tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3007066.post889300541168958595..comments2024-03-19T01:45:29.978+00:00Comments on feeling listless: I'm not a particularly sweary person ...Stuart Ian Burnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18132101517832896837noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3007066.post-9331309738880603422009-06-06T21:42:57.598+00:002009-06-06T21:42:57.598+00:00Perhaps. After all, they'd probably have used...Perhaps. After all, they'd probably have used a shot of him looking depressed/annoyed/old as the hills.Stuart Ian Burnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18132101517832896837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3007066.post-52089747896470978432009-06-06T18:52:53.262+00:002009-06-06T18:52:53.262+00:00Can't help thinking that knocking Gordon Brown...Can't help thinking that knocking Gordon Brown off the cover is to his benefit :)One-Tenhttp://www.littlestorping.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3007066.post-68784523533941634662009-06-06T14:01:19.814+00:002009-06-06T14:01:19.814+00:00At this point, I'm even suspecting that she di...At this point, I'm even suspecting that she did that interview and had those photos taken knowing that she was going to resign at some point and that they'd come in very handy -- if she hadn't resigned and they didn't exist Brown would surely have been on the cover instead. See, clever.Stuart Ian Burnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18132101517832896837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3007066.post-3212480818769295202009-06-06T12:53:19.462+00:002009-06-06T12:53:19.462+00:00I'm not sure Caroline Flint is as clever a str...I'm not sure Caroline Flint is as clever a strategist as you suggest. Her departure would have had far more impact 12 hours earlier. I'm left with the suspicion she was hoping to get a proper cabinet job and only when it became clear she wasn't going to get one, despite her "loyalty" in not following Hazel Blears, did she decide to stick the knife in. By that time Gordon Brown had shored things up, leaving Flint too little leverage to make a significant impact (though she's given the Saturday papers some nice window dressing for their front page stories).<br /><br />And here's Paxman refusing to let William Hague reframe a direct question:<br />http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/8080379.stmOne-Tenhttp://www.littlestorping.co.uknoreply@blogger.com