Like Guido, regular readers will no longer be surprised to see stories from this blog appear in Andrew Pierce’s Mail column. On Friday Guido ran two stories on Michael Gove’s school playing fields saga, the first revealing just how many fields were flogged under Labour and the second unearthing the hypocrisy of Andy Burnham. Imagine the shock in the Guy Newsroom when Pierce then penned a piece yesterday revealing just exactly how many school playing fields had been sold off under the last government accompanied by the very same quote from the Shadow Health Secretary:

Coincidence, of course…

See also: Magpie Pierce Lifts Another Guido Story, Andrew Pierce is a Thief – An Occasional Series, Andrew Pierce Goes all Hari, Did You See Guido’s Column in the Mail Today?, An Open Letter to Paul Dacre