Danny Finkelstein notices what I should have noticed. Curses. Anyway, the Hand of Shrum was all over the Great Clunking Fist’s speech to the Labour party conference:
How could I have missed this? The heavy influence of Bob Shrum on Gordon Brown’s speech. How could I have missed it? First of all there are plenty of phrases pretty directly lifted from speeches made by Shrum clients, many of which he admits he wrote. Here are just a few, there may well be many more: Al Gore 2000 nomination acceptance speech: I know my own imperfections. I know that sometimes people say I’m too serious, that I talk too much substance and policy. Gordon Brown: Sometimes people say I am too serious and I fight too hard and maybe that’s true…… Al Gore 2000 nomination acceptance speech: I pledge to you tonight: I will work for you every day and I will never let you down.
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