The war of words between Guido Fawkes blogger Paul Staines and his Labour foes became a real war this week, as Labour and Tory activists were pitted against bloggers in that most bloodthirsty of arenas, a paintball contest. The egregious blogger bore down cruelly on LabourList’s Alex Smith but was himself worsted by Progress’ Jessica Asato. “I’m feeling very sore, I’m weeping at the shoulder,” a tearful Mr Smith confided to Tribune. Good training for his battle to win a seat on Islington council next year.
The war of words between Guido Fawkes blogger Paul Staines and his Labour foes became a real war this week, as Labour and Tory activists were pitted against bloggers in that most bloodthirsty of arenas, a paintball contest. The egregious blogger bore down cruelly on LabourList’s Alex Smith but was himself worsted by Progress’ Jessica [...]
by Tribune Web Editor
Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
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