I'm beginning to wonder if C4 News has given up even the pretence of political impartiality. Tonight's lead was the (re)announcement of 3 "debates" between the main party leaders within the context of the next general election campaign. On at least two occasions Gary Gibbon made unchallenged references to Gordon Brown's "mastery of political and economic" detail, the supposed contrast with Cameron being none the less obvious for remaining unstated.
I suppose that Brown might be said to have a "mastery of political and economic" detail in much the same way that Frank Spencer might be said to have a "mastery" of the detail of an IKEA instruction booklet.
Why has this meme of Brown the great intellectual (progenitor one G.Brown) not yet been exploded amongst the classes of the commentariat? Is it a refusal to admit that they got it wrong? Is it simply a dislike of Cameron (whose obvious privilege of birthright is a standing reproach to their own privilege of current status)?
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