Thursday 15 April 2010

Kings of Spin



A few years ago, England spinner Ashley Giles was awarded a testimonial by Warwickshire County Cricket Club in recognition of his service. He ordered thousands of commemorative mugs to help with the proceeds. Unfortunately the makers misunderstood the order and captioned the mugs, ‘Ashley Giles, King of Spain.’

The same maker would make a fortune putting the correct caption on photos of each of our leaders. All we get is spin, spin and more spin.

Look at the personnel involved. For the Tories we have Andy Coulson, ex editor of the News of the World. He was editor when hundreds of phones were bugged. He was also named as the person responsible for one of the worst cases of bullying. The victim received a record payout. Coulson is now Communications Director for the Conservatives i.e. a King of Spin.

For Labour, m’Lord Mandelson (who wears a £21K wristwatch) and the returning Prince of Darkness Alistair Campbell. Their infamy goes before them. A right pair of spinners.

The LibDems have their team too including Danny Alexander who is officially ‘Chief of Staff’ aka Spinner.

So plenty of Spinners. And plenty of mugs who let them get away with it.

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