Democracy? "... I will take no questions this evening.."

Those were Gordon Brown's words after he announced that he would be standing down as Labour leader and Prime Minister. Doesn't that sum up Gordon Brown's attitude to democracy? His Labour party are roundly defeated in a general election and yet rather than accept defeat he and, as Adam Boulton describes "a cabal", in Number 10 are deciding the future of the UK without reference to their political party or even the cabinet. Sky's Adam Boulton declares that:

'"There is a cabal in Number 10, basically playing politics with the country's future.

"There's been no open consultation about this measure.

"We haven't seen the Cabinet meet, we haven't seen the Parliamentary Labour Party be recalled to a meeting - in fact, no Labour party meeting is scheduled until Tuesday," he continued.'

This looks increasingly like a Labour/Lib Dem done-deal; respect for democracy comes a pretty poor second to lust for power amongst the current occupants of Number 10 - Gordon Brown, Peter Mandelson and Alastair Campbell.


Here's the video of Gordon Brown's announcement, Adam Boulton's much watch confrontation with Alastair Campbell follows it...


Here's the Adam Boulton/Alastair Campbell 'interview'...

The thought that Alastair Campbell, Peter Mandelson and Gordon Brown are going to keep their hands on power in this country revolts me. If they think the people will accept this coup they are wrong: rev up the Audi and pass me a mask.







Here's Alastair Campbell being interviewed by Adam Boulton on election night and may help to explain some of the animosity between these two figures, although most of it is because Alastair Campbell prefers the media to be somewhat more compliant to his every whim, like the BBC - Iraq invasion excepted...