Even when David Miliband is looking like he is praising his kid brother, he still can’t resist twisting the knife in every so often. This month it is the turn of GQ to interview the part-time MP:
“The British people are very good at – how I can put this delicately? – the British admire nothing so much as someone who’s lost, that is a very endearing British quality. Everyone has disappointments in their life and so it creates an immediate point of empathy.”
Ed may be having a good week, but that is more the fault of the Tories. Strange of David to play up his connection to the people as if someone else is lacking it…
The Duke of Edinburgh asks a man on disability scooter:
“How many people have you run over on that thing this morning?”
Really pleased to have today been shortlisted for the selection in Manchester Central. It's a real honour. Good luck to others too.
— Lucy Powell MP (@LucyMPowell) March 28, 2012
Guido will eat his hat if Lucy Powell does not win the Labour selection process for Manchester Central. Ed’s Deputy Chief of Staff is in a bit of a pickle though. Given that she somehow managed to work her way onto the controversial new party executive board, how is her selection going to look like anything other than a stitch up? This one doesn’t appear to have been thought through…
Ken is wriggling. In today’s Jewish Chronicle he writes:
“Let me start with the report that I said at a meeting of mainly pro-Labour Jewish Londoners that Jews will not vote for me because they are rich. I didn’t actually say this. However, I can see that the way the conversation unfolded meant this interpretation was placed on it. When such controversies unfold it is easy to get dug in and appear to defend positions. I don’t wish to do this.”
Almost there…
Guido understands that one of the more fiery witnesses due to appear at the Leveson Inquiry has been notified about their impending star turn. Rebekah Brooks is said to have been told on Tuesday that she will be on the stand at the very beginning of May. Though she will be severely hindered in what she can say due to ongoing police investigations, this could be very awkward for the Prime Minister…
How to end a perfect day of being called an out of touch toff? A spot of the game first invented in Badminton by the Duke of Beaufort of course:
The sun being in his eyes is not an excuse…
