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Thursday, December 13, 2007

Macavity wasn't there

So. Our new prime minister has in one fell swoop managed to offend all the europhiles and all the eurosceptics in the nation (nay, the world), alienate all 26 of his opposite numbers within the European Union, and make himself and his government an international laughing stock. Not a bad price to pay to be able to spend an hour or two in the scintillating company of the House of Commons Liaison Committee.

There is no escape for Gordon Brown on this one. He promised a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty and then reneged on that promise. He then failed to show up for the official signing for entirely incredible reasons. The idea that the Commons Liaison Committee meeting could not have been rearranged is preposterous - and the fact that it wasn't is as much of an insult to the EU and his colleagues within it as it is a demonstration of political cowardice. If Brown believed in the Treaty he would have been there - but he doesn't want to associate himself with something he has foisted on the rest of us anyway.

Whatever one thought of Blair's New Labour, there was always - at least in the early days - a sureness of touch so masterly it was almost terrifying. Remember Peter "Machiavelli" Mandelson? Alistair "Rasputin" Campbell? But now Prime Minister Bean is apparently advised and assisted by the Chuckle Brothers - Douglas Alexander and Ed Balls. We await Tony "Baldrick" Robinson's appointment to the inner sanctum from his perch on Labour's National Executive Committee.

Gordon Brown and his dismal government are now beyond satire. Britain deserves better than this.

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