Stephen Tall

Paddy was a spy, says Ming

By | Thu 13th September 2007 - 8:28 am

According to the Glasgow Daily Record, anyway:

Ex-Lib Dem leader Lord Paddy Ashdown has been outed as a spy by successor Sir Menzies Campbell. Ashdown, a former Royal Marine who served with the elite Special Boat Service, was long suspected to have been a real life James Bond. Now Sir Menzies has confirmed he worked for MI6.

The North East Fife MP revealed: “Put it this way, when he was in the Foreign Office, I think he was in the more shadowy side of Foreign Office activity.”

And, indeed, the resemblance between Paddy and Daniel Craig is uncanny.

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2 Comments

  • MatGB 13th Sep '07 - 10:28am

    And in the “stating the bloody obvious” stakes Ming wins first prize again. This remains the best take on the subject I’ve seen.

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