Story alert
Fraser Nelson 6:07pm
A good political story is about to break. Have no idea what, but Westminster's nervous system is twitching. My only information is that it is "big, followable and with us by midnight". Stay tuned.
UPDATE: The story is "good, but not an earthquake" I am told. That's good news for the Tories. They don't want the earth moving under No.10 before election day.
P.S. Iain Dale has a fantasy list of what the story could be ("Clegg says it was 130, not 30"). Not long to go now.
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Max Kaye
May 9th, 2008 6:28pmFraser - you are such a tease!
hmm?
May 9th, 2008 6:31pmI think it might be spousal
CS
May 9th, 2008 6:59pmPortillo has announced that he's joining the Tory Party?
Perry
May 9th, 2008 7:05pmNah, - it ain’t nothing – just a 2 hour pep-talk from the Beloved Leader, starting at 10pm tonight.
Watching it is obligatory.
Pollytwaddle and all the grouniadistas are excused.
Oscar
May 9th, 2008 7:08pmShall we start guessing - something to do with Scottish referendum perhaps?
Ian C
May 9th, 2008 7:31pmA general election? We should be so lucky.....
Percepied
May 9th, 2008 7:35pmSomething to make Gordon seem more human. Perhaps an announcement of some long standing health disorder?
M Alexander
May 9th, 2008 7:47pmProbably Wendy Alexander...
Tiberius
May 9th, 2008 8:11pmMust be to do with Wee Wendy.
Andres
May 9th, 2008 8:28pmVote of 'no confidence' in Broon???
David
May 9th, 2008 8:35pmCharles Kennedy failed to show for Any Questions.
Ooh, isn't this speculation fun.....
Stan, UK
May 9th, 2008 8:46pmFraser, this better be good after you've hyped it up!!
Austin Barry
May 9th, 2008 9:02pmGordon is Tony Hancock's love child?
Augustus
May 9th, 2008 9:04pmThe men in white coats are coming to No.10. They're going to take Brown away in a strait jacket.
Tanuki
May 9th, 2008 9:04pmGordon Broon finally confesses to the crime of being hopelessly and incorrigibly Scottish? Wonders may never cease!
Alex
May 9th, 2008 9:08pmMaybe Broon announcing (another) relaunch?
Fraser Nelson
May 9th, 2008 9:10pmStan, I'm kinda starting to regret this post now. This is a game the lobby play all the time. Rumour gets out that there is a story, everyone tries to find it out, then 9 times out of 10 its fairly pedestrian. I stick to the "good but no earthquake" update. I figured I'd do a wee post because what's a CoffeeHouse for if not rumours?
TGF UKIP
May 9th, 2008 9:10pmJob for Livingstone? But David's 8.35 pm post is arresting. "Will ye no come back again?" said Gordon ....
NorthernEconomist
May 9th, 2008 9:17pmCherie Blair vs Gordon Brown?
Dave B
May 9th, 2008 9:21pmThe BBC's donated £20 million to the Labour Party to help with their cashflow problem?
Stan, UK
May 9th, 2008 9:34pmFraser, don't worry we won't hold it against you if it's a rubbish story.
David
May 9th, 2008 9:49pm"what's a CoffeeHouse for if not rumours?"
Serving coffee? Mine's a latte; cheers
David
May 9th, 2008 9:52pmIs it Sky claiming Cherie says Blair is advising Brown?
salieri
May 9th, 2008 9:56pmMy guess is this is fallout from/reaction to Cherie Blair's interview to trail her grotesquely overpaid memoirs. They're just lining up at the coconut-shy, aren't they?
Percepied
May 9th, 2008 10:03pmIain Dale is blogging it will be frontpage lead in The Times tomorrow
Alex
May 9th, 2008 10:09pmIt can't be the "Blair advising Brown on how to win elections" can it? Hardly groundbreaking news is it?
Jessica
May 9th, 2008 10:14pmI was reading a story in the mail today about how Cherie had done a tabloid interview on Tuesday just gone, with regards to the serialisation of her book........the mind boggles?
Colin
May 9th, 2008 10:17pmDon't worry Fraser we'll forgive you if it turns out to be a non story.
John
May 9th, 2008 10:23pmMacBean defecting to the Tories?
Water
May 9th, 2008 10:25pmYeshua Ben Yosef has arisen?
Tom
May 9th, 2008 11:19pmFraser, you could have asked me!
Napoleon
May 9th, 2008 11:51pmI really wanna know!
mark
May 10th, 2008 12:08amSo... nothing...