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Ecclestone and Mandelson, hand in hand still
Jul 7, 2009 |
Yesterday we carried on this site a JC interview with Bernie Ecclestone in which he apologised for his remarks about Hitler. It's not surprising that he wanted to kill off the story asap - his remarks on Saturday had gone round the world with the speed at which the internet disseminates news and were (in fact, they still are) threatening to undermine, if not destroy, his position. I now know who was advising Mr Ecclestone on his crisis management strategy. Step forward Lord Mandelson, who had at least one lengthy conversation with Bernie Ecclestone yesterday and who told him what best to do to kill off the story. This I know for a fact. There has also been information, although I can't verify this, that one of Lord Mandelson's minions wrote Mr Ecclestone's Times piece today. New Labour and F1 - still hand in hand. UPDATE: Daniel Finkelstein writes
That's good enough for me; he should know. But we do know nonetheless that Mr Ecclestone spoke to Lord Mandelson yesterday about his crisis. |
Influential Jews, Bernie Ecclestone and the BBC
Jul 6, 2009 |
But in the meanwhile, I had a bizarre conversation yesterday with a Today programme producer, who wanted me to go on this morning to talk about it. 'What aspect?', I asked. 'How it will have gone down with inflential Jews who support F1', the woman replied. 'What do you mean 'influential Jews'?' I asked. 'Ummm - those with lots of money who support F1'. 'Can you tell me which ones you are referring to?', I replied. 'Ummm, Philip Green? I assume he must be involved'. The conversation went on in similar vein. In other words, they didn't have a clue if any Jews were involved in F1 but assumed there must be lots of 'influential Jews' who must be, because, well, they are Jews. And they'd pull the plug now because, well...they are Jews. I declined the opportunity to go on Today. As an influential Jew. |
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