tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212152.post-21188431238536258052008-05-07T09:26:00.003+01:002008-05-07T09:45:04.418+01:002008-05-07T09:45:04.418+01:00<div style="text-align: justify;">Sue Cameron of the <span style="font-style: italic;">FT</span> <a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cd1d81cc-1bd1-11dd-9e58-0000779fd2ac.html">took the trouble</a> to call Hermes to dig into Labour's spin that David Pitt-Watson is walking away from the General Secretary job because of <span style="font-style: italic;">"contractual difficulties" </span>with his old job.<span style="font-style: italic;"> "No contractual difficulties with us," </span>Hermes told her.<br /></div><blockquote><span style="font-size:85%;">Well, says Labour, he has had difficulties extricating himself from his old job.<span style="font-style: italic;"> "No," </span>says Hermes. <span style="font-style: italic;">"He left last week."</span></span></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">We seem to accept blatant lies from politicians nowadays as just par for the course. Particularly if they come from anonymous spokesman. Guido always tries to name the spokesperson so that we know who is doing the lying. <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">They don't like that...</span><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><br /> <a href="http://messagespace.advertserve.com/advertpro/servlet/click/zone?zid=70&pid=5&lookup=true&position=1" target="_top"> <img src="http://messagespace.advertserve.com/advertpro/servlet/view/banner/image/zone?zid=70&pid=5&position=1" hspace="0" vspace="0" border="0" alt="Advertise on this site with MessageSpace" /> </a></div>Guido Fawkeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15091277669318213298noreply@blogger.com