Peter Oborne

Jowell’s torment is a gift from the gods to Gordon Brown

Jowell’s torment is a gift from the gods to Gordon Brown

issue 11 March 2006

There has been an iron rule at Westminster since New Labour won power nine years ago. When Brown is strong Blair is weak, and vice versa. Imagine a seesaw. This weekend Brown is up, feet dangling in the air, smirking. The Chancellor is the big winner from the Jowell debacle, so much so that it is hard to see how the Prime Minister can ever recover.

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