April 28: Gordon's gaffe
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IF it was damaging to label a 65-year-old woman as "bigoted"
then there was something even more worrying about Gordon
Brown’s response to the horror of having his comments
broadcast.
That was his body language when
he was interviewed by Jeremy Vine on Radio 2. He
evidently was unaware that he was being filmed and his body
language spoke volumes. Real car-crash footage.
He seemed utterly crushed. He
knows that people – whether they accept his apology or not – will
see this an example of a politician presenting themselves as one
thing in public, then behind the scenes, saying something
completely different.
Worse, it was an issue that is
firmly in voters’ minds – immigration.
As to whether this is an event
that will shift momentum decisively away from Labour, it’s hard to
tell.
But a week away from polling
day, it is the last thing the party would have wanted.
The media are having a field day
and I am pretty sure that an image of Brown, shoulders
hunched, head bowed as he listens to what he said was replayed to
him, will be splashed all over tomorrow's front pages.
Wednesday, April 28 2010
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