Bad losers
Word reaches me of disturbing scenes at the Carn Brea Leisure Centre, where television crews were trying to record the reaction of Liberal Democrat supporters, as it dawned on them that Julia Goldsworthy had lost her seat (in Parliament, not the rocking chair.)
One Lib Dem apparatchik, apparently unaware of his party's line on freedom of information, tried aggressively to prevent a ´óÏó´«Ã½ crew from filming. "They're very upset and I don't want this on TV," he shouted, thrusting his shoulder into the camera lens.
A colleague gently explained to him that scenes of distress, from war zones, famines and earthquakes, were all part and parcel of the daily news cycle. Cry baby political activists who must now seek real jobs are not even punctuation marks in the long unfinished draft of history.
I'm ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Devon’s Graham Smith, blogging on news, views and some fresh insights into West Country life, particularly the way government works locally and nationally.
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At 10th May 2010, sterthian wrote:As a regular listener to ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Cornwall, and a follower, and contributor to Laurence Reeds excellent show, i am surprised the ´óÏó´«Ã½ allow you to publish drivel like this. Even the downmarket tabloids didn't stoop so low.
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