Post Blair’s government, Alastair Campbell has billed himself as a pious, ethical commentator on the state of the media and politics. If there’s one thing he can’t stand, it’s the negative campaigning from the Tories, and especially from his old foe Lynton Crosby:
‘Meanwhile lest anyone dare to say the Tories are only fighting a negative campaign against Labour, perish the thought… I have seen some dire campaigns in my time. Crosby’s Michael Howard 2005 vintage springs to mind. But this one is taking all the awards for the direst. They are not so much making it up as they go along as going along not sure what they just made up. It is squalid and pathetic. It is not even worth calling it a campaign.’
So Mr S thought it was only fair to check whether Campbell is holding up to the high standards that he demands of others. Well, how’s this for ‘making it up’?
I think @David_Cameron would be much happier if we could just get rid of darned elections. Vote Bullingdon forever
— Alastair Campbell (@campbellclaret) April 28, 2015
And today @David_Cameron phoney passion is …. Passion. What a total phoney that man is — Alastair Campbell (@campbellclaret) April 28, 2015
And it’s not just Cameron who has irked our noble protagonist:
Just caught up with John Humphrys sneer re @rustyrockets – a cynic who should retire to a rocking chair and moan a lot about the old days
— Alastair Campbell (@campbellclaret) April 29, 2015
Mr S suspects such comments could also be classed in the ‘pathetic’ category. Another Labour hypocrite? Perish the thought.
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