Bigot-gate

There are a lot of moments during election campaigns that are mistakenly held up as game-changers. The Prime Minister calling a widow and (until very recently) a Labour voter a “bigoted woman” is a bona fide one.



There’s not much else to say about it other than to sit back and watch Labour’s poll figures slide but it’s important to remember that this isn’t a mistake that could happen to just anyone.



For all that Gordon Brown likes to wear his moral compass as a badge of honour; Cameron, Clegg, Salmond, Lucas and even Farage would all have the respect and decency to never make such a regrettable comment, even under their breath.



Brown just finished digging his own political grave in Rochdale. It’s Clegg, Cameron or Miliband from here on in.

Here's a question though, in light of the SNP's unsuccessful legal challenge, can Salmond not just take the now discredited Brown's spot?

More seriously, I do hope the SNP drops the debate grievance. Saying Sky and BBC have got it wrong is one thing, saying the courts have is quite another. It's time to move on and focus on the issues. People will vote on Trident, they won't vote on who was or wasn't on a tv debate.