Failure to deliver

Okay, so what have we missed with this Mail on Sunday article entitled "Exclusive: Labour to launch inquiry into SECOND donor scandal"? We've read it through twice and as far as we can see it should actually be headed with "Nothing to see here, folks. Man who's entitled to legally donates money to the comrades." Guess it doesn't sound so good, though.

Slightly more momentous is the radio silence from the scourge of the British Orwellian Police State, Henry Porter who is either on holiday or has failed to discover the dread hand of the security services slashing away at our civil liberties this week. Something leads us to suspect that he's on holiday.

Meanwhile, the Observer reports that David Abrahams is telling every newspaper hack who can't run away fast enough that he's got, like, TONNES of letters from Labour top brass saying "Dear David, we love you and your lovely lovely money. Love, Senior Labour Person," and the Sunday Times has a variation on this theme. Unusually, we agree with Iain Dale on this one: either put up, or shut up.

Elsewhere, the political obituary writers are warming up their quills and preparing to dip them in the blood of Wendy Alexander, whose troubles relating to a donation for £6.78p are threatening to end her career.

An ICM poll gives the Tories their most impressive lead over Labour ~~since the dawn of time~~ for eight months, and the slightly, no scratch that, VERY weird trouser-rubbing obsession that the Mail has with murder suspect Amanda Knox continues in all it's eeeewwww-tastic awfulness.

Adam Boulton reports that there's everything to play for in the LibDem leadership contest, with Clegg slightly ahead on 58%, and there's embarrassment for "Green" Chris Huhne as the Sunday Times reveals that he has made a gold mine on an, er, gold mine. Heh.

And finally, the Spectator Coffeehouse demands that the Tories say NO! to state funding (apart from all the millions in Short money they currently get from the taxpayer, natch) of political parties, Patrick Hennessey thinks that it is "inevitable," and the Sunday Telegraph weighs in with "smelly fridge brings town to a standstill."

Written by Lloyd Shepherd on 2 Dec 2007 12:53 PM. There are 1 comments so far. Permalink