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Utter political bastardry
 Oh
how the mighty are falling! Well, that's the way it looks
from down here anyway.
The chap to whom I refer is none other than Tony Blah, British
Prime Monster - a man coated with political teflon and armed
with a PR machine that makes Nazi Germany's propaganda machine
look second rate.
Now old Tony has been in a bit of bother ever since the War
Against Iraq.
There has been a British public backlash against his backing
America so hard and members of his own party have thrown in
their red towels and are murmuring menacingly.
Poor old Tony, he just wanted to be so popular - and that
is his main achilles heel.
Other leaders who are not so poll-driven, like our own Good
Johnny, make a decision because that's what they believe is
right and go with it. There is no fiddle-faddling around and
nervous glances towards the media. It needs to be done, do
it.
Mind you, poor old Tony is in even more bother over the suicide
of a top British scientist Dr David Kelly, who gave info to
the BBC and that led to more bad press for the PM over the
reasons for going to war.
It seems that his press office - no doubt filled with feral
toecutters ready to jump on any criticism with size 50 boots
- smeared the name of the good scientist in a deliberate campaign
to lessen the impact of his information.
While other media organisations may use nice little euphemisms
for this sort of campaign I'll be subtle and just call it
utter political bastardry. Whoever is responsible should be
sacked and will hopefully face criminal charges.
People who use high political office to destroy good honest
folk just doing their jobs - or what they see is right - are
bullying scum too cowardly for pleasant words.
It's a good example of why the public should be ever wary
of populist leaders who grow fat on our society's desire to
inflate the abilities, worth and opinions of those who are
stars in the cult of personality.
Grumpy
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