Some pundits love to burnish their high principles, and none
are better at polishing up their self-proclaimed integrity than former Tory MP
(and now faithful servant of the Murdoch empire) Louise Mensch, who was especially
keen to find fault with Damian McBride’s rush to publish his memoir of
serving Pa Broon. She is also quick to condemn the deeply subversive Guardian.
But here a problem enters: the Twitter back catalogue is
still there, and my goodness, it’s got some pearlers in it. Let’s look at the
Mensch attitude to the Official Secrets Act, for one: here, she asserts “I’m calling for Miranda, Greenwald and the
Guardian to be prosecuted under the Official Secrets Act”. That’s
unequivocal. There is no way any other meaning can be inferred.
And here’s another, from around the same time: the Guardian had been “rebuked in court for its sloppy tradecraft”. OK, it hadn’t, she
made it up, and there are signs of having read rather too much John le Carre,
but there can be little doubt that she is on the side of prosecution, using the
full weight of the law.
Now let’s go back to when Ms Mensch was an MP in 2011, and
it all looks very different: when the Met used the Official Secrets Act to
demand the paper handed over information, she Tweeted “This is not right. Journalists have to protect sources for us to have a
free press”. Explain that one, Ms M.
And while Louise is extricating herself from that one, let’s
move right along to her sneering at the Guardian
for losing readers: “All time low this
month”. Yeah, it’s just boring! What a rubbish paper! Who wants to read it?
Think yourself lucky that the intrepid Ms Mensch will save you the trouble!
Then comes a doubling down: “I hate those who endanger the lives of British soldiers, security
personnel and public”. So as well as being boring, the Guardian is clearly staffed by a load of traitorous cowards. But it
wasn’t in 2011.
And remember folks, this is the same person talking: “If only other media outfits had the Guardian’s guts. Truly, they are the best paper in
Fleet Street bar none. Progressive, beautifully written”. I’m sure this
volte face has nothing to do with Rupe’s award of More And Bigger Paycheques
For Herself Personally Now.
What a complete, utter and craven hypocrite. Pass the sick bag.
1 comment:
Lulu is a naughty scamp - she named Ched Evans "victim" yet is not going to be arrested by North Wales Police. Two laws? One for rich and one for poor?
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