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Tweeting under the influence (part deux)

Political Scrapbook — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 20:06:57 +0000

UPDATE: Our protagonist has been in touch via the comments to explain that his phone was in fact “hijacked” by fellow revellers. Scrapbook is happy to correct the record of a post which is perhaps now a cautionary tale on who you leave your mobile with!

World cup festivities combined with a “long lunch” have evidently got the better of at least one politico. Microblogging under the influence Leaving your iPhone with mischievous blue bears is a dangerous affair, especially when ~~your~~ their commentary strays from “Ingerland” to, erm, other matters:

Perhaps the editor of the now defunct right wing blog Keep Right Online can compare notes with Nadine “sat on a wall with a bottle of wine” Dorries?

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Pawns in the game: The Sun has form for putting words in people’s mouths (whether they agree to it or not)

Political Scrapbook — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:25:28 +0000

The point when your newspaper outflanks Nadine Dorries is arguably a good one to pause for reflection. Opinion appears to be crystallising around the view that The Sun newspaper’s coverage of the prime minister’s so-called “insulting” letter of condolence to the family of a soldier killed in Afghanistan has rather less to do with that conflict and ‘our boys’ than, in the words of The Independent, “a vicious and unfair personal attack”. Next Left has a rundown of coverage on the blogs and the media – even The Sun’s former political editor has reservations.

This whole debacle reminds Scrapbook that The Sun has form for putting words in people’s mouths whether they like it or not. Media lecturer John Tulloch was astonished to see his bloodied face alongside a supposed quotation of support for new anti-terror legislation.

“It’s incredibly ironic that the Sun’s rhetoric is as the voice of the people yet they don’t actually ask the people involved, the victims, what they think” – 7/7 victim John Tulloch

The newspaper has already pointed to the fact that they were approached by the bereaved mother, rather than the other way around. But this doesn’t change the fact that they are using this woman’s grief as cover to pursue a vendetta against Gordon Brown in the most crass and tasteless way possible.

Nice headlines, shame about the truth.

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Exclusive: that Nadine Dorries job advert in full

Political Scrapbook — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:02:30 +0000

Following the revelation that Nadine Dorries is to employ her daughter as a Parliamentary Assistant, Scrapbook has obtained an exclusive copy of the job advert, now deleted from the Working for an MP website:*

More over at Chris Paul’s Labour of Love.

*OK, not really. It’s satire, yeah?

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The Odd Couple: Nadine Dorries drunk tweets with postal union boss Billy Hayes

Political Scrapbook — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:28:07 +0000

This might not trump a certain Telegraph hack’s lustful tweetings but the left’s bête noire Nadine Dorries is apparently perched on a wall, bottle of wine in hand, boozing it up with her “new besht mate” CWU chief Billy Hayes:

Wine with Dorries? Scrapbook would rather be in an arbitration meeting.

Hat tip: Chris Paul via (@ChrisPLOL)

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Tory Bear delivers Dorries legal papers to Draper household (serving a writ 2.0)

Political Scrapbook — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 18:41:00 +0000

UPDATE: Apparently it was Kate Garraway thanking Tory Bear for the summons. Having been tipped off in advance, Dolly was hiding out back.

It was announced this afternoon that ‘Mad’ Nad Dorries is suing Messrs McBride and Draper over the Smeargate emails. In a clever bit of new media, Guido Fawkes and Tory Bear were enlisted serve the writs and TB videoed his. It’s almost like ‘knock a door, run’ for bloggers:

Given the esteem in which Damian and Dolly are held many Labourites will permit themselves a titter despite the headache it will cause for the party.

Listen closely to the vid and you can make out “Okay, thank you very much!”

Hat tip: Labour of Love. Liberal England also wonders aloud why Guido is acting as Dorries’ bagman: “Because he is just another Tory, is probably the short answer.”

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“Mad” Nad Dorries joins Twitter

Political Scrapbook — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:56:48 +0000

Shameless self publicist and general nutter Nadine Dorries has joined the Twitterati!

For further amusement follow Christine Hamilton (yes it’s really her).

Who will be next… Norman Tebbit?

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