Shock: Blair Knew Brown Was Bonkers

Shock: Blair Knew Brown Was Bonkers

As The Journey hits the bookshelves, the truth about the TB/GBs is seeping out. Gordon was“maddening”, drove Blair to drink and he apparently always knew the nutter next door would be a dreadful Prime Minister. Nice of him to tell us this at the time, and during the election.

Hacks are queuing up to say “I told you so”, except that they didn’t, until it was too late. Even Nick Robinson is having a go:

“Some said it was tittle tattle, others that it was speculation, a few dared to suggest that it was fabrication. I now accept that I made mistakes. Things were worse – much worse – than I reflected at the time.”

Nice to see he was toeing the line as ever – “I did not report then but now can…”

The Tories will make hay of the endorsement for their economic policy. The fact that Gordon had actually theatened to unleash the Cash for Honours storm in a row over policy has confirmed long held suspicions that the dark arts were used there. In the mean time Guido is going to keep reading…

When Ron Davies told Blair the Clapham Common incident “could have happened to anyone”.

Blair, Campbell and Chief of Staff Jonathon Powell all replied:

“Er, not really, Ron”.

The Judgement of Mr Hague - John Redwood
NYT Re-open Coulson Wounds – Guardian
Dale Vs. Guido – Evening Standard
Blair’s Contempt For the Left – Spectator
Hancock’s Spy Researcher? – Mail
Labour Leaders Quickfire Questions – Mirror
Prescott and Burnham’s Lies – Andrew Reeves