Ed Miliband’s new political adviser is in Norman Baker territory with this latest conspiracy theory. Jon Trickett reckons he can explain the lack of press coverage for the prosaic #CameronMustGo campaign, which was started by an internet loony who claims the Tories are Nazis, and shared by dozens of simpleton Labour MPs. “The official media suppressed any comment,” tin foil Trickett claims, “you won’t have seen anything about it in the mainstream media”. (It’s been covered by the BBC.)
Could it be that Labour supporters tweeting that they don’t like David Cameron is not really that interesting? No, says Trickett, “the press barons and their hired hands fear that their power to control the flow of opinion and information is, daily, slipping away from their hands”. Tell that to the barons at the top of the Daily Mail Group and Telegraph Media Group. Papers owned by both have covered the ‘story’.
Labour appear to be holding on to their lead in 40 key marginals…
UPDATE: Full tables.
Emily Thornberry has silenced her eminent father-in-law from speaking out to the press about Ed Miliband and the White Van Dan row. After Edward Nugee was contacted by a diarist from the Daily Mail, Thornberry called the paper back threatening to report them to IPSO and claiming that her husband’s old man was non compos mentis.
For some context ‘Ted’ Nugee remains a practising QC and recently wrote at length to the Times about the legal intricacies concerning sanctions on Russia. But according to a raging Thornberry, the octogenarian was confused because he’s sick and ailing.
When the journalist then phoned Sir Ted to apologise, the QC denied anything of the sort and said he was jolly cross at the suggestion. In fact Nugee Sr. later apologised to the journalist in question for causing them any trouble.
Guido has, to coin a phrase, “never seen anything like it before“.
Tony Blair, November 2014:
“And it was perfectly clear when it was taking shape in the late 1990s that countries were being pulled into it altogether on the basis of political will and that was always going to be risky.”
Tony Blair, June 1998:
“The decision to launch the single currency is the first step and marks the turning point for Europe, marks stability and growth and is crucial to high levels of growth and employment.”
Why bother?
Good old Brooks Newmark, he hath done the sketch some service.
On a question about the inner workings of the penile system and afflictions of the testicles there he was, lounging behind the questioner in his paisley-coloured dreamland. He’s certainly in touch. He definitely gets it.
Unlike – oh how very unlike – our friend who speaks for the Labour Party on these occasions.
Ed Miliband brought his finger to the fore. Long and odd, as you’d expect in an alien. It’s an open secret, isn’t it? The Labour leader is not of this world. He belongs in the basket of a little boy’s bicycle. We’re all waiting – I mean literally everyone is waiting – for the Miliband fingertip to light up and for him to croak, “Home!” Oh, the relief in his party on that joyful day.
For his weekly turn, Ed let out six fluent streams of static, six bursts of passionate telemetry. It’s a language Geiger counters understand well.
Decoded, it appears he wants us to believe that the NHS in crisis. Which it may very well be. Cameron’s complete answer consists of: 1) Labour wanted to cut its funding. And 2) The country needs to make the money before it can be spent on health.
That is the only answer necessary and one he gives every week. For all his other-worldly intelligence, Miliband hasn’t found a way round or through it.
BREAKING NEWS: Clodagh Hartley, Sun Whitehall editor found NOT GUiLTY over payments for leaks from HMRC press officer.
— Lisa O'Carroll (@lisaocarroll) November 26, 2014
Clodagh Hartley crying in the dock after foreman delivered NOT GUILTY verdict, mouthing "thank you ""thank you" to jury
— Lisa O'Carroll (@lisaocarroll) November 26, 2014
Jonathan Hall, the HMRC press officer, who got £18k from the Sun for leaks had previously pleaded guilty, it can now be reported
— Lisa O'Carroll (@lisaocarroll) November 26, 2014
Andrew Mitchell libel verdict expected tomorrow…
UPDATE: Hartley’s husband speaks:
After two and a half years the nightmare is finally over
— John Higginson (@JohnHigginson) November 26, 2014
