RANDOM/ NEWS: Labour's smear scandal and the President

I just had a very random email from popbitch land in my inbox... thought i'd share as it made me grin:

The News of the World landed the McBride-
Draper Tory smear email story so it was weird to
see on Sunday they didn't run with it on the 
front page. Instead the tabloid had a 
bizarre headline, "Obama's brother in sex quiz",
which sounds like something Jacqui Smith's
husband would watch on TV, but was in reality
a random story about Obama's half-brother being
refused a visa to enter Britain.

Even more weirdly, the story was not written 
by a NOTW journalist but bylined Gloria De Piero, 
GMTV's Political Editor. De Piero is a close
friend of Derek Draper, a colleague of his 
wife Kate Garraway, and an ex-flatmate of Damien 
McBride's then-boss Tom Watson.

So, surely a coincidence that this was the front page
story? Otherwise I guess we'd have to assume that
the uncalled for and unnecessary smearing of the
family and reputation of the world's most popular
politician is acceptable to the Labour Party now?

Also sent a random link to Julian Cope's experience of the G20 protests in London, in his own words, made me laugh. World shut yer mouth, eh?