Martin Bright – A good month to bury bad news
The death of a significant figure such as a pope or a former prime minister, or a major sporting occasion, provides good cover. The last day of parliament before recess can be an excellent opportunity to slip out an unfortunate statistic or embarrassing report. Then there’s the “late on Fridays” trick, when political journalists are desperate to get home. It doesn’t always work, as Gordon Brown discovered last month when the Treasury released details of his 1997 decision to launch a £5bn-a-year raid on pension funds on a Friday evening. But who knows how many times it has worked? The public certainly doesn’t.
So imagine what ministers could do if they had a whole month or more in which to bury bad news.
Posted on April 26th, 2007 at 2:16pm under Chicken Nuggets, Eye Catching Initiatives, New Labour, UK politics
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