Last week, he told everybody that axing BBC 6Music was a great idea.
Vaizey commented in the Guardian that the BBC's proposals to cut internet, radio and TV services were "intelligent and sensible".
But the essence of modern politics is the ability (also useful in Stalinist Russia) to believe several things at once. He saw one bandwagon, and now a bigger one has come along.
However, MediaGuardian.co.uk can reveal that when challenged by an angry fans of the station, he admitted he had not heard the station before but claimed he had become an avid fan over the weekend.
This is the good bit, where we're meant to be impressed with his passion rather than despise his facetiousness:
"Having not listened to 6 Music, I took it on trust that the BBC knew what it was doing in this regard," said Vaizey in response to an email sent by a member of the public who took him to task over his support for the package of cuts.
"Several things have happened since I spoke out. I had no strong views on 6 Music on Friday, I now know it is brilliant with a passionate and articulate fan base – I am now an avid listener to 6 Music".
2 comments:
This 'Tory Scum' label of yours is getting a bit tiresome now, my rodent friend.
I feel that Ed should be applauded for opening up his horizons and sampling things that he has not previously done so in order to fully fulfil his role as Culture Spokesman of our party. Compare that to Mr Ben Bradshaw MP who seemed alarmingly out of touch with the "man on the street" when he appeared on the splendid Question Time programme a few months back.
I think instead of criticising him, perhaps thanking Ed would be more sufficient, do you not agree?
On behalf of us Conservatives - thanks Ed. Thed.
Nice one Tarquin, you're developing a fine line in irony here.
No, the sheer chutzpah displayed by Vaizey is the kind of slipperiness which makes people distrust politicians. I'd rather a politician admitted to being uninterested in some things than fake populism personally.
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