I missed this little gem from November but Fraser Nelson in the Spectator points it out…
The Labour Party’s newly-appointed Director of Communications Seumas Milne has been asking the Political Editor of BBC News Laura Kuenssberg for advice on how to do his job.
Milne asked Kuenssberg, who is the most senior political journalist at the BBC for advice on everything from the upcoming by-election in Oldham to broading Jeremy Corbyn’s appeal with the public.
Kuenssberg obliged Milne with answers for over an hour, telling him what she would do if she were him.
Kuenssberg didn’t hold back as they discussed trouble that Momentum, the grassroots organisation that supports Corbyn, is having finding broader support among the public. “If you want to communicate with a nation you have to actually do it. You can’t just call everybody b*******,” she sternly informed Milne.
Not sure why a dyed-in-the-hairshirt Red would go to the BBC for advise on how to sell his tragi-comedy boss to the British Public…or maybe I am.
By coincidence, last night I watched the second episode of ‘Spin’, a drama/thriller of politico/media shenanigans in French high places with low morals.
Everyone seems to be boffing each other, so the teen market is assured.
They also seem to have mysterious sources of income and drive cars like Aston Martins, which is nice.
The nominal ‘hero’ is a PR guru who is seeking to install a ‘good’ socialist into the Presidency.
Meanwhile his bob-haired gamin daughter flits between her parents’ very nice houses, doing little else than boffing.
She last night suggested they bought her her own studio flat. Which is nice.
To get rich is glorious.