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Tue ,21/07/2009Today Parliament begins its summer recess and I can’t help worrying for what’s in store during the coming weeks.
Ok, we all know that the majority of the Labour Party have already taken their leave of absence 48hrs before the Norwich North by-election in a desperate bid to avoid having to be put up on display (which in certain Scottish circles is AKA DoonAHoon) to explain the pain, the agony and to convince us that this is only a mid-term protest vote.
I can even hear Gordon Brown uttering those now all-too-familiar words:
I’ve been listening to the people of this country and they don’t want an election right now they want us, the Government, the elected representatives to get on with the job of…
The usual mumbling with that inane grin as he stumbles through some badly rehearsed spiel that seems to have had the name of Tony scribbled out and Gordon written in in crayon across the top.
That the Labour Party will fail in Norwich North is not open to debate, that they will fail spectacularly is not open to debate. That the Conservatives will all but wipe Labour from the constituency is being uttered in some circles. In fact, as the Labour candidate was taken ill with swine flu last evening Lord Mandelson siezed on the opportunity to cancel a trip to the constituency claiming he didn’t want to be with the great unclean, it seems to me that Chris Ostrowski is being well and truly hung out to dry as the sacrificial lamb to the slaughter.
None of this worries me, not in the least, it is simply what we have come to expect. What does worry me, however, is how the charm offensive has come on and come on strong from No10 in the form of the PM’s wife via her Twitter account @SarahBrown10 (has anyone told her yet that pretty soon that ’10′ will look pretty foolish)?
Having read Paul Waugh’s very brief blog this morning one could be mistaken for believing that the PM is indeed hanging up his boots, sealing the final chapter in a political disaster that can only end one way and saying goodbye to the nation; we should be so lucky.
However, let’s take that theory for a minute and put to good use the ‘charm’ machine that’s been building at quite a rapid pace and consider, just consider for one minute that the PM does return only as caretaker / manager of No10.
It has to be said, if he does that will be a substantial increase in his responsibility since he single handedly signed the governance of Great Britain PLC over to Lord Mandelson.
So, over the coming weeks I fully expect to see reports of how the Browns are:
Chowing down with some homies, b4 heading to the fitba
Enjoying lunch with needy ppl from under privileged societies
@Please_GoBro Thank you for your very kind wishes for the good work my husband does
Whereby of course @Please_GoBro doesn’t exist and there were in fact no kinds words ever uttered, certainly not for the work (good or otherwise) that Sarah’s husband does; (actually he does exist but I just haven’t posted any Tweets yet).
If you doubt what I say why not take a look at what has happened to the Daily Mail, The Times and even The Independent and Telegraph, all falling over themselves to show how ‘for the moment’ Sarah is. Now, if that isn’t the No10 PR system in full swing then what is it?
So, are we to expect a ‘sudden’ resignation in early October or are we simply witnessing the first stage of the runaway charm offensive?