Brown and 'Bigotgate'

What does ‘Bigotgate’ show? That Gordon Brown does not know how things work in the ‘real’ world? That the PM actually has human frailties? No, what Gillian Duffy showed the British public is that Gordon Brown has run out of steam. He accepted a mike which was not controlled by the Party (and so his aides could control the on/off switch), and then forgot he had it on his lapel. Can anyone really imagine Blair, Cameron, Obama or Clegg making the same mistake? Would Brown circa 1997 have made this mistake? In his 13 years in the chambers of power Brown has lost his edge, and lost his political sense-he reminds me of an overworked, sleep-deprived executive; probably only ever mediocre at the job, but exhaustion have made him almost useless. I predict that if Gordon Brown wins the next election then he shall stumble from gaffe to gaffe until he is voted out or his party pushes him into retirement.