Damian Green

Some general thoughts:

• I suspect that Green's releasing stuff in "the public interest" was also because it further served the Tory interest
• I believe that Brown and Smith weren't told about this beforehand- Diane Abbott said that there had to be political cover and I think not telling them was that
• If this was a Labour MP doing this, the Daily Mail et. al would not be so much in arms
• I hope there was a very good reason for this- I suspect there's something more than the Tory story.

(Edit 3.10pm - this is my 200th post)