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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Dave Hill

Whitewash

An anonymous reader writes:

I read your blog a lot. Thought you'd be amused [that] Boris's press office's statement on the snow, when originally issued, was completely blank. So all we were sent was a huge expanse of impermeable white space.

Tee hee! The original was forwarded, pristine save for these basic details at the top:

Sent: 02 February 2009 13:00
Subject: Mayor's statement on exceptional weather conditions

Below that, an expanse of pristine nothingness. "Quite apt, considering," observes my correspondent. Yes indeed. And thanks.

PS: This is no reflection on the Mayor's highly efficient press officers, by the way. It was just one of those technical glitches.

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