Changing the tune

A good spot by Ben Brogan over at his essential blog – here’s how Peter Mandelson described Gordon Brown to a group of journos earlier:

“I see a man who is really in his stride. He has risen to this challenge. He has grasped the essentials of the crisis, he has understood it. People are crying for change, for leadership. The fact that we in Britain can now be universally recognised as advocates of change and have been recognised as advocating it for a long time … it’s worth its weight in gold.”

As Brogan notes, it’s a little bit odd that Mandy should be pushing the “change” line quite so forcefully – especially given that Brown’s set himself up as the “experience” candidate.  Either the ennobled one’s accidentally gone off message.  Or – far more likely – Labour are trying to jump on a certain Illinois Senator’s bandwagon.  A sign, perhaps, that they’re worried about the boost Cameron’s change platform could get from an Obama victory.