Published Date:
16 April 2009
THE affair of Damian McBride's poisonous (and libellous?) e-mails has now become a "gate" – smeargate. I remember passing the Watergate complex in Washington – scene of the original "gate", the very day in 1972 when president Richard Nixon's ex-CIA plumbers burgled the Democratic National Committee offices in the building.
By comparison, smeargate is small beer. Its importance lies in its signal that the ageing Labour government has become accident-prone – proof it has outlived its political vitality.
In the past 48 hours the Labour spin machine has altered its st...
The full article contains 1003 words and appears in The Scotsman newspaper.
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Last Updated:
15 April 2009 9:53 PM
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Source:
The Scotsman
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Location:
Edinburgh
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Related Topics:
George Kerevan
