Pot, kettle (or possibly…fish, barrel)
Posted by Andrew Adams on December 2, 2008
Filed Under Media, Politics |
One aspect of the Damian green saga which seems to have upset some people is the suggestion that he was “grooming” his mole, the objection being that this phrase is often associated with predatory paedophiles and was therefore inappropriate in this case.
One person who has particularly taken offence is Richard Littlejohn
In her [Jacqui Smith's] stubborn dissembling, she is aided and abetted by her allies in the police force, who brief menacingly that there are disturbing aspects of this case which have still to emerge, nudge, nudge, wink, wink.
Offensively, they claim that Green was ‘grooming’ a young civil servant to leak information - a scandalous slur normally used in relation to child sex offences.
Of course Littlejohn would never stoop so low himself as to make snide insinuations about someone’s sexuality, would he?
P.S. The title of his piece is “If I’m not here on Friday, you’ll know I’ve been nicked”. Surely it should read “If I’m not here on Friday, it’s because I live in Florida.”
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