As the news of which lucky members of the 2010 intake are chosen to be PPSs breaks, Guido will be updating this post as and when. So far we have:
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UPDATE: The LibDem changes are in. Clegg is hardly teaching his rebels a lesson:
Cameron refuses to promote rebels. No such scruples from Nick Clegg – Pasty Tax chief rebel Stephen Gilbert is Ed Davey's new PPS. Good.
— Tom Newton Dunn (@tnewtondunn) September 11, 2012
Guido can imagine Dave waking up in a cold sweat with cheers of “Boris, Boris, Boris” going through his head…
UPDATE: Now that’s what you call a pained expression:
First there was the man from the Sun:
PM avoids an Olympics parade crowd booing by walking on with Princess Anne and Boris – smart.
— Tom Newton Dunn (@tnewtondunn) September 10, 2012
Then the chairman of the Lobby:
V smart to have Boris as a human shield next to him for the Olympic/Paralympic tribute. Ensures no boos at all…
— Paul Waugh (@paulwaugh) September 10, 2012
And then the man from the Mirror:
Smart of Cameron to use Princess Anne & Boris Johnson as human shields at Olympics-Paralympics parade. Can't boo one and not the others
— Kevin Maguire (@Kevin_Maguire) September 10, 2012
Is there an echo in here?
Telegraph Blogs readers have been enjoying the musings of Willard Foxton over the last seven days, with the former HuffPo contributor sharing his views on sexy Instagram photos amongst other things. Now Damian Thompson has pinched his second HuffPo blogger in two weeks, as Luke McGee joins the team on Monday.
The phrase brain drain comes to mind…
Touchy Tom Watson tends to get testy when people bring up his links with the lefties Political Scrapbook. He pointedly told the Leveson Inquiry that he had nothing to do with them, which was news to some:
Watson:“I know the guy, the young guy that runs it. I have no relationship with it in terms of management or anything else.”
Jay: “Have you provided information to them for their use?”
Watson: “No.”
Watson would have us believe there is no cosy relationship here, despite obviously feeding them stories. Fellow Labour MP Kerry McCarthy let the cat out of the bag this weekend though when she revealed Scrapbook‘s special guest for their Labour party conference shindig:
Attention again Labour conference goers. This year's tweet-up is the @psbook party, 7.30, Town Hall, Weds 3rd, with @tom_watson DJ-ing.
— Kerry McCarthy (@KerryMP) September 8, 2012
Hmm, surely that comes under “or anything else”.
Jeremy Hunt was the great survivor of the BSkyB deal, getting himself a promotion, but it seems his texting partner in crime – News Corp lobbyist Fred Michel – has landed a new gig as well.
“Daddy”, as he became affectionately known by Hunt, is off to be European Director of Public Affairs and Communication at global telecoms giants Telefonica.
Big drink tonight!