GB demolished by TB

Earlier this week, the expectation was the the Brownite attack dogs would set about demolishing David Miliband in today’s papers.  But – as I outlined here – they were soon brought to heel by Brown, on Stephen Carter’s advice.  So what’s in today’s paper’s instead?  Answer: a whole load of trouble for our Prime Minister.

The worst for him is in the Mail on Sunday.  They’ve managed to get their hands on what is alleged to be a memo sent out by Tony Blair after last year’s Labour conference.  In it, he lauches a scathing assault on Brown and his premiership.  Our Dear Leader is accused of being a “lamentable” and “vacuous” prime minister, who’s “junked the [Blairite] policy agenda but had nothing to put in its place”.  Here’s the full text [TB = Tony Blair; GB = Gordon Brown; DC = David Cameron; NL = New Labour]:

“I am passing this message on to GB – not in these terms – and will try to help; but at present, there is every indication that the lessons will not be learnt.