Follow Up: Breaking Story 3 - These Boots Are Made For Walking

It'll soon not be April Fool's Day. Hopefully unlike Will Parbury, you've noticed? Spoilt the surprise a bit but In a nutshell:

Cllr John Leech MP and quite a lot of other Libdemologists stuck out a very wonky Press Release about giving to charities. Firmly suggesting that no registered charity name means up to no good - which just isn't true - and that a registered company name also meant up to no good.

This was way wrong - although the Headline was lovely - and LOL as always blogged the truth, showing how globally respected charities like Oxfam also had various registered companies. In fact most charities that TRADE are required by statute to have Limited Companies.

Anyway, "do as I say not as I do" came into play when our hero made a big deal out of a photo opp in which he is shown giving a pair of shoes to Blue Peter's sectarian gaffer Zoe Salmon.

Going where? (a) to a programme - not a charity; run by (b) a corporation - not a charity; to be passed on to (c) a business - not a charity; to sell the shoes commercially, under the auspices of (d) UNESCO - worthy do-gooders, but not a charity and finally pass some of the profit on to (e) a charity.

All but one of these transactions have been proscribed by Mr Leech's whacko Press Release. Where is the "I was wrong" statement?

Meanwhile in the course of careful investigations with sources at Bloopers it was admitted that a good few MPs forgot to bring any shoes in to give to Zoe. So, they slipped out of the shoes they had on, took the picture from shin or waist up, and promised to send some on. Some Tories sent out to Poundstretchers or Quality Save for some cheap pumps.

Most of these naturally forgot, but still used the pictures and sent the press releases. Bloopers don't care much about the niceties because as we have discovered so often it's impression management they care about when Petra dies, when the 'phones don't work, or when they're a pair or two of corridor-of-power shoes down.

Which is where John Boys shoes on his shopping trip to ASDA jumped out at me. But a man can have several pairs of mid brown shoes after all. Leechy may be one of the good guys. But, do you know what dear reader, on this April Fool's Day - when I received yet another ChristieHoax Denial propaganda sheet, presumably NOT meant to be John and Paul's little April Fool joke? - I don't believe a word the man says any more. Not one. Do you?

What was he - as a megastore hater - doing in ASDA anyway? More on that anon.