Who Leaked Blair's Memo? For the Love of an Older Woman.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 2008
Who Leaked Blair's Memo?

So Blair's private memo on his thoughts on Brown's strategy and tactics has entered the public domain. Cui bono?

Miliband is the clear beneficiary. Who was on the distribution list? Bets are that Miliband, Blair's anointed one, was on the list so a "friend" of his could have passed it to the Mail. Mandelson might likely be another member of the "A Team" that would have seen it, so to would Ben Wegg Prosser, who if memory serves Guido correctly, managed previously to get the "leave the stage with them wanting more" memo to Blair onto the front page of the Mail.

The tone of Blair's memo is brutally frank, he prefaces it by saying a toned down more gentle version will be sent to Brown - clearly he knows Gordon can't handle the truth...
Tags: Anyone But Gordon, blair, heir to blair
at 9:01 AM 59 comments

SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 2008

For the Love of an Older Woman

Polly is the most influential member of the commentariat according to the punditocracy, so it is worth noting that she has transferred her affections to Miliband with a public declaration of adoration.

It is also noticeable that as she gets older she has become an ever more promiscuous patron of politicians. The objects of her desire retain her affection for less time as she has become more impatient.

She first fell for David Owen's good looks and silky social democratic ways and even stood for the SDP in the 80s before they fell apart. It took some time for her to get over that until she was then seduced, like so many others, by Tony Blair's charm and third way. It was quite a while before she fell out of love with him and got so sniffy she told us to wear nose-pegs. She switched her affections and cosied up to Gordon, stroking his ego and boosting him in her columns, praising him as an intellectual colossus, master-strategist and political titan. Like so many woman before her, she was blinded to a man's faults by her hopes for him.

That fling has now come to a bitter end and she has nothing but scorn for Gordon for deceiving her. Young Miliband has now set her 62 year-old heart a flutter with his "bold adrenaline shot of optimism". Summer is here and love is in the air again. How long will her affection last this time?
Tags: Profundity of the Punditry
at 10:31 AM 142 comments