Debates, Audiences and the Tired Nu Labour

Every now and again you just get a hint of the unthinking arrogance of Gordon Brown. Here, we see his views on the audience of the upcoming party leader TV debate:

The Prime Minister also wants the audience to be comprised of twice as many Labour supporters as Conservative ones in order to reflect the Government's current majority.

Effectively, what the Prime Minister is saying is "I've got the biggest majority" to Cameron, simultaneously channelling the spirit of one Alan B'Stard and missing the point that it was Blair who won that majority rather than Brown. Plus, as it turns out, it probably won't matter who the audience supports:

It emerged yesterday that both Mr Brown and Mr Cameron have demanded a ban on questions from the floor to prevent being ambushed by rival party members.

There we have it: Gordon Brown in a nutshell. Frantically fighting to have a silent audience stacked with supporters of the man he deposed as Prime Minister. The levels of delusion and stupidity are as eye opening as they are frightening.

At least the ever charismatic David Miliband is on hand to take the fight to the Tories:

In a separate television interview yesterday, David Miliband, the Foreign Secretary, reignited the row over class-war politics by accusing the Conservatives of planning “the biggest redistribution of wealth to the wealthy in two generations”.

He said: "What do they actually stand for? Abolishing inheritance tax, bringing back fox-hunting and isolating ourselves in Europe. That’s not what the country needs. That’s not change. That’s driving with one eye on the rear-view mirror.”

Well, it is change - by definition, anything that isn't maintaining the status quo is change. It may be reactionary change that Miliband doesn't approve of, but it remains change nonetheless. Still, his charge would stick more if Labour had something to offer. Unfortunately...

Labour has stressed that it wants to put social mobility and aspiration at the centre of its election message to try to appeal to a broader spectrum of voters than the party's traditional working-class supporters.

Yep, and that's what they've been saying for the past 12 years and they have done nothing about it. Now, given the delusional nature of the pathetic man they are likely to make their choice for PM, why would anything change if they win yet another term?

In fact, they have become the conservative party. They want to conserve the status quo. Which would be fine if things weren't in such a disastrous state of affairs...