Only asking

I have just listened to the Queen of Self-Righteousness, Margaret Hodge on the radio, talking about her secret tape recording of a meeting with Jeremy Corbyn back in February – now the subject of a lead news story. I wonder why she sat on it for two months – could it be timed to coincide with the commencement of voting in this year’s local elections? Nothing shows up her cynical motives more than this. She struggled to justify her action – it was, she said to ensure she had some insurance against being misrepresented. Like the time she was accused of saying to Corbyn ‘you’re a fucking anti-semite.’ No doubt the Guardian will give her her usual half page coverage tomorrow. I will have to write a letter to them if they do, something along the lines of “Is Margaret Hodge a member of the Labour Party – or Likud? Only asking.”