James Forsyth James Forsyth

Tactical success for the Tories as Brown boxes himself in on 2009 election

The PBR is being spun like a pre-election budget but today on the Politics Show today Brown came very close to closing the door on the prospect of a 2009 election. Here’s the key quote:

“”I am not thinking about that at all. It is almost completely wrong even to consider this.

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