As you might expect, grinning perma-tanned war criminal Tony B-Liar has joined the enormous queue of imbeciles heaping totally insincere praise upon the oddly-shaped head of former (oooh, that feels good - former, former, former) Prime Minister, Gordon Brown:

"I pay tribute to the dignity, courage and leadership he has shown in these last few days and to the quite extraordinary service he has given to our country in 13 years of government.."

Well, where to begin, eh? Firstly, no-one believes a fucking word B-Liar says. Never have, never will.

Secondly, even if we were tempted to do so, why would he say that about the man who usurped him? Let's pick the bones out of this particular statement:

Dignity: well, we can knock that one on the head straight away, can't we? Where was the dignity in this campaign? Did the unfortunate Gillian Duffy find McBroon 'dignified? Did anyone? Where, in fact, has been the dignity in any of Broon's misrule?

Courage: when did that happen? When he avoided meeting anyone other than activists? When he hid in Downing Street, with the TV cameras waiting outside? He may have written a whole book on the subject, but it ain't a quality ever demonstrated in office.

Leadership: nope. The silence was deafening. Mandy did most of the legwork, both in the last hours of the campaign, and during the confused hours and days afterwards.

So, Gordon, was Teflon Tone praising you, or just burying you?

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CF has only just picked this one up, thanks to the eagle-eyed Mike Smithson over at politicalbetting.com

During the litany of lies from good ol' Tony B-Liar on Friday, the Telegraph was among many providing live (well, nearly-live) coverage of all the fibbing.

And, in a just-a-bit-of-fun, Snow-esque way, they added a little 'have your say meter', so that the admirinhg public could vote - in a way we never got to for the war itself - regarding whether or not Teflon Tone was telling porkies.

Here's a screenshot, taken at around 10:30 in the morning:

But, what's this? By 11:45, the meter was still there, but had undergone a bit of a change of name:

What a fucking surprise. From Lie Detector to Credibility Meter, in just over an hour. And this in spite of the fact that the public vote was clearly swinging toward 'False'.

Someone little spin-doctor in the Labour party earned their money that morning, eh?



Tip of the hat to Mike - a very good spot!