Brown hides behind the Union Jack (Again)

Gordon Brown has belatedly decided to focus on defending both the Union and Wendy Alexander. In an interview in today's Sunday Telegraph, the Prime Minister said: "I will do whatever is necessary to ensure the stability and maintenance of the Union. I will do anything and everything to ensure that the case for the Union, which has served Britain and the British people so well, is properly heard and advanced."

This is a rather weak attempt at diverting attention from his current woes, especially considering that it is due both to Alexander's ineptitude and his own dithering that Labour has tripped up over the matter of Scottish independence. Brown's endorsement of the Scottish Labour leader will be the political death of her, just as it was a kiss of death for the more popular Ken Livingstone.

In the Interview Gordon Brown accused the SNP of a “transparent attempt to manipulate the political system for purely partisan political purposes”. You can make your own jokes up.

It's a pity Brown won't be around to fight against a 'Yes' vote in 2010. A pity that is for the SNP. Still, the Scottish nationalists can be content with his and Wendy's contributions so far to the cause of Independence.