TheEye continues to not wish to blog on ‘Smeargate’ as it’s being done excellently elsewhere already, but spotted this over on FlyingWarPigs and it raised a smile. Even more of a smile came via Iain Dale who quotes Labour blogger ‘Recess Monkey’ as saying “It’s not been a good week for the Tories“.

Ha! If that’s a genuine quote then ‘Recess Monkey’ should put down the proverbial crack pipe and open a window to disperse the fumes. Apart from in his own constituency the only people who have ever voted for Gordoom have been some odd students when he was at university. Give us an election and let the people speak.

This whole nasty scandal, though, comes as no surprise to those who have fought campaigns against LibDems. It’s been their speciality for years.

Other interesting questions arise though. Athough McBride was a civil servant on our taxpayer payroll he was doing Labour Party work and so should have been sacked outright for misconduct. By resigning he’s bound to get a (taxpayer-funded) payoff on his contract. How much? A years salary? Six months? Who is going to be the first to put in an FOI request to find out?

One final observation…it’s going to be a very ugly General Election if the last few days and weeks are any indication.

Right. Enough on Smeargate. Probably.