I would have thought that after Caroline Flint's document-flashing faux-pas this week that Daily Mail journalists everywhere would have been hugging their knees and rocking with pleasure at yet another Government snafu. The entire edifice is crumbling. The pieces should have written themselves.But, yet again, I underestimated their zeal. Not to mention their keen awareness of their heavily-female readership. Thus, the Mail has surpassed expectations, hitting out at Flint where they know it really hurts a woman: her wardrobe.
Demonstrating an unprecedented dedication to service journalism, Quentin Letts goes through Flint's outfits with a fine-toothed comb, pointing out that as well as being a bit shoddy with document-handling, but she's likely deeply vain and ultimately, probably, a whore, what with "those front teeth with their gap like Chaucer's Wife Of Bath", a literary reference that should kick up one unholy hell of a row, if anyone who read the Mail knew who Chaucer was (clue: Letts means she looks like she likes to do it!).
To be fair, Letts does specify in Who's Who that his hobbies are gossip and character defenstration, so we know what kind of man we're dealing with. Anyway. Where is Letts' further evidence for Flint's low morals? Well, he points out, she has several different tops:
Hang on. Different tops and use of hair dye at the age of 46? Bitch!
[Screenshot from www.dailymail.co.uk]
To be fair, Letts does specify in Who's Who that his hobbies are gossip and character defenstration, so we know what kind of man we're dealing with. Anyway. Where is Letts' further evidence for Flint's low morals? Well, he points out, she has several different tops:
In recent months she has kitted herself out in a variety of vivid-coloured tops, ranging from this week's olive green to a yellow, boxy-shouldered creation which positively shimmers alongside her remarkably black barnet.
Hang on. Different tops and use of hair dye at the age of 46? Bitch!
[Screenshot from www.dailymail.co.uk]
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