At long last, Andy Coulson has resigned as the Prime Minister's head of communications. Should we all be crying into our beer, or rejoicing, or does it really matter ?
Mr Coulson is a member of a seedy profession that has a history of misstatement, misreporting, misdirection and, more recently it seems, serious criminal activity. That our Prime Ministers employ such people to promote their own images and policies should be a matter of considerable concern to us all, but it seems not to be. Presumably, we are all so disenchanted with, and distrusting of, our politicians that the identity of the person charged with 'spinning' the latest political story is no longer of any importance to us; we know that whatever is said, 90% of it will be waffle or lies.
Mr Coulson may be a lovely person, wholly innocent of the dishonest goings-on at his former newspaper but, as editor, how could he not take at least a share of the blame ? Given that this story has been running for a long time, how could David Cameron be so naive as to appoint the man to such a senior post in his hierarchy ? Who will now be appointed to replace Mr Coulson? Another Fleet Street 'hack' or someone with integrity ?
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