Blog of Adam Daifallah -- author, journalist, law student. Lover of politics, writing, golf, curling, fitness, fashion, bacon and maple products -- not necessarily (but probably) in that order. Partisan of the Anglosphere. Contact me via email at adam@daifallah.com. This summer I am joined by Keir Wilmut and Omar Soliman. Wednesday, September 14, 2005 The latest twist on the Mulroney tapes Peter C. Newman's book contains fabrications and inaccuracies, and was published in contravention of a signed agreement between the author and Mulroney, the former PM says today in a long article by his former speechwriter L. Ian MacDonald. An example: Newman also writes that before the 1976 Conservative leadership convention, "Along with Ian MacDonald of the Montreal Gazette and Peter Desbarats of Global News, I attended one of Mulroney's final pre-convention strategy sessions at a cottage in Quebec's Eastern Townships, near Magog. I don't know whether Desbarats was there, but I [L. Ian MacDonald] sure wasn't. "Neither was Desbarats," says Mulroney. Some may attribute this to fuzzy memory problems because of the time lapse. Others might surmise that it was done deliberately to, in that now-famous phrase, "sex up" the story. In any event, Mulroney is obviously fuming about this apparent breach of trust and friendship. I repeat: never agree to be taped! # posted by Adam Daifallah : 9:30 AM    << Home   National Post peeps RSS - Syndicate me! Andrew Coyne J. Kelly Nestruck Bob Fulford Jonathan Kay Colby Cosh George Jonas Everyone else Maderblog The Shotgun Paul Tuns Paul Wells Damian Penny Peter Loewen Stephen Taylor Cory MacDonald Kathy Shaidle Conservative Hipster Vincent Geloso October 2003 November 2003 December 2003 January 2004 February 2004 March 2004 April 2004 May 2004 June 2004 July 2004 August 2004 September 2004 October 2004 November 2004 December 2004 January 2005 February 2005 March 2005 April 2005 May 2005 June 2005 July 2005 August 2005 September 2005 October 2005 November 2005 December 2005 January 2006 February 2006 March 2006 April 2006 May 2006 June 2006 July 2006 August 2006 September 2006 October 2006 November 2006 December 2006 January 2007 February 2007 March 2007 April 2007 May 2007 June 2007 July 2007 August 2007 September 2007 October 2007 November 2007 December 2007 January 2008 February 2008 March 2008 April 2008 May 2008