Eric Pickles’ door-kicking media SpAd Giles Kenningham is taking over the running of the CCHQ press operation for year while Susie Squire covers for Gabby Bertin’s maternity leave.

He’s good…

Have a look at this footage running on BBC News of a Palestinian “casualty” being carried away, apparently injured. Then keep watching:

See the whole package here. Lazarus has been found alive and well in the Holy Land!

To the best of our knowledge the pictures do not show any kind of ‘staged’ event – and were run in good faith. The footage shown by BBC News was edited from a longer sequence provided by the Reuters news agency in which the man in question is shown being lifted from the ground. He is then given attention at the roadside, before appearing later having recovered. We ran a shorter edit of those pictures, and would point out that some re-uses of our output by others online have compressed the sequence further. Steps have been taken to ensure any re-broadcast reflects the full sequence so that it is absolutely clear to our audiences. 

Sky Sources: Sally Bercow will be first recipient of a legal letter from Lord McAlpine—
Sky News Newsdesk (@SkyNewsBreak) November 15, 2012

Think they call that “making an example of someone”. You bet Sally is regretting be so flippant in her apology earlier in the week…

UPDATE:

@paulwaugh *gulps*—
Sally Bercow (@SallyBercow) November 15, 2012

Once Britain’s grannies knitted woolie hats and gloves for our boys in the trenches, nowadays modern technology means that you can give your support online to those fighting on the side of the righteous by simply clicking on a link.

Guido independently verified the last time the IDF were on the march, that this is a genuine way to show support for Israel’s front-line troops.

PizzaIDF.org organise the delivery of pizzas and Pepsi to troops risking their lives on the frontier of freedom.

The Guidogram round-up of the week is going out shortly.

Thousands of Westminster insiders read the Guidogram, everyone from Downing Street insiders to Fleet Street never miss it. Don’t miss out on the ongoing BBC scandals and of course the biggest story of the week – Liz Kendall’s lunch.

Join the conspiracy and become a subscriber to the Guidogram, free, to keep in the loop. You’re either in front of Guido, or behind…

Richard Delingpole muses:

“I’m worried that Tories might split the UKIP vote in Corby election.”

You know you’ve lost an argument when you threaten to consult your learned friends over a minor twitter spat.

Last night David Blanchflower, Gordon Brown’s favourite former appointee to the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee, had a meltdown his old friend would have been proud of:

@ToryTreasury @frasernelson I said no such thing so stop spreading LIES. I will consult a lawyer if you repeat it—
Danny Blanchflower (@D_Blanchflower) November 14, 2012

@ToryTreasury @frasernelson You just libelled me—
Danny Blanchflower (@D_Blanchflower) November 14, 2012

Guido reminded Danny that, actually, he had made the unfortunate prediction:

Since @D_Blanchflower seems to be having a twitter breakdown now seems an appropriate time to bring this up again: order-order.com/2012/10/18/dav…—
Alex Wickham (@Wickham_A) November 14, 2012

@MrMirth @Wickham_A i guess you are right – point taken and maybe i will cease my bad predictions!—
Danny Blanchflower (@D_Blanchflower) November 14, 2012

If only…

This morning it was reported that a man in his sixties has been arrested by police investigating the Jimmy Savile allegations.

Mark Williams-Thomas, the man who made the original ITV Savile documentary, reports that former BBC radio presenter Dave Lee Travis is the man the cops have taken in for questioning:

Breaking: I can confirm that the man arrested as part of the wider #Savile investigation this morning is Dave Lee Travis—
Mark Williams-Thomas (@mwilliamsthomas) November 15, 2012

Developing…

Herman van Rompuy is not exactly making encouraging noises ahead of the EU budget negotiations next week. Not only does the EU council president’s trillion €uro proposal remain higher than the PM’s target of a real-terms freeze, but he also wants a cut to the UK rebate.

Even Dave will have to say no to that…