Gordon Brown is in a hell of a mess says the Torygraph. They would say that wouldn’t they, but it turns out the rest of press thinks so too. Unsurprisingly, The Guardian and The Times and The Independent all have stories about the “donationsgate” scandal that will, it seems, soon be a criminal matter. Talk about being hoist on one’s petard!
Tony Blair must be counting his blessings.
What next? I said to the nr 1 taxpayer this morning as we listened over breakfast to the unfolding tale. All we need now is a sex scandal to add a little frisson. Then I remembered that was the Tory dept. Although my lefty economics professor is convinced Brown is a tory.
Son of the manse!
he scoffs with carefully understated derision.
We are safe, I trust, from Edwina Currie type revelations in future. However, there is a feeling of unraveling that is gathering pace.
It is strangely satisfying. First, politicians falling foul of their own laws is pure entertainment. Second, the prospect of a new new world order in the West seems increasingly tangible.
It’s already happened in Australia. It must happen in the US next year. And it’s hard to believe the current government will last another two and a half years, never mind be re-elected. Things had changed already when the ship hit the Northern Rock, as this fine piece in the New Statesman makes clear, but the most memorable image is in the comments: that colourful, unreconstructed old socialist George Galloway is cited as calling Brown
the other cheek of the same backside
Parliamentarians are said to keep a sharp eye on Mr.Guido Fawkes’ blog and any juicy updates will spread at the speed of email and text. It’s been updated many times already today.
Whatever about the end of the government, the latest carry on presumably spells the end of proposals to fund political parties? An ironical outcome, yes, but self-inflicted.
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