Yes, Tickles then proceeded to give us a highly sensitive briefing on the top-town leak-proof campaign strategy that Party will be implementing through its quasi-independent digital media attack team in April.
- Oh, whoops, Hyena was in James Macintyre's dreams again. For the record, there weren't any nibbles, but the wine was free-flowing.
Aside from the above quote, which is, in fact, accurate, Pickles regaled us with a sorry tale of new media libel: picture the scene. Our good Chief is out in the fields visiting his dear constituents when his blackberry beeps:
Huh, Pickles thought sadly, but no one will believe it. A bit optimistic, perhaps - the tweet was soon to show up in the international press as an example of the democratising power of new media. "Now, I know I'm fat," he told us, "but this is all pies, not doughnuts."
Later, as Hyena stood outside the City Inn she spotted a familiar-looking lanky figure in a beret stepping out with a group of other suits. He turned towards her unexpectedly and, from a short distance away, called out:
"I like your shoes!"
As he turned to walk away Hyena realised it was none other than old Michael White, who, after being refused entry to the bloggers party (doesn't he "never read the blogs"...?) had no doubt drifted away to console himself at the lefty PR bash next door (held, incidentally, by the same firm whose strategy document on Chief Tickles has gotten the Audit Commission into hot water). Now, White might be an old fuddyduddy who takes life a bit seriously, but at least he appreciates good footwear.
Still, he clearly needs a few tips on the gatecrashing side of things.
Tip #1: Don't wear a beret to a Tory bash.
Update: Will Straw's just demonstrated the art of swallowing stories whole, claiming we bloggers are going to get 7am briefing from Chief Tickles during the campaign (Hyena's not even awake at that time). Hyena's got another tip for him: Alan Duncan was there too and he took ByrneTofferings home with him. Kids these days eh?
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5 comments:
Michael White wears a beret?
YE GODS. when does this madness end?
You can't leave us hanging like this!
What colour was it?
We need to know if he fancies himself Citizen Smith (or Frank Spencer) or always secretly wanted to be a Para.
pink
Hyena, your shoes were fabulous and as for Mr White's beret ... well what can I say?
Sadly, I suspect that if we are not careful as bloggers we will all be talking about each other and the effect we shall have ... well we'll see.
re Will Straw swallowing things whole - he is blogging that Scottish police budgets are being cut because the Scottish Conservatives voted to support the SNP budget (as did the Greens while the LibDems abstained).
Except that the SNP had a majority of 21 and there are only 17 Conservative, so the SNP would have won if the Conservatives had abstained.
And the cut in police funding is by the Local Authorities, most of whom are Labour-controlled, rather than by the Scottish Parliament.
I have tried to point this out to him but he always suppresses my posts (which are invariably civil) because they are factually correct which he seems to treat as being incompatible with an "evidence-based blog"
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