BombBalls

The Daily Mail, Friday July 8:

Page 6: A piece (rightfully) condemning Respect Party MP George Galloway for trying to make political gain out of the tragedy of the London bombings.
Odd then, that while the Editorial Leader (p 18) and a separate comment by Deputy Political Editor Paul Eastham both single out Shadow Home Secretary David Davis for his 'thoughtful eloquence' that 'captured the defiance of the nation' (translation - rather predictable, politico-speak praising 'the men and women of the emergency services... we thank them from the bottom of our hearts' and claiming 'This morning's explosions were acts of almost unspeakable depravity') - they failed to mention a single word of the speech made from Singapore by Ken Livingstone - one which even his most hardened of enemies, including the Mail Group's own Evening Standard - singled out as perhaps the most defining and heartfelt of the words uttered that day. Especially since, as mayor of the bombed City, there is a certain journalistic duty to record his reaction.
Even the Prime Minister's speech - admittedly presented above those of David Davis' on p 16 - were umbrella-ed into a round-up of responses from the world leaders present at the G8 summit.

A case of making politcal gain out of tragedy? Surely not.

Thankfully, the sports dept chose to lead with a defiant, Churchillian statement from Lord Sebastian Coe, Chairman of the successful London 2012 Olympic bid: 'You won't destroy us'.
But what's this? A few pages later on p93, Jeff Powell attacks London's Olympic bid for not coming clean about the true cost of security for the games, in the wake of the previous day's bombings. Well, actually, that's not true. Teflon Seb doesn't get a mention. What Jeff says is 'Blair and Livingstone must come clean about the price of terror'.
Seb Coe, lest we forget, was previously Private Secretary to Conservative Leader William Hague...