Will the Brown-Miliband truce hold until after conference?
James Forsyth 8:08pm
There are a couple of excellent articles in the Evening Standard today. Joe Murphy has done a great piece on how Gordon Brown has left Stephen Carter high and dry. Brown gave Carter a big title, promised him authority and then backed off as soon as the old guard began to kick up fuss and it now appears that Carter is on the outs. Murphy quotes one ‘Labour insider’ as saying that “Gordon can hardly bear to look at him anymore.”
The real scoop, though, comes in Anne McElvoy’s column. She reveals that:
Now, there have been previous times where the Brown camp has felt that they have been promised something only for Miliband not to deliver. But if this deal holds, then Brown really will have conference to try and save himself.“Miliband has privately assured the PM that he will not speak further on New Labour woes until after conference.”
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Simon
September 3rd, 2008 8:35pm Report this commentWhat is the point of the truce? We all know that further internal conflict is inevitable - they won't be able to help themselves
Oscar
September 3rd, 2008 8:54pm Report this commentThe Stephen Carter story is being presented the wrong way round. Carter clearly offered constructive, professional advice about the operation at No.10. The story should be that Gordon Brown is so entrenched in his bad (and somewhat mad) habits he can't take Carter's advice. But instead of damning Brown, the stories are all about belittling Carter. The plaything cast aside. The need to debase Carter reveals just how pathologically infantile the mentality of Brown and his entourage has become.
Cathy
September 3rd, 2008 8:59pm Report this commentMilliband is as gutless as Brown, well almost!
TGF UKIP
September 3rd, 2008 9:32pm Report this commentWhat a splendidly dispassionate analysis Anne McElvoy's is.
Must visit Evening Standard site more often.
David Lindsay
September 3rd, 2008 11:01pm Report this commentTruce? What do you mean, truce? Silly Milly is a nobody. It was always inconceivable that he could ever have raised enough MPs' signatures to be a Leadership candidate, and beyond fantastical that he could ever have won a ballot of Labour Party members and levy-paying trade unionists.
He had a drivelling article on Russia in the Mail on Sunday, in a failed attempt to upstage Brown's Russia article in the smaller-circulation Observer. Now you don't do that. He's toast.
Forget about him.
Not that there is anything very much to forget about.
Anthony a
September 3rd, 2008 11:20pm Report this commentI'd agree with Oscar at 8.54 - the real story here is Brown doesn't like what Carter is telling him and can't deal with it in a constructive way.
Eddy
September 4th, 2008 10:11am Report this commentOh my - a good piccy of Brown!!
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