Articles tagged Gordon Brown:
Evening Standard: Dale Was Right About Reid & Brown
- 5 Jun 2009
Last night, just before midnight I posted this story... The usual anonymous commenters accused me of making it up. Quelle suprise. Quite why anyone would read this blog if they thought I habitually did that, I have no idea, but I digress. Today, lobby journalists hav...
The Consequences of Hazel Blears
- 4 Jun 2009
A few weeks ago I warned that the Prime Minister might soon experience the wrath of a wounded chipmunk. I could never have predicted that Hazel Blears would resign from the Cabinet the day before an important set of elections. Her departure is entirely understandable, as she h...
Fortune Favours Brave Chipmunks
- 4 May 2009
From the Daily Mash... Hazel Blears: Britain's most powerful Borrower. Lives inside the skirting boards at Number 10 where she chews through the modem cables and eats off an old bobbin. Can make a Babybel cheese last for a month Wounded chipmunks can be very da...
Why Brown's Troubles Could Spell Bad News for the Tories
- 2 May 2009
Gordon Brown’s political obituary has been written many times over the 22 months of his short premiership. This time, though, my political antenna tells me that he is in real trouble. And that spells bad news for the Tories. It has been a humiliating week for the Prime Ministe...
My Verdict on the Leaders Debate
- 15 Apr 2009
Well, it wasn't that exciting. In fact at times it was damned tedious. There was no huge gaffe, no devastating oneliners. No real funnies. Brown kept trying to agree with Nick Clegg to forge an alliance against David Cameron. By the end it was laughable. But overall, I...
Neatly Avoiding the 45 Tax Bear Trap
- 26 Nov 2008
Sunder Katwala on the Fabian Society's Next Left blog is trying to stir up a bit of trouble over the 45p tax issue. When it was announced I wrote a post saying that the announcement of a new higher rate signalled the end of New Labour. In the comments we had this exchange... ...
Gordon Brown is Frit!
- 6 Oct 2008
Well, if Nick Robinson is right, Gordon Brown has bottled it. All summer he has wanted to call an election but at various stages he has chickened out at the last minute. I was told recently that he wanted to call an election in early September but in the end he decided not to....
EDP Diary: When Maggie Visited Gordon
- 13 Sep 2008
What a lovely present our Prime Minister gave to the Trade Unions this week, following his speech to the ‘Brothers’ in Brighton. He decided to give them a further £2.8 million for the Trade Union ‘Modernisation Fund’. This is in addition to the £10 million of taxpayers’ money ...
EDP Diary: From Stalin to Mr Bean
- 7 Dec 2007
Attending three funerals in three weeks must surely qualify as having qualified for middle age. On Monday I went to the funeral of Rose McEwen in Hellesdon. Rose had died at the ripe old age of 94 and the turnout was testament to the esteem she was held in by the local communi...
Will Gordon Brown Call an Early Election?
- 27 Sep 2007
The YouGov poll this in this morning's Sunday Times is the latest which shows a widening lead for Gordon Brown. I detect the beginnings of a bandwagon in the media for an October election. The Sunday Times leader column is headlined GO FOR IT GORDON. It concludes... The bounc...