Saturday, 10 May 2008

Spot the difference

The Western Mail notes today how Gordon Brown is happy to be compared with John Major:

Mr Brown and his advisers are happy to be compared to the grey man who lasted seven whole years in Downing Street. This isn’t as odd as it sounds, because the Brownites are talking about Major Mark I, the man who became Prime Minister in November 1990 and 18 months later defeated Neil Kinnock at the polls.

Yes, but John Major's major cock-ups came after the elections, not before them. Added to which he had popular papers like The Sun on side against the Ginger Whinger...

1 opinions:

Anonymous said...

Major's problem was his party. Brown IS his party's problem