i notice that gordon brown/gillian duffy moment getting the 10th anniversary treatment on twatter.
the moment that killed labour?
sophy ridge tweet.
10 years ago Gordon Brown called Gillian Duffy a “bigoted woman” - putting aside the analysis of what happened & whether it mattered - I interviewed her at her home five years ago & she was absolutely lovely, she had even made smoked salmon sandwiches for the crew in triangles
School meals fiasco will do for the tories. Working class kids have a lot of disadvantages, hunger in the 21st century shouldn't be one of them. It's mad it's even an issue.
On the doorstep [Siouxsie] asks me whether right or left would be the best direction to find a taxi, and although her best bet would be left, I suggest she turns right. It is churlish of me, but it is she who has set the pace.