Now that's a weird comment

Commenter Random posted the following in reply to piece about Max Clifford possibly joining the 'Gordon Brown is a bully' debate.

"Given that she has now admitted that the complaints about bullying in Downing Street did not relate to Gordon Brown - and, indeed, that at least two of the four pre-date him taking over from Blair - I wonder what it is she intends to prove. This is a shambles - the Tory smear machine used to be world-class, but these days it just takes a couple of enterprising bloggers to pull its efforts apart.

Even the BBC's loyalty to Cameron is looking a bit shakey - it only took it a day and a half to admit the links between the NBH and the Tories, and the questions about the NBH's "charity" credentials. And the right-wing press isn't buying it either. If the Tories are losing control of the media, somehow even the BBC, then might they actually manage to lose the election?"

I will take issue on a few points:

"the Tory smear machine used to be world-class" - when did the Tories ever have a world-class smear machine? Never in my recollection.

"the BBC's loyalty to Cameron is looking a bit shakey" - Anyone who thinks that the BBC is loyal to the Conservatives has a very dodgy world-view, somewhat at odds with reality.