You almost have to admire Justin Forsyth’s brass neck. He is a former Gordon Brown spin chief earning a Prime Ministerial £138,000 for running Save the Children. Or, rather, transforming it into Save the Labour Party with various attack ads claiming that kids need to be rescued from wicked Conservative austerity.
Here’s an example of its handiwork:
You’d think that Forsyth would be rather embarrassed about abusing the charity’s resources in such a way, but last year Save the Children went one further and gave an award to Tony Blair.
That really was too going far. There was outrage from Save the Children staff and donors, even an online petition – it’s bad enough seeing their charity used as a political attack dog, but to spin a halo around Blair’s head? That really was the limit. Yes, the award from from its US arm and Forsyth runs its UK arm.
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