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The spin doctors don’t always know what’s best in a situation and they certainly got it wrong when they persuaded Gordon Brown to return to Gillian Duffy’s house to apologise to her in person following the ‘off-record’ gaffe he made on Wednesday.
I said at the time that this was a very bad idea and that, having telephoned his apology to Mrs Duffy, things should have been left at that. But, no, the spin doctors thought that an apology in person followed by scenes of the pair warmly shaking hands afterwards would put an end to a story that was running out of control.
But now we know for certain that Mrs Duffy refused to come out and be photographed with Brown who was forced to emerge grinning like the Cheshire Cat from the house on his own.
Thus has one Rochdale housewife humbled the Prime Minister of Great Britain. As did, in effect, the spin doctors as well who, in this case, got it terribly wrong. On Sunday, in what is now being callef ‘Duffygate’, we will learn more about what happened when these two people met.
In the meantime, the last of the three leaders’ debates is now mercifully over and, according to reports, ‘Teflon’ Blair is being brought back to bolster Brown’s campaign.
The spin doctors should take care. That could finish Labour off for good!
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The spin doctors don’t always know what’s best in a situation and they certainly got it wrong when they persuaded Gordon Brown to return to Gillian Duffy’s house to apologise to her in person following the ‘off-record’ gaffe he made on Wednesday.
I said at the time that this was a very bad idea and that, having telephoned his apology to Mrs Duffy, things should have been left at that. But, no, the spin doctors thought that an apology in person followed by scenes of the pair warmly shaking hands afterwards would put an end to a story that was running out of control.
But now we know for certain that Mrs Duffy refused to come out and be photographed with Brown who was forced to emerge grinning like the Cheshire Cat from the house on his own.
Thus has one Rochdale housewife humbled the Prime Minister of Great Britain. As did, in effect, the spin doctors as well who, in this case, got it terribly wrong. On Sunday, in what is now being callef ‘Duffygate’, we will learn more about what happened when these two people met.
In the meantime, the last of the three leaders’ debates is now mercifully over and, according to reports, ‘Teflon’ Blair is being brought back to bolster Brown’s campaign.
The spin doctors should take care. That could finish Labour off for good!
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