Should Guido Fawkes require a volunteer to carry the box of matches as he trundles his barrels of gunpowder along the basements at the Palace of Westminster I am happy to oblige, not just for the many pleasures he has brought me by exposing the general poltroonery of the political class, but especially for this one, gleaned, he tells us, from Ed Balls' very own website circa 2009. What a nice, happy, friendly occasion:
It was taken outside Barclays where 'Ed the Banker-Slayer' said, according to Guido, that he was “delighted” to praise Barclays for “changing the face of banking”. Time to get the air-brush experts at work, Ed, or perhaps they could photo-shop Osborne's mug in place of yours, that might work.
My thanks to Guido.
What we need is a fast track inquiry into the activities of Gordon Brown as Chancellor. Under oath with him wired up to a lie detector.
Posted by: backofanenvelope | Wednesday, 04 July 2012 at 09:35
That, I fear, would constitute cruel and unusual punishment to the lie detector!
Posted by: David Duff | Wednesday, 04 July 2012 at 10:37
A truth detector might be more useful for Gordon. (He didn't seem a bad fellow when I knew him: a career in politics obviously harms a chap.)
Posted by: dearieme | Wednesday, 04 July 2012 at 10:39
Well, it certainly harmed him.
Posted by: David Duff | Wednesday, 04 July 2012 at 12:03