Are we alone in thinking that there is something distasteful about how press and politicians seem to outnumber rescuers asevents unfold at the mine in Pontardawe?
There is a message from David Taylor (Labour Party Spin Doctor) which says "He is there supporting families at the request of the police", which appears on his twitter log as 9 hours old. Then there is a message from Peter Hain himself which says "Up at mine site now. Scores of rescue workers toiling away absolutely determined to find 3 miners", which appears on his twitter log as 7 hours old. The timings of these messages suggest that the Labour Party specifically engineered his appearance at least 2 hours beforehand and had already concocted a spin that he was attending in response to a request from the emergency services. Strange. Kissing babies is a rather cute pastime of politicians, but chasing ambulances rather distasteful. http://twitter.com/#!/David_Taylor
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Personally, I hope that most of the rescuers are INSIDE the mine.
Sickening
Sadly this part of Wales has more than its share of publicity seeking ghouls masquerading as elected representatives.
BBC Wales sources say Hain briefed them about a fatality last night.
There is a message from David Taylor (Labour Party Spin Doctor) which says "He is there supporting families at the request of the police", which appears on his twitter log as 9 hours old. Then there is a message from Peter Hain himself which says "Up at mine site now. Scores of rescue workers toiling away absolutely determined to find 3 miners", which appears on his twitter log as 7 hours old. The timings of these messages suggest that the Labour Party specifically engineered his appearance at least 2 hours beforehand and had already concocted a spin that he was attending in response to a request from the emergency services. Strange. Kissing babies is a rather cute pastime of politicians, but chasing ambulances rather distasteful.
http://twitter.com/#!/David_Taylor
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