Official: Gordon Brown bottles it.
The News of the World poll showing the Tories with a six point lead in the marginals may have something to do with it.
Tee hee: Alex Salmond calls Brown a “big feartie”. Also:
“Those whom the gods seek to destroy they first render ridiculous, and this shambles leaves Gordon Brown looking totally ridiculous. “Labour are a shambles north of the Border, and shaky south of the Border.”
UPDATE: Isaac Chotiner says I over-estimate the importance of this. Perhaps. It’s true that when the election is held in 2009 this will be ancient history. But it does damage Brown and that will hurt him – and contribute to what I anticipate will be a spike in negative coverage not just this week but for months to come.
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