Brit Politicians Puff Denials Challenged

Tony Blair's refusal to answer questions about whether he'd ever smoked cannabis last week was part of a co-ordinated party-wide strategy, according to the Sunday Times.

"A message was sent around Whitehall offices telling Ministers to give the same answer: 'We never respond to surveys'," said the Times.

Labour's strategy drew an angry response from top columnist AA Gill, which he broadened to include similarly tight-lipped Conservative leader Michael Howard.

"I don't suppose we need any more reasons to despise politicians for their preening, slimy self-interest, but their arrogant, smug refusal to tell their employers (you) things that are of direct relevance to legislation is astonishing, though not surprising," he snarled.
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