The Sunday Times opines that Guardian…

“…writers drawing a wage from a company which indulges in all the “conventional” tricks of capitalism only to then heap opprobrium upon other companies that do the same. It feels like a good example of champagne socialism at work. “

Regular readers will remember all of this:

And now sleazy old perv Mike Hancock has admitted on the stand that he “kissed and cuddled” a 17-year-old and had a string of extra-marital affairs which he had previously denied.

Hancock was in court to testify against his election opponent and anti-child abuse campaigner Les Cummings, who has just been found guilty of spreading false information during an election period because he alleged the girl was 14.

It may be legal, but is fondling schoolgirls really conduct befitting a Member of Parliament?

It was heavily recommended last week that the No2AV campaign take the fight to Nick Clegg.

That should do the trick…

Despite pleading guilty and despite being fast-tracked to an open prison, David Chaytor is not going away quietly. When he was locked up, the sentencing judge said sending him down would go some way to restoring the public’s faith in politics, but it seems he isn’t willing to take one for the team. He is appealing the length of his sentence. The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Judge, and two other judges will hear an application by 61-year-old Chaytor at the Court of Appeal on March 22.

Denis Macshane and Douglas Alexander are attempting to politicise the Libya situation. Macshane, who despite losing the whip, still falls into line to spin for Labour just told Jeremy Vine that he thinks the government had their eye off the ball. Alexander says they haven’t reacted to the situation quickly enough, which is odd given that he didn’t suggest the UK should be doing more when he appeared on Newsnight just two nights ago. A swift and convenient change of heart.

And do these two really want to open up that particular can of worms? When it comes to throwing blame around for this mess, Labour have a bit of a moral deficit on this one. Lest we forget it was Wee Dougie’s government that did “all it could” to get Megrahi released. It was Wee Dougie’s preferred choice of leader that was “working discreetly“ to see the Lockerbie bomber returned to Gadaffi’s warm embrace. It seems Wee Dougie has forgotten also that it was Labour Minister Bill Rammell who was giving Libya legal advice too. And it didn’t just stop with Megrahi – throughout 2008 Lord Jones,­ Bill Rammell and Dawn Primarolo all popped into Tripoli for a cup of tea and a chat about trade. Perhaps Wee Dougie should have a quick quip at them for not acting swiftly enough.

It seems Labour very much had their eye on the ball, of sorts.

In the run up to his sentencing at the beginning of next month it seems ex-Labour MP Jim Devine has been declared financially as well as morally bankrupt. The disgraced fraudster was unable to pay his long-suffering aide Marion Kinley £35,000 for unfair dismissal. It’s ok Jim, you can use cigarettes as currency where you’re going.

This email has just been sent out to subscribers to the Guidogram:

Dear Co-conspirator,

We need your help fighting left-wing hypocrisy. For months The Guardian has been attacking the City, bankers, hedge funds and companies like Barclays and Vodafone for using legal and prudent tax strategies. Over the past two days Guido’s blog has revealed that the Guardian Media Group has itself hundreds of millions of pounds of assets held offshore in the Caymans and invests tens of millions in hedge funds.  They have been caught hypocritically doing exactly what they condemm others for doing.

On Monday we revealed that the Guardian is guilty of exactly the same business practises it deplored Barclays doing The Guardian: Uncut and Full of Cant

Yesterday Guido wrote an open letter to Alan Rusbridger asking him to come clean after we revealed tens of millions invested in hedge funds by the Guardian Media Group: Guardian Invested Millions in Hedge Funds During Banking Crisis – Editor Rusbridger on Board Which Approved Strategy

Today we’re asking you to call out the Guardian editor on his paper’s hypocrisy, if you have a Twitter account we’re asking you to tweet directly to the Guardian’s editor, Alan Rusbridger, a clear message to #ComeCleanAlan by just clicking on this birdie image:

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As Tripoli burns and the noose tightens around Gadaffi, there is one face that has been missing from our television screens during this monumental story. Rumour has it the BBC’s Middle Eastern Editor Jeremy Bowen is off skiing this week. How inconsiderate to hold a revolution during half-term.

Guido will try again later, but there was no one answering at his desk this morning…