Prescott adds to Brown's woes
James Forsyth 10:29am
On Saturday it was Cherie talking about what went on behind the scenes during the Blair / Brown era, today it is John Prescott. The result: more bad headlines for Brown.
Interestingly, Prescott comes down heavily on Brown’s side--“I have no doubt that Tony was most to blame. He broke his agreement with Gordon, not once but several times”—but with Blair having left the scene, the criticisms of Brown for being moody and difficult to work with receive top billing. The Sunday Times splashes with the headline, "I told Tony to sack Gordon, says Prescott.”
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Perry
May 11th, 2008 11:04amNow that almost everything in the Noo-Lie-Bore pantheon seems to be unravelling,
' . . Rats in a sack . . '
is perhaps appropriate?
(or do they expect people to pay good money for this ('memoir') tosh?)
Nicholas
May 11th, 2008 1:34pmThe whole thing reeks of the sort of earnest mediation politics of lefty school teachers in a comprehensive staff room. Ruthless in-fighting barely concealed beneath sham concern for the participants and the common good.
Reveals New Labour's particularly repulsive brand of reptilianism nicely.
Max Kaye
May 11th, 2008 5:19pmTony's and Gordon's awful behaviour must have made poor Prescott sick.... No, that was the six hamburgers, three pork pies and five bags of chips.
Why anyone thought that Blair, Brown and Prescott were anything other than, respectively, a charlatan, a control freak and a buffoon amazes me. People who voted for them at any time - and for any reason - must have taken leave of their senses.
Ted Tedford
May 12th, 2008 11:04amNicholas: I think the problem is that the current government is trying to run a country the way it ran the JCR or its election to be convenor of the debating society.