tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36841665.post6154956346739297325..comments2023-12-31T13:47:05.758+00:00Comments on Fat Man on a Keyboard: Court politicsThe Plumphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09244528534476387323noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36841665.post-58493282908685297042008-10-06T16:11:00.000+01:002008-10-06T16:11:00.000+01:00I am not sure whether Mandelson represents any ran...I am not sure whether Mandelson represents any range of opinion in the Labour Party. Rather than including dissenters as part of a careful strategy Brown seems to be going back to the comfort blanket of 1997 and a formulaic notion of how to win elections. I am still depressed, but then I have been since I worked out what 'the project' was all about.The Plumphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09244528534476387323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36841665.post-75360858947595198272008-10-05T23:08:00.000+01:002008-10-05T23:08:00.000+01:00Hmmm - I think Brown's latest strategy will probab...Hmmm - I think Brown's latest strategy will probably fail but I wouldn't be so condemning as you. I think you're overly focused on the place Mandelson occupies on the political spectrum and rather forgetting the need every PM has to reflect in the Cabinet the range of opinion that exists in the Parliamentary party. Being a Scot, Brown in office has displayed the characteristics of the party up here, which is to reward loyalty above everything else. This has been a complete disaster for his Premiership. At the risk of defending the indefensible, his move to include dissenters and enemies in the Cabinet represents a break from this. Welcome, were it not for the fact that it is too little too late.Shuggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00298179140317536572noreply@blogger.com