Labour sour grapes in large bunches are evident this morning in the wake of the Sun’s abandonment of Labour and its announcement of support for the Conservatives. Among the more entertaining is this blog post by the New Statesman’s James Macintyre.
Macintyre says, in essence, that he is actually extremely grateful to the Sun for relieving Labour of the appalling burden having to put up with the endorsement of such an unwelcome supporter:
Progressives in the party should rejoice that it is rid of this fair-weather friend. The damage done to progressive politics over the past ten years by Blair and Brown operating within the restraints of seeking to please the right-wing media, is untold.
Odd that those “progressives” should allow that damage to remain untold for so long. I can’t recall “progressives” telling the Sun where it could stick its support while it was still on side. So who is the fair-weather friend?
Macintyre concludes:
Do not forget: Murdoch’s world view is diametrically opposed to that of a party that — with six months to go before the fight of its life — at last can be itself.
Now that is good news. The more Labour’s mask slips, the better it will be for the Tory party.
James Macintyre is a spiteful, nasty person indeed.