Back when Aidan Burley was exposed for texting and allegedly not paying attention during a talk by a holocaust survivor, we were assured these were mobile communications of some import. Now, though, Kevin Maguire suggests that this “urgent message” was actually about, erm, pet dogs:
“Could the urgent text sent by the right-whinger Aidan Burley during a talk in Auschwitz by a concentration-camp survivor really have been a reply to a British hack’s inquiry about dog-chipping? That’s the gossip in Westminster.”
Given that the Nazi-themed stag do he attended is currently the subject of a criminal investigation, it’s unsurprising that the hapless backbencher won’t discuss the contents of his inbox.
Meanwhile, the Labour Party have been swift to act against Falkirk MP Eric Joyce over allegations that he “headbutted” someone in Parliament’s Strangers’ Bar — suspending the former army major in less than 12 hours. Justice is moving much slower for Burley, however. We’re 82 days out since he was exposed by the Mail on Sunday and the Cannock Chase MP still has the Conservative whip.
Rumours continue to circulate in Westminster that the report David Cameron ordered into the MP — due out later this month — will be “a total whitewash”.
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Lol, gossip from a lefty hack, good catch.
They should ask St John’s College, Oxford about Mr Burley’s record while studying there, during the investigation. They should also ask them what was the reason for his early departure.
So gossip passes as fact, sad state of affairs.
Could the text have been a reply to a British hack’s inquiry about dog-chipping? QTWTAIN methinks.