Polly Toynbee has delivered her judgment: I have no idea whether it will be her final pronouncement on the matter because she does have a tendency to reflect on matters over the course of a parliament, or even a day, and… maybe it is me… but I do enjoy her changes of mind on matters political. I fear, however, that the Affaire politique de Brown is over… and this is her final pronouncement.
I have, it has to be said, been drinking English white wine – sharp, astringent, fruity, 11.5 % (did not do the business for me) – and this may have clouded my otherwise peccable political nose. Peccable is, of course a word. Sir Walter Scott told me – and he knew a thing or two.
| Adj. | 1. | peccable – liable to sin; “a frail and peccable mortal”- Sir Walter Scott
11.30 pm: You have to laugh… Guido Fawkes latest post tonight… +++ Hogg Claimed for Moat Dredging +++ |
[…] Polly Toynbee writing in The Guardian seems to have unilaterally terminated her on-off support for Gordon Brown and says that he must go. It seems that Gordon Brown is no longer a credible leader of the Labour Party, let alone a credible prime minister. i suspect that a lot of people agree with Toynbee. The revelations on expenses, however, have not been perhaps as damaging to Labour as the Tories – the stark contrast in the lifestyles of Labour MPs and Tory made all the more clear by the nature of some of the claims. […]