Many will be surprised at the coyness of the Cabinet Office minister, Tom Watson, to comment on the McBride affair; Tom, after all, was a close colleague of McBride, sitting next to him in the Downing Street bunker.
However, further than a terse statement saying that he knew nothing of the “completely inappropriate” e-mails, there has been nary a word from Tom.
Tom’s blog site appears not to have been touched at all over the weekend. The last post is an animated cartoon of a rather camp Easter bunny cheerfully distributing chocolate eggs.
Given the meaty nature of the story, and Tom’s unique perspective on it, mightn’t one have expected that this was one a proper blogger would want to get stuck into?
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Don’t forget that Tom is a Minister for the Civil Service and for e-Engagement! You’d have thought he’d be the ideal talking head.