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Leveson: Don’t judge or pre-judge me
Lord Justice Leveson sends his own message to the media before Gordon Brown gets a chance to exact his own revenge.
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Lord Justice Leveson sends his own message to the media before Gordon Brown gets a chance to exact his own revenge.
This morning former prime minister Gordon Brown gives evidence to the Leveson inquiry into media standards, followed by Chancellor George Osborne this afternoon. Add your voice to the live blog.
George Osborne has modelled his media strategy on Gordon Brown’s years as chancellor – the so-called “submarine” strategy, surfacing only very occasionally for interviews or short “clips” with selected individuals on strict terms. But policies without articulate public defenders can get pretty battered.
How does George Osborne get to an eye-catching “£30b” total for new infrastructure spending? To what degree is he, as The Spectator used accuse Gordon Brown, “telling Brownies” – puffing up numbers for effect?
It was BBC Scotland political correspondent Tim Reid who in 2008 overheard David Miliband saying he didn’t want to be seen to be openly challenging Gordon Brown. Now Reid has embarrassed the younger of the Miliband brothers, blogs Michael Crick.
The question Ed Miliband and the Labour shadow cabinet has to work out at this conference is as much about Ed Balls as anything else. Is he the economic mastermind or the electoral liability? His conference speech at Labour tried to acknowledge that he and his boss Gordon Brown made mistakes – but not the ones the government tries to pin on them. As they try to regain economic credibility they must decide whether it can be done by Ed Balls.
A cache of documents showing Gordon Brown and Tony Blair bitterly haggling over control of No 10 have been leaked. In one letter, Mr Brown labels Mr Blair as “shallow”.
The claim “We are using PFI to ensure value for money and that the public interest and public services are properly protected when we increase public investment.” Gordon Brown, The Times, September 26, 2002
Scotland Yard faces pressure to launch a fresh investigation into the phone hacking scandal, as it emerges that Gordon Brown asked police to look into whether he was a victim while he was Chancellor.
As the Irish PM Brian Cowen announces his intention to stay on as party leader, Irish expert Dr Peter Stafford sees echoes of both Gordon Brown and Margaret Thatcher in his decisions.
How will Gordon Brown retaliate? And when? I understand he has been talking to friends today telling them not to retaliate right now. Gary Gibbon blogs.
On the occasions when David Miliband was tempted to topple Gordon Brown it was, Gary Gibbon blogs, his brother Ed who “begged and begged and begged” him not to try to topple Gordon Brown and to wait for a vacancy.
David Miliband declares his candidacy for the Labour leadership following the general election and Gordon Brown’s resignation.
Jon Snow blogs on Gordon Brown’s resignation announcement – something he predicted would not happen.
Gordon Brown said this morning that Britain leads europe in growth and jobs according to EU figures – but is he right?