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.
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