With friends like these…

A brief insight into the thinking of Labour Party activists on their leader and our Prime Minister, Gordon Brown.  I’m compiling these from online accounts and memory, and could do with more.  Please send them to:  “ben[at]nabidana.com” or drop them...

Remembering Gordon’s Brown Bottom

Later this month, the Government will announce, at great taxpayer expense, that the recession is easing, that the world will be a better place with Gordon Brown continuing to pour his blessings on the British people. The danger is, of course, that the British people,...
Brown’s best blarney beggars belief.

Brown’s best blarney beggars belief.

Today, Gordon Brown gave his last conference speech as Leader of the Labour party.   It will not be enough to save his party from defeat, and it is not quite enough to get rid of him in advance of the general election, now widely considered likely to fall on May 6...

Mandelson used to be much better at this

Peter Mandelson, First Secretary of State, Lord of the Realm, used to be much better at the smear-and-run stuff. This week he’s seizing on the opportunity to attack Tory backbench MEP Daniel Hannan as some sort of crypto-racist and crypto-facist. Mandelson, the...