Is this an omen? Those who were watching the live Sky News at 8.50am may have heard scaffolding coming crashing down above the entrance of 12 Downing Street. Needless to say, its causing much meriment in Conservative HQ. “As we have said repeatedly: Gordon Brown didn’t fix the roof while the sun was shining” says one wag.
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