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March 7, 2006

Tessa Jowell can do no wrong III

There's a glorious letter in the Independent today. It makes me want to learn more about the author:

Sir: It gets more like the Colosseum every day. I am increasingly sickened by watching the gutter press behaving like the lions.
Tessa Jowell is my MP, and a very good one. I don't know enough to condemn her or not but I know that the way certain sections of the Press are handling things is appalling. It's a kind of torture by media. We're used to trial by media, but this is different.

EMMA HITCHCOCK
LONDON SE24

UPDATE - A liitle bird tells me that BT has no record of an Emma Hitchcock (nor any E. Hitchcock) living in SE24. Or anywhere in London, for that matter. Electoral rolls, anyone? I simply must know who's responsible for the glorious spin of 'torture by media'... such genius deserves to be rewarded.

UPDATE - Electoral rolls from 2001-2006 checked and re-checked, and still no E Hitchcock. I think we have a ringer.

Posted by Manic on March 7, 2006 9:25 AM in the category Tony 'King Blair

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Voters should be in favour of their MP's losing their ministerialships. It makes them available to represent their constituents again.

Posted by: goatchurch at March 8, 2006 7:28 PM

For the last two years publically available Electoral Rolls have allowed people to opt-out from being printed, they would only be available to someone who worked in that constituencies electoral roll office, so unless you have a mole there I suppose there's always the chance that Ms. Hitchcock has opted to go private.

Posted by: Loz at March 9, 2006 8:33 AM

I'm willing to acknowledge that possibility, but:

1. The Anne Milton affair has left me somewhat jaded on matters of 'independent' constituents speaking on behalf on an MP/candidate.

2. The "torture by media" line *stinks* of Neo Labour spin.

Posted by: Manic at March 9, 2006 9:40 AM

Also, people who are paranoid+organized enough to remove their names from the electoral register don't normally go and ask for it to be published in a national newspaper. Good detective-work, Tim.

Posted by: goatchurch at March 9, 2006 9:29 PM

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	« Investing in Tessa \| Main \| Mark Pritchard is a witless buffoon » March 7, 2006 Tessa Jowell can do no wrong III There's a glorious letter in the Independent today. It makes me want to learn more about the author: Sir: It gets more like the Colosseum every day. I am increasingly sickened by watching the gutter press behaving like the lions. Tessa Jowell is my MP, and a very good one. I don't know enough to condemn her or not but I know that the way certain sections of the Press are handling things is appalling. It's a kind of torture by media. We're used to trial by media, but this is different. EMMA HITCHCOCK LONDON SE24 UPDATE - A liitle bird tells me that BT has no record of an Emma Hitchcock (nor any E. Hitchcock) living in SE24. Or anywhere in London, for that matter. Electoral rolls, anyone? I simply must know who's responsible for the glorious spin of 'torture by media'... such genius deserves to be rewarded. UPDATE - Electoral rolls from 2001-2006 checked and re-checked, and still no E Hitchcock. I think we have a ringer. Posted by Manic on March 7, 2006 9:25 AM in the category Tony 'King Blair Pings (Trackback) For trackbacks, this is the URL: http://www.bloggerheads.com/cgi-bin/mt-tbbh_20x07.pl/973 Comments Voters should be in favour of their MP's losing their ministerialships. It makes them available to represent their constituents again. Posted by: goatchurch at March 8, 2006 7:28 PM - For the last two years publically available Electoral Rolls have allowed people to opt-out from being printed, they would only be available to someone who worked in that constituencies electoral roll office, so unless you have a mole there I suppose there's always the chance that Ms. Hitchcock has opted to go private. Posted by: Loz at March 9, 2006 8:33 AM - I'm willing to acknowledge that possibility, but: 1. The Anne Milton affair has left me somewhat jaded on matters of 'independent' constituents speaking on behalf on an MP/candidate. 2. The "torture by media" line stinks of Neo Labour spin. Posted by: Manic at March 9, 2006 9:40 AM - Also, people who are paranoid+organized enough to remove their names from the electoral register don't normally go and ask for it to be published in a national newspaper. Good detective-work, Tim. Posted by: goatchurch at March 9, 2006 9:29 PM - Post a comment Thanks for signing in, . Now you can comment. (sign out) (If you're new to Bloggerheads, you may need to be approved by the moderator before your comment will appear. Until then, it won't appear on the entry. Thanks for waiting.) URL: Remember me? YesNo Comments:

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