The Little Red Book of New Labour Sleaze

A public service announcement from Guido Fawkes:

"Three weeks ago as a fresh wave of New Labour sleaze washed up over the rotting body politic like yesterday's sewage, Tony Blair again made another attempt to make out that it was not as bad as the bad old Tory days. But it is worse I thought. At least the Tories didn't get up to hanky-panky on government premises, in government time at our expense with the taxpayer getting screwed as well as the semi-naked junior civil servant. Someone should really document it all so that the next time Tony claimed he was a "straight kinda guy" they would have the evidence to prove him wrong.

Intoxicated with that idea I emailed Iain Dale, knowing he had been keeping a close eye on developments and knows a thing or two about books. The next morning he replied with a publishing timetable. It was his idea to garner a chameleon army from the British political blogosphere into co-authoring it quickly to catch the zeitgeist. The book thus introduces a wealth of diverse new writers to the book reading public, as for most of our blogging co-authors this is the first time they have been in print on paper as opposed to pixels on screen.  The multiplicity of authors meant it could be produced in two weeks - meaning it will be in Waterstones this week.  An incredibly quick turnaround by Iain who has masterminded the production of this enterprise brilliantly.

We have calculated that New Labour over nine years has produced a scandal a month on average, with little time off for good behaviour, nevertheless within the pages we document everything; shady bungs from businessmen, lying lobbyists, ministers on the make, expenses fiddled and Loans for Lordships made. So next time Tony Blair stands up to say New Labour is "whiter than white", you can throw this little red book at him."

Comments

[Ted]

Arrived in post yesterday and has place of honour in the smallest room :-)

[malcolm]

Excellent idea.Well done Iain and Guido let's hope that you can generate enough publicity to make this book a best seller.

[Serf]

Go on buy it, 1% of it was written by me......

[James Cleverly]

I got my copy through the post last night and went straight to my 1% input.

It is very pleasing to see your own work in print.

[Michael McGowan]

What a great idea. I will definitely be getting a copy. One of those must have books for the shelf in the downstairs loo!!

[Gregor]

Got mine too, happy to contribute my 1%, also, page 125 is the best page in my opinion!

[William Norton]

Guido: "Three weeks ago as a fresh wave of New Labour sleaze washed up over the rotting body politic like yesterday's sewage, Tony Blair again made another attempt to make out that it was not as bad as the bad old Tory days..."

Yesterday's sewage couldn't have washed over anything three weeks ago. What you meant was 'Three weeks ago as a fresh wave of New Labour sleaze washed up over the rotting body politic like sewage which would now be at least 22 days old...'

It's this sort of basic slip-shod factual inaccuracy that gives blogging such a bad name.

Good book, though. How about a CH competition to see who can get the best coverage for it?

[Guido Fawkes]

Yes, but won't your mums and selection committees want to read your shrewd political writings?

Go on, get them to go down Waterstones...

[Anon]

Whats page 125 Gregor??

[Ted]

You'all done good - but star turn in my view is Hoby's cartoon of Prescott and secretary on the title page (just the right touch of Dracula & Jabba the Hutt) More Hoby in next edition!

[Matt]

I hope to see every Tory MP waving their copy at next PMQs.

[Guido Fawkes]

Willie,

I am the bad name of blogging.

[Ted]

Anon - as Gregor too shy to respond "The Second Resignation of David Blunkett MP" authored by Gregor :-)

[Andrew Woodman]

I thought page 131 was where the book peaked :)

[Chris Palmer]

I wonder whether this book will make it outside political circles.

[Sally Roberts]

I hope it does make it out of political circles - it is the floating voters of the next Election who need to see it!!