Campbell vs Iannucci, round two

Professional funny chap Armando Iannucci is laughing it off his recent internet showdown with Alistair Campbell. Sky lobbyist extraordinaire Lucy Aitken has been doing wonders to repair the reputation of Murdoch spinners. Last night, she treated an assembled crowd of hacks and flacks to a boozy preview of Iannucci’s ‘Veep’ — the American ‘Thick of It’ spin off — in Parliament last night.

In conversation with press pack doyen Tim Shipman of the Mail, Iannucci, the brains behind Steve Coogan, settled the score with Campbell to a very safe crowd:

‘I woke up on Saturday morning, had a bit fun with two tweets and he is still going. It’s two tweets. My mum rang me really worried. The thing that disturbs me is Campbell’s premise that Tucker is the one to be admired. That worries me deeply because Malcolm is representative of all that is poisonous, dangerous and has caused so much disrespect of politicians in the last fifteen years.’