There is, naturally, no rift between Darling and Brown. What reason do we have to believe otherwise? No more reason than to believe there was ever a rift between Banquo and Macbeth. Or even between Macbeth and Banquo's ghost.
Several suggested explanations for Darling's explosive confirmation of the obvious have been offered. Some have argued that this was Darling's revenge. Others have looked to the more theoretically convoluted: this was a Number 10/11 joint spin operation whose aim was (depending on who you believe) to act as a cover for a bad news budget deficit story or to simply get a "handle" on the bullying narrative by "disclosing" what we all knew to be true in the first place.
I incline to the former view but for a quite specific reason. Darling made his comments in the full and certain knowledge that they would be damaging. This looks strange only on the assumption that he is interested in a Brown victory in a few weeks. Why should he be? More generally: why would any of those who have worked with this creature over the years want that agony to be prolonged? This government is like a terminal patient who has moved beyond acceptance and now wills her own demise.
If the polls continue to tighten expect more of Brown's colleagues to take the path of voluntary euthanasia. Their nightmare is ours: a Brown victory and 5 more years under the yoke of this madman.
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