Tim Ireland gives the Conservatives an ultimatum about their smears of him

[muriel_volestrangler]

This could be interesting. Tim posted here a bit, as 'manic', back around 2005, I think.

To: Steve Hilton (an open letter)
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Today, I am here to confront you with details of a long-standing smear campaign that you personally have known about for months (if not years) and repeatedly failed to act against, and I am going to attempt to compel you, and your boss, to finally take action.
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If you fail to respond, then I will know that you intend to stand by the actions of your activists, your MPs, one of your boss’s cabinet members, and your wife, and I shall act accordingly.
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If I do not get a satisfactory response from you in 48 hours, I will start going public with everything I am legally entitled to reveal, starting with everything shared with me off the record by Jonathan Lord (oh, and also a damning conversation with Jeremy Hunt, who needs to be especially wary of digital recording equipment given his portfolio).

To be clear; every courtesy I’ve ever extended to Conservatives will go out the fucking window, including confidentiality. I will pause only long enough to side-step those rare Tories who have already taken a public stance against this and I will release every scrap of text, audio and video that I have captured or collected (often secretly) since it became clear to me that Tories would be standing by their own on this for as long as they could keep the details from the media.

http://www.bloggerheads.com/archives/2011/01/to-steve-hilton-an-open-letter/

[Hopeless Romantic]

1. He's a good guy Tim Ireland but I have to say that he seems to be losing the plot a bit lately