SELF-INFLICTED WOUNDS

On the train to where?

There comes a moment, when you have had a long day, when it can become difficult to tell the difference between fiction and non-fiction or comedy drama and reality. That moment for me came on Friday night when I watched Newsnight on BBC 2. For the best part of twenty minutes I might as well have been watching an  episode of In The Thick of It, rather than actual news coverage of the Con Dems latest collection of self inflicted wounds e,g. George Osborne’s First class PR disaster,  Andrew ‘Thrasher’ Mitchell’s belated resignation (after 28 days of hoping the problem would go away) or David Cameron’s blundering intervention in relation to the ‘energy market’... perhaps  Malcolm Tucker can drop is and help get DC (and his clique) out of the mire...

YOUR MASK HAS SLIPPED...

On your bike?

Very occasionally the real attitude of this government towards the lower orders (i.e. US) shows through revealing what they (the Tory / New Labour / Westminster village elite) actually think. The Tory chief whip Andrew Mitchell (MP) has flatly denied calling police officers who protect Downing Street and the heart of UK government "plebs".

Andrew Mitchell, the Tory chief whip, has profusely apologised after losing his temper with Downing Street police. Apparently they had tried to stop him cycling out the main gates. He admits failing to treat the police with "the respect they deserve", but denies calling the armed officers "plebs" and "morons". The Sun suggests otherwise.  Apparently an official police report into an incident which saw Andrew Mitchell argue with an officer says he used the term "plebs", according to the Sun. The paper claims the report also says Mr Mitchell did swear during the row.

Whether or not the 8am apology will make the problem go away is a matter for discussion. The occasional quiet moment with my sources within the Conservative Party suggest that this is how the Conservative Westminster Elite actually view the rest of their party and us. Why does the phrase on your bike come to mind...?