Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me

There was some rather touching Twitter activity from Charlie Whelan over the weekend (I have corrected the spelling).
“Just got message from old pal Graham Sharpe at William Hill. Hung Parliament odds slashed to 2/1. Says ‘Shrewd punters’ are on this.”
This is the nearest I have seen to an official admission that a hung parliament is the best the Labour Party can now hope for. As self-appointed guardian of the Prime Minister’s interests, Whelan has taken a close interest in the selection process of new Labour PPCs, so he should be in a position to know.
Nick Cohen took this weekend’s reports of Gordon Brown’s treatment of staff to remind readers of his Standpoint blog about Whelan’s threats against me before I left the New Statesman (delivered in true Whelan style to my wife at a press awards ceremony where she was nominated for a prize). 
As the issue of my departure from the NS  has now been picked up by Guido and