So will it have made a difference?
September 23rd, 2008
Do Brown’s survival chances look better?
Sorry about the site going down in the middle of the speech. We’ve been overwhelmed by traffic with so many wanting to follow the discussion.
I found interesting the way he name-checked almost every single cabinet member – that’s a Brown innovation. He very rarely recognises that there is anybody else within his government.
Overall I felt there was a surprising lack of passion. I was expecting much more than that.
There was also the good joke about now not being the time for a novice. Was that a swipe at Cameron or Miliband?
Will it have made a difference? Well for the short time – yes. But how will it look next week when the Tories have started to pick it at and, of course, Cameron has made his big speech.
There will undoubtedly be a polling boost if only because of the scale of the coverage tonight. Will that be sustained?
Sorry about the multiple postings. I was desperately trying to get a new thread up and made a number of attempts.
Mike Smithson
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