Peter Hoskin

Labour manifesto launch: live blog

1240: And Brown rounds proceedings off by saying “future” a few times.  Did you manage to stay awake?  Never mind – I did, so that you wouldn’t have to.  My immediate thoughts below, of course.  But I’ve given the actual manifesto a quick read-through as I’ve been typing – and will report back shortly.  That’s it for this live blog.  Thanks for tuning in, and all that.

1237: Brown says that “we are the party of everyone on middle or modest incomes in this country”.  Hm – try telling that to everyone who lost out from the 10p tax debacle.

1235: This is dragging on.  The Tories should be taking lessons from this event – things need to be clearer and more direct.  Doubt many people watching this could actually name many Labour policies at the end.

1231: The Sun’s Graeme Wilson asks whether Brown will apologise for Labour’s infamous cancer leaflets. 

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