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James Doleman

7 Mar, 5 tweets, 2 min read

@JournoStephen

As I'm having a wee Twitter spat with Stephen Daisley (.@JournoStephen ) I thought I'd share a story of the only time I ever saw him in action
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I went to a Scottish Conservative party conference in Glasgow, thinking there might be a story there, there wasn't really.
But, anyway, was in the press section of the 2/3 empty hall beside Mr Daisley as, then leader, Ruth Davidson gave her keynote speech.
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It was kind of embarrassing, the small and mostly elderly audience weren't really that engaged, the loudest sound was of sweet wrappers bring rustled
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Anyways, Ms Davidson reached her crescendo, with some sounbite so dull I'd forgotten it 30 seconds later. The response was a few coughs and the sound of more sweets being opened.
Bored, I checked my twitter feed, and guess what Mr Daisley had posted?
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"Thunderous applause for Ruth Davidson!"
I was sitting three feet from him and just shook my head. There are all sorts of reporters out there, some good, some bad, but I'd never seen, before or since, such a careless disregard for the truth.
#Fin

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