sATURDAY, APRIL 28, 2012
Benefits Fraudster Putting Holiday Pics on Facebook | Standard
Loony Left Weekly Round Up | Dane Vallejo
Why Vaz is a Star F**king Dullard | Guardian
The LibDems Have Ruined Everything | Liam Fox
Why the Big Secret Gorgeous? | Tom Chivers
This is a Cover Up | Ed Miliband
Who Lobbied Cable? | Prospect
Hunt Take That Visit Was Not In His Diary | Telegraph
DCMS PermSec Refuses to Confirm Hunt Line 10 Times | Indy
Yard Called in for Voter Fraud | Standard
It’s the Economy Stupid | John Redwood
The EU’s €70,000 Wine Cellar | Public Service Europe
Shame of Campaign that Dare Not Speak Candidate’s Name
No picture of the candidate kissing a baby, not a single reference to him.
Ken is so toxic his own leaflets don’t mention his name.
Hat-tip: @RobDotHutton
Saturday Seven-Up
Last week some 86,307 visitors made 302,535 visits to view 489,364 pages. The top stories in order of popularity were:- Leaked: Diane Abbott’s Question Time Preparation Notes
- Dorries Should Defect
- The Full Hunt Emails
- James Murdoch Skewers Hunt
- Speaker in Gay Harassment Scandal
- Murdoch Calls Brown “Unbalanced”
- Margaret Moran’s £80,000 Sick Note
FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 2012
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You’re either in front of Guido, or behind…
All In It Together
The Tories are very keen to push the comparison between the number of meetings held between Rupert Murdoch and various Prime Ministers, specifically within in the first two years of their premierships:
Tony Blair became Prime Minister on 2 May 1997. By 1 May 1999, he had met Rupert Murdoch 7 times:Interesting, and we all know they were all up to their necks, but had the scandal not blown up in July 2011, do we really think Dave’s number of meetings would have stuck at four?
1 June 1997 – Meeting
2 September 1997 – Meeting
13 November 1997 – Lunch
29 January 1998 – Meeting (with Mark Booth)
12 May 1998 – Meeting
21 January 1999 – Lunch
21 January 1999 – Dinner (with Gordon Brown, Irwin Stelzer and Les Hinton)
Gordon Brown became Prime Minister on 27 June 2007. By 26 June 2009, he had met Rupert Murdoch 13 times:
6 October 2007 – Meeting
6 October 2007 – Dinner (with Sarah Brown and JK Rowling)
29 October 2007 – Lunch
22 January 2008 – Lunch
16 April 2008 – Meeting
6 June 2008 – Dinner (with Wendi Murdoch and Sarah Brown)
15 June 2008 – Dinner hosted by Gordon and Sarah Brown for around 36 people including Wendi Murdoch, President Bush and Laura Bush)
16 June 2008 – News Corporation Summer party and dinner afterwards (with other members of Murdoch’s family and Sarah Brown)
25 September 2008 – Dinner hosted by Mayor Bloomberg
26 September 2008 – Meeting
13 November 2008 – Meeting
13 January 2009 – Breakfast
13 June 2009 – The wedding of Rebekah Wade to Charlie Brooks (also attended by David Cameron)
22 June 2009 – Reception for Lord Paul
26 June 2009 – Dinner (with Sarah Brown and Lord Paul)
David Cameron became Prime Minister on 11 May 2010. As of 26 April 2012, he had met Rupert Murdoch twice and attended two social occasions with him:
18 May 2010 – Meeting
21 July 2010 – Dinner or meeting
16 June 2011 – News Corporation Summer Party
20 June 2011 – Times CEO summit dinner
I don’t care if Ed Miliband is backing Livingstone . I seriously suggest NO ONE votes for Livingstone in the Mayoral elections
Labour have now roped in Oona King, who was once described by Ken as a Blairite “she-devil” to support Ken in a transparently false show of party unity. What Oona really thinks about Ken was revealed before he was selected as the official candidate. She said ‘I don’t think Ken Livingstone is the way to go. He may qualify for Britain’s Got Talent but only on UK Gold’. Not the most ringing endorsement…Left-wing blogger @PSbookEditor becomes latest Labour figure to refuse to support Ken #NotKenAgain
THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 2012
More Question Time Briefing Leaks
Seems the last minute nature of the panel – it was supposed to be a Ken, Boris, Brian & Jenny Question Time until the BBC changed their mind – has prompted some hasty preparation.
This was found in the Marquis of Granby pub…
This was found in the Marquis of Granby pub…
Leaked: Diane Abbott’s Question Time Preparation Notes
It’s amazing what you can find in a photocopier in SW1:
Drafted by Abbott’s staffer Gabe Trodd a former government spinner it is incredibly patronising given that Diane has been a TV professional since Gabe was wearing nappies.
Guido particularly enjoyed the preparation for dealing with “Dimbelby” (sic), the “listen to, write down and refer to the names of people that ask questions”, and the advice to at least try and look as if you’re not reading the “lines to take” notes from Labour HQ…
Drafted by Abbott’s staffer Gabe Trodd a former government spinner it is incredibly patronising given that Diane has been a TV professional since Gabe was wearing nappies.
Guido particularly enjoyed the preparation for dealing with “Dimbelby” (sic), the “listen to, write down and refer to the names of people that ask questions”, and the advice to at least try and look as if you’re not reading the “lines to take” notes from Labour HQ…
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