BBC SPIN-ROW MAN 'CRACKING UP' SLURS

[dArKeR]

A LABOUR MP loyal to Tony Blair is believed to be behind shocking new slurs that BBC journalist Andrew Gilligan is cracking up and close to suicide.

The sanity of the Radio 4 Defence Correspondent - at the centre of the scandal over the death of Government scientist Dr David Kelly - was questioned by the Westminster source.

But the claim that the BBC was worried about 34-year-old Mr Gilligan's state of mind caused fury yesterday.

One close friend insisted: "He is not mad. Andrew is fit and well and hard at work like normal.

"That's hardly the signs of a man on the edge. It is offensive rubbish to suggest he is close to suicide and the most appalling slur on his character.

"Of course he was pretty shaken up over the weekend when it was discovered what had happened to Dr Kelly. But everyone who had known Dr Kelly was too."

The friend added: "It's typical of this Government's PR machine to sink that low. But it's another sign how desperate they are.

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[TahitiNut]

1. "Kill the messenger"

It's an overt attempt to distract and derail. It's a clear indication that the culpability of the Blair adminstration is real.

[Devils Advocate NZ]

2. They are just setting up the back story...

You see, everyone was suspicious of the Kelly "suicide" because no-one had any idea he was "cracking up" and "suicidal".

So this time, they are making sure we know that Gilligan is "suicidal" so that when he commits "suicide" we'll all just say "It's no surprise, he was cracking up you know..."

[hlthe2b]

3. I really do hope the BBC...

is providing him some around-the-clock protection...or at least making sure he is always accompanied. (Hard to be "suicided" in front of an audience)

[dArKeR]

5. JKF was suicided in front of a crowd.

[Jackpine Radical]

4. Us paranoids

all think alike.