Guido a Conservative? Gosh!

Hey, did you know Guido Fawkes favoured the right over the left? Gosh, neither did we. Amazing, isn't it? It certainly seems to have surprised the Telegraph's Three Line Whip. Although we didn't realise it was quite as blatant as this, which appeared in the footer of an email the Telegraph claimed to have received from the estimable fighter of wrong:

This email and any attachments to it (the "Email") are intended for a specific recipient(s) and its contents may be confidential, privileged and/or otherwise protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient or have received this Email in error, please notify the sender immediately by telephone or email, and delete it from your records. You must not disclose, distribute, copy or otherwise use this Email. Please note that email is not a secure form of communication and that the Conservative Party ("the Party") is not responsible for loss arising from viruses contained in this Email nor any loss arising from its receipt or use. Any opinion expressed in this Email is not necessarily that of the Party and may be personal to the sender.

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Promoted by Alan Mabbutt on behalf of the Conservative Party, both at 30 Millbank, London, SW1P 4DP

The Telegraph's getting hot and bothered by the last two paras, but we're more intrigued by the long chunk of legalese. That's the kind of stuff corporate legal teams force on their hapless colleagues. It's not the kind of thing you expect to see on emails from a fearless independent like Guido Staines.

So has Guido gone corporate? Is he just an arm of Tory HQ now? Or did this just get forwarded by someone from there?

And does he really send out emails promoting his stuff to unsolicited recipients? And why didn't we get one?

Written by Lloyd Shepherd on 25 Jan 2008 12:04 PM. Permalink