Peter Mandelson’s loose lips have been flapping again.
This time they have served to rub salt in the wounds inflicted by Adam Boulton’s new book “Tony’s Ten Years” which was merely a tad contemptuous of Gordon Brown’s ability to ‘bounce back’ in a new election.
It has long been suspected that Mandelson’s new found fondness for Gordon Brown was nothing more than an attempt to nail his feet to the perch for long enough to ratify the Lisbon Treaty and position his ‘bezzie mate’ – Blair – as the EU’s first all-powerfull President.
Overnight a ‘well placed source’ has claimed that Mandelson is ‘in despair’ at Brown’s failure to ‘get a grip’ – the revelation that Mandelson has effectively pulled the nails out of Gordon’s feet will open the flood gates to sustained criticism of Brown over the next few days, not just from bloggers, but from those in the Labour Party who do have a small amount of power to huff and puff and blow him off his perch.
With the nails pulled, and pulled by Mandelson, the fear felt by those cowardly Labour MPs will evaporate; they are no longer attacking Mandelson’s pet, but joining the most powerful man in politics as he declares the dead parrot sketch well and truly over.
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… distant sound of same nails being hammered into the coffin of Gordy’s political career …
Mandelson is about to put the proverbial boot into Brown’s tenure as Labour leader. It would come as no surprise if Lord Thingy of every thingy suddenly found himself leading the labour party into the next General Election!
I’ve just read something frightening in the Sunday Times! It seem Ed ‘Blinky’ Balls would wish to be PM one day.
Poor UK if this man ever gets his wish.
Would you like a side bet on an announcemnt that Brown is too unwell to conintue when Parliament reconvenes, Saul?
moorlandhunter – I think you just ruined my entire day!
I don’t know too much about parliamentary law. Is there a scenario where a labour MP in a safe seat (if such a thing exists) resigns due to “personal reasons” and the Lord of Darkness steps up to the plate for the good of the party and the country?
Over to you Ms Raccoon.
Ooh er, Saul, I don’t honestly know. I shall try to find out for you. He would have to rennounce his title first, or at least one of the bunch…..
My shilling’s on Lordy-Boy ending up as Holder Back Of Tides and Commander Of All Things Under The Sun; if he fancies adding the title PM to his jawdroppingly-flamboyant job title, there’ll be no more we oiks can do about it than we can about anything else the gimlet-eyed once chooses to do.
But Anna,sweetheart,I told you in the strictest confidence that I will make my move for Leader at Conference.
How can I trust you any more babe???
Sorry Harriet, the lure of a quick buck was too much for me, you know how it is.
Just days before the Labour Party conference, you’d think Little Lord Fondleboy would know better!
Page 8 of The Sunday Times: a picture of Mandelson doing Churchill’s double V sign at the Goodwood Revival. “…..Rowan Atkinson, the comedian and actor, called out: “Mr Prime Minister”. Mandelson replied “Not yet”.
A few glasses of champagne and caution flies to the wind!
Subtly undermine Mr Brown…ensure he loses the election…Labour rout…Mandelson of course had his doubts all along so can’t be blamed…new leader arises to unite and rescue the party – none other than his Lordship!
Why would Mandelperson want Gordon to win the election? If he pulled that off, Mandelson’s chances of ever being Labour leader would be well and truly scotched.
By the way, anybody notice Peter Mandelson’s initials? Funny that. He was obviously born to it.
And so good of the newspaper to bring the ‘good news’ to the electorate….
I thought PM stood for Permanently Mendacious….
I thought it was Precociously Manipulative?
Or Predictably Meddlesome?
Predatory Moron?
Ooooh, I like that one!
With long-term goals in mind … Potential Majesty?
Potential Majesty? I think that wins – night Glo!
Night Anna!