Brown turns to the Blairites

Faceless Bureaucrat

Oh how the circle turns...

Chuck Unsworth

"But it's perhaps even more surprising that the Blairites are going along with it all."

Seriously? You're surprised? Good Grief. Why?

This is merely another manifestation that leopards do not change their spots.

Perhaps the only thing that might be have changed is that many of the public have wised up to this culture of spin, deceit and general mediocrity. But I doubt that Brown will be able to resist the urge to tinker around with any plans or proposals for salvaging the Titanic disaster that is New Labour.

Then again, Brown knows his days are numbered in one way or another. Maybe he's looking to the future - his, of course. A nice little sinecure at the EU or even the UN would be quite pleasant, or possibly he's sufficiently deluded to think that he can strut around on the world stage and make a packet like his mendacious predecessor.

Let's face it, he's finished. And with him will go the Labour Party, probably for a generation.

BrianSJ

For the Blairites, it is revenge served cold. No policy will result of course, because their 1970's union paymasters won't allow it. They have probably already put a price on restoring Clause 4.

Nicholas

Just goes to show how utterly without scruples the New Labour lot are, whether Blairites or Brownites. Power at any price. Personal ambition before public good (look at the expenses voting - 33 government ministers?!). Party politics before good government. Deception before truth.

And all under the watch of a self-serving conniving misfit who promised an end to spin and sofa government.

Ian C

I have the sense that I am watching dirty bath water spin its way out of the plughole. Every now and then another piece of identifiable scum is sucked into the downward vortex, goes round a couple of times - long enough for one to wonder if it really will go - and suddenly it is gone.

Brown and his teams - old, new, in place whe he arrived, all ready to be sucked down to the depths after a couple of moments of survival gives them temporary hope, and us heightened anticipation, spinning around the black hole they have created.

Please can we speed this up as soon as possible?

David C

Brown is not Blair.

As Chuck puts it: NuLabour is responsible for the culture of spin, deceit and general mediocrity.
Blair was just the pretty paper that wrapped the package.
Do the Blairites really think people will buy the same parcel wrapped in Brown paper?

dave, surrey

ha ha, Brown and Campbell; two nasty, scheming, self serving sods who really deserve each other..

like the plughole analogy Ian C

Austin Barry

Ian C, bath plughole? I sense you're being polite.

Verity

So Blair's back, in effect, as they will discuss policy with Tony and, essentially, do his bidding and pretend it's Gordon's. The only price they have to pay is to pretend to Gordon that he is the PM.

Austin Barry,I am not going to be as subtle as Ian C, who you noted may have been soft-pedalling his language. For 10 years, I have described Blair as the unflushable turd.

Mrs Erdleigh

Ian C - what a great analogy, too funny.

London Calling

When Birds do flutter
They do so stutter
But Birds of Feather
Always Stick Together

Whether the Nest
Be high or low
Everyone gathers
For fear of the Crows

Whether it be Larks
Or Swallows or swans
They all do drink from
One great pond.

Silent Hunter

Ian - Great analogy, but you really must bathe more if 'that's what you see going down your plughole. ;O)

Eeeeoooouuwww!

Trumpeter Lanfried

When he was at No.10 Alistair Campbell bullied, threatened, abused and humiliated any political journalist who had the impertinence to disagree with him. Just what the government needs to improve its public relations at this difficult time.

Verity

Trumpeter - They allowed him to. It simply amazed me. They were frightened of him.

Silent Hunter

Clearly Gordon has reached the 'clutching at straws' stage in his denouement, if he thinks that this will help him.

Tony the Liar must be lapping this up.

Ian C

I'm just off for a bath - haven't had one in years!

Verity

Ian C - Ha ha ha ha ha ha! Most amusing!

Silent Hunter

Ian C:

:O)

Mitch

To continue the toilet theme surely cameron is the "blue block" that will flush these horrid little turds round the U bend of history.Brown has proven himself to be a worse PM than Blair and not half as smart.