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September 25, 2006
Forward, not back
Predictably, because there's absolutely nothing else going on, the op-ed pages are once again packed with worthy mutterings about Gordon Brown. US pollster Frank Luntz is going to go on Newsnight tonight and reveal that people think Mr Brown would be rubbish, and that a combination of Alan Johnson's words and John Reid's actions would be better (or something like that).
Tim Hames thinks Brown's still got it in the bag (quite possibly because people are too scared to choose anyone else), but first he has to learn to bounce.
Meanwhile, the man himself has declared all that one could expect him to declare.
"New Labour will never retreat but positively entrench our position in the centre ground, in the mainstream as the party of reform — new Labour renewed, not just holding the centre ground but modernising it in a progressive way, too."
In short, he's going to do good things, not bad things, he'll give us exactly what we want, just trust him, okay?
Those with time on their hands might want to track down all of Gordon's words, reverse them and see if they make any sense. Passes the time... "New Labour will retreat into the extremes, fighting from the fringes against all reform..."
And while I'm here - can you actually modernise a centre ground (in a progressive way or otherwise? After modernisation, does the centre ground stay in the same place, only looking a bit shinier?
Posted by pauldavies on September 25, 2006
