James Kirkup and Andrew Porter’s guide to the moods of Gordon Brown, the Cabinet and Labour MPs is absolutely essential reading. They write that Labour MPs are increasingly convinced that the next election is lost, cabinet is becoming increasingly fractious and that Brown is heading back to his dark place, he has apparently had to give up exercising on a treadmill because of the strain it puts on his knees.
The apology debate is still raging according to Kirkup and Porter:
I think the minister is right: if Brown doesn’t make it clear that he realises he should have done things differently, he’s not going to be listened to on what to do now.“The truth is, nobody saw this coming and we all got it wrong, Gordon included,” says one minister close to Downing Street. “He’s going to have to level with people and say so, or we’ll never be listened to.”
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