Downing Street
Fox: Brown’s Chilcot evidence “does not add up”
Shadow defence secretary Liam Fox was just released the following statement after following Gordon Brown’s appearence at the Chilcot inquiry, suggesting that there are significant contradictions between his evidence and that of others who have appeared before the Inquiry:
“Gordon Brown was a member of the inner circle, but true to form he didn’t want to take any responsibility for decisions which had negative consequences. He admitted that planning for the war was deficient, but with typical weasel words he tried to pin the blame on everyone else, above all the Americans. The Prime Minister put on a typically evasive performance, answering the questions he wanted to hear, rather than the questions which were put to him.
Top Brown Aide Confirms Bullying Allegations in Secret Recording
The Mail on Sunday has a tape of Stewart Wood, who was one of Gordon Brown’s senior foreign policy adviser, outlining just how abusive the Prime Minister can be.
The conversation was recorded by journalist pro-Labour journalist Suzie Mackenzie who was interviewing Mr Wood for an authorised biography of the PM
Here is the key extracts from the article:
Downing Street spinners target Sam Cam
The spirit of McBride lives on in Downing Street. According to the Telegraph Downing Street spinners have turned their guns on Samantha Cameron:
“Briefing against her has already begun,” discloses my man in Gordon Brown’s bunker.
Astonishingly, Labour officials claim that David Cameron’s wife, who transformed the fortunes of the Mayfair stationer Smythson while raising three children, is “lazy”.
