Chris Mole showed how little influence he has in government by the fact that he couldn’t stop Gordon Brown coming round to lose him a couple of hundred votes.
We got a couple of temporary correspondents to crash into the Gordon Brown visit to Ipswich. They had to pretend to be Labour activists from Islington to get in, so much for Gordon Brown meeting ordinary people.
There were about one hundred Labour activists from all around Suffolk and Essex. After all they didn’t bat an eyelid when you had people claiming to be from North London.
They overheard one councillor with a pony tail quietly telling one of his friends that he’d never seen such a hostile reaction on the doorstep “but I thought we’d won in 1992 so what do I know?” What indeed, Sandy, what indeed.
The questions were the intelligent and tough questions that you would have expected from Labour activists. “What are your favourite achievements” and “Why do we not hear about our achievements on the doorstep”. Michael Crick was laughing and passing sarcastic comments on the inanity of the questions.
Gordon cracked a joke. Referring to the presence of Duncan Banatyne, the dragon, he said “if you have any questions on business or the economy, just ask Duncan”. None of the Labour activists laughed. It’s the way you tell ‘em Gordon.
Any way they’ve got a good picture of Gordon, Chris Mole and Chris Mole’s tie (oh dear) that when I get hold of it I may push it a few more times before election day.
What does Sandy Martin know, Chris? Not a lot, Gordon.
UPDATE: Ipswich Spy have a report of the event.
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