Howard, Gould and the Evening Standard
I heard Bryan Gould, the best leader the Labour Party never had, on the radio the other day and it reminded me of a curious story that involved Michael Howard's son. Essentially the Evening Standard published a fierce attack on Tony Blair's leadership of the Labour Party, puporting to be from Gould (who had only just left British politics for New Zealand). The Conservatives, in a bit of a pickle, were overjoyed until it was disclosed that actually it had been written by 19yr old Nick Howard.The BBC takes up the story - the bit I like especially is it started with 'I was two years old in 1979' which the sub-editor thought was a little strange. However instead of checking the article with the puported author, he added a sub-heading, 'Mr Gould imagines himself as first time voter'.
posted by Matthew @ 11/25/2003 01:24:00 PM
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