked by friends and associates about an article that the other Sam Coates has written for that day's Times. When the three of us had lunch together today, The Times' Mr Coates revealed that some people on the Government's side of the political divide have been more than a little concerned about him (they wrongly assumed) writing for a Conservative blog. This photo will hopefully convince the confused that there are two Sam Coates. 'Our' Sam/ Samuel is pictured on the left and The Times' Sam on the right - loyally holding a copy of the newspaper he works for (with a slightly unfortunate headline in shot!).

March 28, 2007 at 15:41 in Blogs, websites, e-etc | Permalink

Comments

Why are there no comments here?
Which of them are turn coates?

Posted by: clive elliot | March 28, 2007 at 16:10

There's no business like Coates business?

Posted by: William Norton | March 28, 2007 at 16:57

Separating the cheap from the Coates?

Posted by: William Norton | March 28, 2007 at 16:58

will the real sam coates please stand up?

Posted by: Michael Ehioze-Ediae | March 28, 2007 at 17:01

When the Coates come in?

Posted by: William Norton | March 28, 2007 at 17:03

I see that one is a typically stiff, over-young, badly-dressed Tory boy.

And the other writes for this website.

Posted by: pregethwr | March 28, 2007 at 17:04

Shocking puns on here. Time to get your coates.

Posted by: Andrew Woodman | March 28, 2007 at 17:04

Andrew Woodman: fair comment, but I might as well be hanged for a sheep as a Coates

Posted by: William Norton | March 28, 2007 at 17:13

And who said political sites like this were only for *ahem* anoraks?

Does either Sam write their articles on a *ahem* Macintosh?

These puns are getting increasingly laboured so I think I'd better, um, jack-it in...

Posted by: Daniel VA | March 28, 2007 at 17:25

Row, row, row your coates, gently round the bend.
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, there are far too many syllables in this line until it comes to an end.

PS: usual disgusting muck from DVA, I see.

Posted by: William Norton | March 28, 2007 at 18:08

seeing double after just a couple of glasses of Cotes du Rhone, trouble with cheap wine.

Posted by: Ted | March 28, 2007 at 18:09

Coates was a famous Lancashire company ----- spinning yarns!

Posted by: Occasional Visitor | March 28, 2007 at 18:22

A certain Mr. Coates is quite a cutie!

Posted by: Justin Hinchcliffe | March 28, 2007 at 20:46

You tart, Justin!

Posted by: Arthurian Legend | March 28, 2007 at 22:17

Where's the Patons to go with the Coats.

Posted by: George Hinton | March 29, 2007 at 11:01

Which Sam Coates has registered all the domains ?

Posted by: TomTom | March 30, 2007 at 09:43

Not me TomTom, although I got a good Gmail address! Girls at school tended to avoid the cheesy world of puns and go for the simpler "Sam Jackets".

Posted by: Deputy Editor | March 30, 2007 at 21:40

My names Sam Coates! Seriously it is :L

Posted by: Sam Coates | June 09, 2009 at 19:33

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