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‘DO you remember John Major? Grey bloke, used to be Prime Minister, liked peas. No?
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Well anyway, hes back in the news this morning and behaving in a very un-Tory manner hes attacking Labour as opposed to his own party.
This is what the Tories used to do in a bygone age (which only the oldest among you will remember) before they realised that ripping their own party apart was much more fun.
Anyway, the aforementioned Mr Major is on the front of the Telegraph, delivering a sweeping indictment of Tony Blair and denouncing Labour spin as the pornography of politics.
It perverts, he says. It is deceit licensed by the Government. Statistics massaged. Expenditure announced and reannounced. The record reassessed. Blame attributed, Innocence proclaimed. Black declared white. All in a days work.
Now, we at Anorak dont profess to be experts in pornography but that sounds like the kind of stuff that even the Adult Channel would pass up.
Which is all the more surprising given that Labours former spinmeister-in-chief, Alastair Campbell, used to write for the mens magazine Forum under the pseudonym Riviera Gigolo.
Take it away, Ali…’
Posted: 24th, October 2003 | In: Broadsheets Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
