Brown laughs off election date “gaffe”
More evidence of the dramatic change in Gordon Brown’s demeanour came at this morning’s press conference.
The prime minister was asked if he could put us all out of our misery by confirming what Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth appeared to have blurted out, that election day is May 6.
What Ainsworth had actually done, claimed Brown, was to warn voters of the consequences of waking up the day after May 6 to find the Conservatives were in power – in local councils.
And, along with everyone else at the press conference, he laughed out loud when he said it.
The old Brown would have said it with a straight face, as though he actually believed it and, worse still, expected us to believe it as well.
Meanwhile, the guessing game of whether Ainsworth did indeed blurt out the date, or was actually attempting to wrong foot the opposition parties, moves into full, pointless swing.
Only two things are certain. There will be an election at some point before June 3 – and local council election day on May 6, is as good a date as any. And the opposition parties are not about to fall for any tricks or teases, they are already in full campaigning mode, just like Brown.
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