Campbell Suffers Curse of Blackberry Emailer - "F*ck off twats" to BBC

[Pert_UK]

"Alastair Campbell was at the centre of attacks on Labour's campaigning style after accidentally sending BBC journalists an email which expressed his disdain for the corporation in even stronger language than usual.

The former Downing Street communications chief inflamed the row about aggressive election tactics by mistakenly send ing the message to BBC's Newsnight programme on Monday. The programme had been looking into his role as the initiator of controversial Labour campaign posters depicting the Tory leader, Michael Howard, as a flying pig that were alleged by some to be anti-semitic.

The message, from his portable Blackberry emailer, had been intended for a colleague. It read: "Fuck off and cover something important you twats!" In a second email to the BBC he blamed his mistake on the fact he was "not very good at this email Blackberry malarkey" "

http://politics.guardian.co.uk/media/story/0,12123,1408806,00.html

[bemildred]

1. LOL.

"This is your brain on drugs."

[Oggy]

2. Alistair Cambell..

Is a twat. Who cares if he sent it to Newsnight ( funny in it's own right though ), it gives a good insight in to what he is like at work. Anyone at my work ( Directors and all ) would be at the very least on a HR warning for language like that in a work email.

[w4rma]

3. Don't see how depicting someone as a hypnotized flying pig is anti-semetic

I do think Campbell is correct about this being a big "fuss over nothing".

However, I also worry about Campbell's ovetures towards Rupert Murdoch's media empire and I do not want to see that empire grow any larger, nor do I want to see the BBC weakened in any way whatsoever.

I also know that the Tories *would* give it all away to Rupert Murdoch if they came into power, so they aren't an option.

I think there should be more news written about the Liberal Democrats in the British press.