Still delusional

I see that Gordon Brown is still living a fantasy existence. According to the Mail (and others) Number 10 has issued a review of Gordon Brown's time as PM in 2007. "The "Look Back At The PM's Year 2007" gives a month-by-month review of Mr Brown's premiership since he took over from Tony Blair.


However, it omits, glosses over or gives a limited version of key events which have caused Mr Brown's popularity in the polls to plummet.


The general election that never was, the Labour funding scandal which could lead to the party's former general secretary, Peter Watt, facing criminal charges, the "Magpie Budget" which sparked claims that Labour was stealing Tory policies, and the massive breach of data security with the loss of Revenue and Customs discs containing personal details of 25 million people do not get a mention.


Not a single word is devoted to the furore over thousands of illegal immigrants being cleared to work as security guards, or the opposition Mr Brown is facing to give police longer than 28 days to detain suspected terrorists without charge.


The Northern Rock crisis which led to the first run on a British bank for 140 years gets a brief mention - but only in terms of how the Prime Minister has acted to protect nearly £30billion of taxpayer's cash being used to prop up the stricken lender.


Similarly, Mr Brown's signing of the EU Treaty merits a brief note but not the farcical scenes over his decision not to turn up for the official signing ceremony. "


The problem is that this is probably how Gordon Brown sees the world; in his mind he is still perfect, master of all he surveys, which reminds me to watch Downfall this weekend.