Dizzy Thinks on the resignation of Ming Campbell:
Anyone notice that when Simon Hughes and Vince Cable announced Ming Campbell's resignation the whole press conference and tone was done as if Campbell had died? Simon Hughes said "I'm now going to let Vince Cable say a few words about Ming" like he was offering someone up to give a eulogy.
I happened to be channel-hopping* last evening when I stumbled across BBC News 24 interviewing some important Lib Dem about Campbell. Most of the interview was about how sorry the party was to see him go and for a good few minutes I couldn't figure out whether he'd resigned or died. Only when they cut back to the studio and one of the presenters said that there'd be more on his resignation later did I find out.
So now we get another Lib Dem leadership contest... should be interesting.
(*It was during the adverts of QI on the new channel 'Dave', which I absolutely love! 'Whose Line is it Anyway', followed by 'Top Gear', 'QI', 'Never Mind the Buzzcocks' and 'Have I Got News For You' - it's almost as if they sat down and asked themselves: "What would one of Matt's perfect evening line-ups be?")
3 comments:
The trouble seems to be that, with his level of activity (at least as far as the media were concerned) so low, no one could actually believe Ming was still alive.
Now you put it into words - yes it did come over like that.
It was inevitable. They had to have somebody with hair. Ming doesn't have it.
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