You Can't Get the Staff These Days

Though a man cannot serve two masters, it seems that certain lower forms can manage it, provided that one master is the servant of the other. Daveybloke and his Cuddly Coulson are facing further unkind speculation about their relationship since it has emerged that Coulson may have said the thing that was not despite his long-standing status as a scumbag press editor, Murdoch employee and Conservative party infocloaca. It appears that Coulson received cash payments from News International, to the tune of several hundred thousand wholly innocent pounds, while he was working for the Conservatives. The Conservatives insist they had no knowledge of this; and, given how hard they tried to find out, it is unwontedly easy to believe them. Some party suits asked Coulson in January whether he had received payments from News International while supposedly working for them, and he said no. Obviously, given Coulson's status as a scumbag press editor, Murdoch employee and Conservative party infocloaca, his word was more than enough. Before that, in 2009, a Commons committee asked Coulson about the matter, whereupon he informed them that it was none of their business but he would be happy to discuss it privately with a Conservative MP who could be relied upon not to take unfair advantage. Still, at least we can stop worrying about why Coulson was not subjected to the usual security checks when Murdoch booted him into Downing Street to keep an eye on the help. Almost certainly, Coulson was not properly vetted because Coulson did not wish to be properly vetted; and, given Coulson's status as a scumbag press editor, Murdoch employee and Conservative party infocloaca, that was more than enough.