Ashcroft and The Guardian

I'm currently working on quite a long post about The Guardian's response to the Michael Ashcroft saga. However, owing to the fact that I am currently only able to use a shit PC with a shit version of IE on it - and the fact that The Guardian's position has changed as this non story drags on develops, the post will have to wait until later today/tomorrow.

To summarise, though, my position is this - I'm pretty sure that while Ashcroft has the dubious ethical status enjoyed by many wealthy "donors" to political parties, he's probably one of the best of a bad bunch. And I'd also say that The Guardian - which has its own intersting position with regard to the payment of tax - is simply using this story to prop up a failed government that has nothing to say other than pointing at the Tories and their benefactor and chanting the mantra "they are rich, they are evil. They are rich, they are evil."

Which is utterly pathetic.