Is the cat slowly creeping out of the bag?

I know, I know; all the election speculation’s starting to get tiresome – if it wasn’t already tiresome weeks ago.  But it’s still worth noting the comments of one of Brown’s closest allies, Charlie Whelan, who’s suggested that June 2009 will be an “ideal opportunity” for the PM to hold an election. His thinking is that Brown will be boosted by the world economic summit being held in London in May, and which will be attended by one President Obama. Photo-ops galore, I guess. 

Whelan’s proximity to Brown – he’s rumoured to have been attending pre-election meetings with the Brownite inner circle, as well as having coffee with Mandy – lends his thoughts extra significance.  It also undermines the idea that all this election speculation has been cooked up by CCHQ as an attempt to reawaken memories of Bottler Brown. So far, Team Brown has been tight-lipped about a 2009 election; mindful, perhaps, of the election-that-wasn’t.