Could it be? Has Brown admitted that he needs to rethink his approach, that he needs to change? Has he – in a roundabout way – apologised? It was starting to look that way earlier today, with the publication of an article by the PM in the Parliamentary Monitor. The subhead of that article: “The world has changed so much since New Labour came to power that it makes sense at this conference to rethink the way we govern Britain, writes prime minister Gordon Brown.”
Peter Hoskin
Rethinking the rethink

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