I’m no fan of the Hon. Member for Mid Beds, but, credit where credit’s due, I wholly agree with her on the question asked by Andrew Marr of the PM.
Attacking the man in such a personal way, and not at all professionally, took journalism to a new low and eroded what respect is left within society for politicians. It moved us one step further along the road of a society concerned more with image and gossip than substance and fact. It was a very significant and sad moment.
Do go and read the full post. When you’re done reading that, read this excellent post from Graeme Archer on the same subject over at CentreRight. It’s just a shame that the comments on that piece aren’t as well considered.
It’s one thing for guttersnipes like Paul Staines and the bloggertarians to harp on about the subject of Brown’s mental health; quite another for a reputable journalist to ask a question based on nothing more than innuendo.
I wrote about this subject earlier this month.
xD.
UPDATE 1400 – it would appear that the blogger who originated this story admits that he has no evidence (C4 news).
UPDATE 1815 – please see Tim Ireland’s comment below. Dorries is a hypocrite; even when she’s right, she’s wrong.
Nadine Dorries’ position on this is somewhat undermined by her taking a smear about my mental health and giving it a platform on her Twitter channel.
When she described me as mentally ‘unwell’ was she genuinely concerned or feigning concern just to get her licks in? Well, let’s just say that she did not delete or clarify her comment when I obviously took offence; instead, she sought to justify it by dishonestly portraying a much earlier comment of mine as a threatening response to hers.
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Tim,
I absolutely and wholeheartedly agree with you; it is also undermined by her disingenuous and mendacious behaviour.
No offence meant to you at all.
xD.
None taken.
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