CCHQ in row with Tory bloggers over access


by Newswire    
6:44 pm - December 18th 2009

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Tory-supporting bloggers have complained to the Conservative leadership that their failure to gain access to senior party figures is allowing the online Left to steal a march on them, Newstatesman.com has learned.

The private meeting on Tuesday, which took place over a lavish three course meal in the House of Commons including braised wild boar and bread and butter pudding, was hosted by the shadow culture secretary Jeremy Hunt, the party chairman Eric Pickles, David Cameron’s advisor Henry Mcrory and their new media team of Rishi Saha, Sam Coates and Craig Ellder.

Around 30 bloggers were invited to the event, though the “big two” — Iain Dale and Tim Montgomerie — did not attend.

“The bloggers were critical of Tory web strategy, about not getting any support from CCHQ and no access to senior figures,” a source with access to the meeting said

…more at New Statesman blog by James Macintyre

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1. Tory Bear

So wrong. On so many counts.

Macintyre needs to sober up before hitting the keyboard. The man is a disgrace to journalism.

He got the names, numbers and menu wrong. Way off the mark on the topics of conversation.

Desperate tool.

2. Sunny H

A bit quick to rubbish him aren’t you TB? Your mate Shane Greer thinks he got the menu right. You guys should at least get your story straight before you start protesting? ;-)

3. Diogenes

Shane corrected his post to say that even the menu was wrong. And to be honest, I’m not sure that many people really care what Tory bloggers had for lunch.

To think that the New Statesman used to publish men of the stature of HG Wells, George Orwell, Michael Foot and JB Priestley. Now they’re reduced to Macintyre’s fabrications and mangled menus. Sad.

4. Tory Bear

i’m cross if shane got cheese and crackers. i bloody didnt.

5. Sunny H

Shane corrected his post to say that even the menu was wrong.

Yeah I’m not surprised he did, with the boys getting caught out.

i’m cross if shane got cheese and crackers. i bloody didnt.

Weren’t you sitting next to him in the pictures?

6. Tory Bear

Pictures?

No pretty sure i wasn’t. i was sitting next to james macintyre.

7. Daniel Hoffmann-Gill

Oh the joy of Tory Bear in attack dog mode…

LOOK OVER THERE!


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  2. David Wright MP

    Hmmmmm dc: https://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/12/18/cchq-in-row-with-tory-bloggers-over-access/





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