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Friday, January 30, 2009

Is Tom Harris trying to start a coup?

I'm serious, I think the Labour MP might be trying to aggravate those old grievances against Gordon Brown, getting the momentum going again to oust the PM. Is Tom Harris a Milliband-ite? Or just in a huff that he is no longer a Minister?

My curiosity was originally piqued when Tom wrote this rather defeatist blog piece in reaction to some admittedly grisly poll news. Tom even went as far as squarely laying the blame on Gordon Brown rather than taking the more reasonable approach of saying politics is a team sport. But now today the Labour blogger has done it again with another resigned response to the latest poll.

Where's the fight Tom? Where's the "this is what we're doing and why you should love us for it"? We wouldn't believe you but at least we'd respect the effort.

No, when the politically unbiased Political Betting marks a poll as good news for Gordon Brown and an ex Labour minister says he'll drink himself into a stupor as a result of it, you have to think something suspicious is going on...?

3 comments:

Tom Harris said...

Oh, come on now, Jeff, play fair! How many times have you rolled your eyes when you hear a politician claim that third place in a by-election is a great triumph for his party? Am I to be accused of plotting a coup because I'm honest enough to admit that a double-digit opinion poll deficit is bad news for my party? If I claimed it was good news you would be accusing me of a lot worse.

Anyhoo, how are you? Are you returned from your travels?

Jeff said...

Hi Tom,

As you'll have seen from the barrage of comments to this article backing me up, my point is surely not entirely without merit.

Or, conversely, it may have been a slow news day and I was scraping an ever-deepening barrel for a blog post!

Travels are going marvellously well thanks. Currently enjoying the beach views of Manly, a suburb in Sydney. But we'll be back in Edinburgh before Feb is out (after New Zealand and America are visited in whirlwind fashion). I personally think a couple travelling for 4 months without a single fight or argument deserves some sort of medal.

Also, I hope today's Sunday Times Westminster poll news has you in a better mood...!

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