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The dangers of lurking paranoia must always be guarded against vigorously, BUT (and get the white coats ready!)....
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After Andrew Marr's initial 15-minute blitz on David Cameron over Tory cuts, Tory taxes and Tory evasiveness, his next question was "What would be your priorities for the first 100 hours if you became prime minister?" Mr Cameron's answer was allowed to go on unchecked. I thought at the time that this was a generous question and that the answer was allowed a generous amount of time.
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What happens later? Peter Mandelson leads the charge to accuse the Conservatives of arrogantly taking the voters for granted and assuming that they had already won the election, as well as for going against convention and talking about what they would do immediately on taking office (if that's a convention, it's a strange one).
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Radio 4's 7 o'clock news this morning led its election coverage with Mandy's denunciations.
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So, was that Andrew Marr and Peter Mandelson I saw on Saturday night behind a grassy knoll, concocting a plot to embarrass David Cameron by making him look arrogant and presumptuous, which Mandy would then accuse him of being?
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Perish the thought!
Odd that in this morning's Guardian Mrs Marr, Jackie Ashley, begins her opinion piece with these words:
ReplyDelete"David Cameron is not only measuring the curtains for Downing Street, he's almost at the point of filling the fridge and hanging Samantha's paintings. The self-assurance is awesome, and perhaps a little too early. . . I'd just mutter in his ear two words: "Sheffield rally." Back in 1992 Neil Kinnock was equally cocky . . .
I'm sure it's a complete coincidence.
But it's obviously not just in an encyclopedia where you'll find Marr A, Marr J and Mandelson on the same page.
Interestingly, many of her commenters say that they don't recognise as authentic her description of David Cameron.
ReplyDeleteThat's an intriguing spot freddo.
ReplyDeleteSeems a very plausible theory.
ReplyDeleteThe BBC and Labour, hand in glove as usual.
ReplyDeletefreddo's on to something here.
ReplyDeleteDon't know if some of you guys have come across this:
http://twitter.com/eyespymp
It's a bit quiet at the mo. I suspect the main source is somehow connected with the H of P.
In the past it has reported sightings and shennagans of MPs and journalist conspiring, with resulting headlines or stories in the papers and on the BBC the following day.
Andy C