Brown finally apologises for aide's 'Smear Gate' e-mails.Byline: ANI London, Apr.17 (ANI): British Prime Minister Gordon Brown finally bowed to pressure and said sorry for the "Smear Gate" e-mails sent by one of his closest aides, Damian McBride.pposition politicians welcomed Brown's apology, but said it had come late and left questions unanswered. The Government hoped it would draw a line under the affair, which erupted after emails between McBride, and pro-Labour blogger Derek Draper Derek Draper was a New Labour insider and lobbyist who was at the centre of a scandal about political lobbying known as "Lobbygate", the "Cash for Access" scandal, or "Drapergate". became public. But there were rumours more embarrassing emails existed which could torpedo torpedo, in naval warfare torpedo, in naval warfare, a self-propelled submarine projectile loaded with explosives, used for the destruction of enemy ships. Although there were attempts at subsurface warfare in the 16th and 17th cent. Down-ing Street's bid to portray the incident as a one-off. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Daily Express, a pained looking Brown said: "I am sorry about what happened. I take full responsibility for what happened, that's why the person who was responsible went immediately. I have said all along that when I saw this first, I was horrified hor·ri·fy tr.v. hor·ri·fied, hor·ri·fy·ing, hor·ri·fies 1. To cause to feel horror. See Synonyms at dismay. 2. To cause unpleasant surprise to; shock. , I was shocked and I was very angry, indeed." He added: "I think the most important thing we do is reas- sure people everything is being done to clean up poli-tics in our country." (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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