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Sneak peek | Our hatred of Gordon Brown
It is common to describe Mr Brown as a tragic character but it is oddly rare that anyone pauses to think how literally true that is. There is no greater mark of the dislike he inspires than that people feel no compunction (I do not exempt myself) in a display of hostility to a man who lost the sight of an eye at 18, who experienced the primal pain of the death of a child and whose son was born with a serious illness.
Gorillas in the mist (of the Leveson Inquiry) | Daniel Finkelstein
Rupert Murdoch says he talked to Gordon Brown shortly after The Sun endorsed the Conservatives in September 2009. Gordon Brown says that he did not. One of them, under oath, must be lying.
Not quite.
One of the most striking features of the Leveson Inquiry has been how much most people seem to have forgotten.
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There was a time when Brown was a titan. Even as PM his ability was clear at times. But this is truly pathetic. Saddening not maddening.
— Philip Collins (@PCollinsTimes) June 11, 2012
Philip Collins gives his verdict on Gordon Brown’s appearance at the Leveson Inquiry
