Good day to bury bad news
Yesterday I sent an e-mail to Sir David Garrard's office - he's one of the million pound crowd who Tony Blair wanted to give a peerage to, against the advice of the great and the good on the Lords Appointment Committee.
The e-mail read : "I am being told by others that Sir David's position will be resolved quickly - the clear hint is that Sir David will withdraw his name. My instinct is that party spindoctors may just be tempted to announce this tomorrow when all political attention will be on the big vote on education in the Commons."
Sure enough, that is precisely what has just happened.
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