And after that idiot Watson did the same: before him even John McDonald. The media doctors have talked Labour into a Munchausen mindset and Labour is convinced its harbouring something not there at all and that it has to: "do something about it".
This is another serious problem with the media: even if they don't manage to convince the public, they can the politicians.
I remember reading a study which pointed to the middle classes actually being more susceptible to propaganda because they were more exposed to mainstream media than most: I suppose with politicians it's even more so.