Media whore
From David Mayger
Sir: As a longtime Spectator reader, I used to sympathise with Britain’s problem. Used to, that is, until reading that your two major political parties are importing US politicians to address their conventions! John McCain to the Conservatives, and Bill Clinton to Labour; each expected, nay, invited to meddle in internal British affairs.
The Senator, to do him justice, is a sincere and capable man. While in my view a spent force, he is an all but announced candidate for America’s highest political office. Mr Cameron et al are merely giving him a platform for what will be seen as partisan pronouncements.
And then there’s Bubba! Bill Clinton is what we inelegantly call here a media whore, feverish to revise the history of his administration. What in the name of Ramsay MacDonald does he have to offer Labour, or anyone else? How to place personal aggrandisement above sworn duty? How to whine and pout your way to fortune? How to manage by opinion polls, to slough off responsibility, endanger our lands and encourage our foes? And then make a fortune in speaker’s fees prating about the world on the nobility of one’s intentions? Serious people in both America and Britain must be shocked!
David Mayger
Alexandria, Virginia, USA
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