Reports suggested she was 'on the verge' of resigning from her £328,000-a-year job because of constant criticism and the fact that she was out of her depth.
Lady Ashton's aides denied the reports and said the whispering campaign was the work of Lord Mandelson, long viewed as a master of the dark art of media spin.
Her team claimed that Lord Mandelson started the Ashton resignation rumour by placing it in an Italian newspaper, La Stampa, in the knowledge that it would be followed up in Britain.
Another theory, put forward by Lady Ashton's aide, is that Lord Mandelson wants to force her to resign so the EU job can be handed to David Miliband.'
Read more...
No comments:
Post a Comment
Thanks for your comment it is much appreciated.