Though Cowards Flinch

Just when “Drapergate” seemed to be dying down, an ex-Labour MP, Alice Mahon, resigns from the Labour Party, citing the scandal as the feather which broke the camel’s back. Other blogs on the same subject here and here. Tony Lloyd, chair of the PLP, has already demanded that Draper step down as editor of Labour List. And yet there has been no concrete attempt to grapple with the political culture that gave birth to this nonsense – least of all from within Labour List.

There are plenty of other bloggers with stuff to say about Labour List, such as passing judgment on NuLab link-whoring, or this amusing article on Labour List astroturfing from Mr. Eugenides. There’s also an interesting article by Shuggy at Common Endeavour, a new Labour aggregator. None of which really makes up for knowing that people can still post such self-congratulatory bilge as this, demonstrating that proximity to Labour press releases and Labour ministers is dangerous to your health, or at least your cogency, prose and wit.