About this time on a Sunday the hacks on the Evening Standard’s Londoner’s Diary and Peter McKay’s Ephraim Hardcastle in the Daily Mail will be looking for stories for next week.
Last week, as in many weeks past, they cut ‘n pasted from Guido, they are nowadays the only remaining diarists left who still do this. This piss taking thieving has gone on for years. Harry Phibbs actually sells stories he has lifted from here to other diaries. Sebastian Shakespeare told Guido he “doesn’t give a f**k” he has space to fill. If they carry on doing it, they will be subject to unconventional and asymmetric warfare. Guido does vendetta with a capital V…
