Tuesday, September 09, 2008

The Article That Gordon Can't Have Written

Paul Waugh has written about Gordon Brown's article in the Parliamentary Monitor magazine, in which he clearly backs Barack Obama as next President of the US. Well, up to a point Lord Copper. What Waugh doesn't say is that it is highly unlikely that Brown even saw the article submitted by a little helper to the magazine in his name. It is inconceivable to me that he would have approved it, if he had.

Further proof comes from Nick Robinson...
Gordon Brown, it has emerged, does not believe "it is time to adapt and rethink" the way he has been operating as prime minister. This was, however, the impression created by an article written for the, somewhat obscure, Parliamentary Monitor magazine. No 10 is now making it clear that Mr Brown was promising merely to adapt and rethink the policies of the past which are no longer appropriate for the new economic challenges. To decode, he is promising to rethink Blairism and not Brownism, as many people assumed when the article appeared. There has been much speculation that Gordon Brown is about to humbly unveil a rethink of his approach. This is not it.
I sense more mobile phone destruction...

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

It's good to keep up with the Kremlinology.

Anonymous said...

Buy Nokia shares...

Anonymous said...

I agree. I can't believe that if the PM wanted to signal a major change of direction, he would do it in the Parliamentary Monitor.

Now, if he had been writing for Total Politics then that would be different.

Old BE said...

Are you saying that Control Freak Brown didn't know an article bearing his name was being published and that he didn't read it over?

Anonymous said...

Eh? Weren't we meant to have a new approach last summer?

Is this re-launch no. 37 ?

Anonymous said...

Quite a Scoop for you there, Iain.

Man in a Shed said...

You would think Gordon had used the hints of change and favour card once too often - but the Labour party will fall for in Manchester again.

Patrick said...

If this is true it shows Brown in an absolutely awful light. Childishly unthinking. McCain is ahead in the polls. Does the bogeyman not care at all what the leading candidate might think? Can he be so sure Obama will win? Maybe he doesn't think he'll survive personally to suffer for it. Anyway it's just crass. What a tit!

Anonymous said...

Far away in a remote underground facility, the Large Nokia Collider prepares for action.

Anonymous said...

Now you know why he finds it difficult to delegate. Leave it to the grunts and they screw up.

Anonymous said...

"And in the electrifying US presidential campaign, it is the Democrats who are generating the ideas to help people through more difficult times. To help prevent people from losing their home, Barack Obama has proposed a Foreclosure Prevention Fund to increase emergency pre-foreclosure counselling, and help families facing repossession."

This article was written in the first person singular and signed by Gordon Brown. That it might have been actually concocted by someone else
( was this person a party member or a civil servant- we must know the answer as this is elementary pary work ?)
is irrelevant. Brwon must have scanned it and nodded it through.
If not then his system is at fault and he still to blame .

It is also elemantary that you don't comment on elections in other countries - Brown or his minion don't appear to appreciate that.

The Opposition should make a lot of this .