Street briefing

[webofevil]

It’s not the content of this story that interests me—house prices to fall; and so they should—but the nature of it. Minister walking into 10 Downing Street carrying confidential briefing notes is photographed from across the street as usual, and the quality of the digital picture is so good that the first page of those notes is entirely legible:

UK house prices could fall “at best” by 5-10% this year, according to secret Cabinet briefing notes accidentally revealed by a housing minister. Caroline Flint’s notes also said: “We can’t know how bad it will get.”

The notes were photographed as Ms Flint carried them into Number 10 for a weekly Cabinet session. [BBC]

Comments

[strictlytrue.livejournal.com]

TV cameras, too; think back to The Day Today - they had hours of stock footage to play with of any and every bugger who had set foot within a half-mile of the palace.

Yes, I know there are TV crews there (and I said as much above) but until recently, I wouldn't have thought they'd have the sort of resolution to read documents at that distance. I suppose you could zoom in. I hadn't really thought about it. Odd that it's the first time something like this has happened.

[g0ldt00th.livejournal.com]

As I was reading this comment it was being reported on Radio 4 news. In a statement, Caroline Flint explained she wasn't the first, and wouldn't be the last, to be caught out in this manner.