The word from Scotland
Fraser Nelson 6:34pm
Brown's PMQs performance, claiming Wendy Alexander in Scotland does not want an independence referendum, has baffled Scottish Labour. I call my old contacts and am told a shocking, but not surprising story.
Wendy Alexander asked Brown a while ago to approve her plan to call for an early independence referendum. Like Madame Tussauds, she didn't get a reply. He dithered and he delayed. She figured McBroon didn't care any more (sob!) and went ahead regardless. Just like that Miliband speech a while ago, Brown only wakes up to its significance when he reads it in the papers. Then tries to stuff the genie back in the bottle today, claiming she didn't say what she unfortunately said to the world.
Even Labour in Scotland are briefing against him, saying "have you ever known Gordon to make a decision like this quickly". So the knives are out for him in Westminster and the dirks are out in Scotland - all over an utterly avoidable thing like this. And they say Boris is a joke.
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John Page
May 7th, 2008 7:53pm Report this comment"She figured McBroon didn't care any more"...
Oh please! That's not even GOOD spin. The control freak not caring about his own back yard? Utterly unlikely and she knew it. She knew he was distracted and wounded and made a dash for it.
Neil F
May 8th, 2008 2:10pm Report this commentRemember the 'Yellow brick road and the Iron Man?' well obviously the Iron Ex-chancellor has rusted up too (No Oil it being too expensive)
and his creaking neck was to slow in letting him watch his back!!!
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