Things we all knew but Alastair Campbell kept hidden until after the General Election

I am so unshocked by the news that:

'Alastair Campbell, Mr Blair’s former spin doctor, discloses in a new book that his boss questioned whether Mr Brown “had it in him” to become Labour leader and believed that Mr Brown preferred “wanting” the role to actually doing it.

Mr Brown, in turn, accused Mr Blair of “breaking his promise” not to stand against him in the Labour leadership election that followed John Smith’s death in 1994, and “could not get over” what he regarded as a betrayal.

The result was a simmering resentment that exploded into foul-mouthed shouting matches which left both men with “purple faces”, says Mr Campbell. He portrays Mr Brown as a brooding presence who would go “absolutely berserk” if he did not get what he wanted and told colleagues that Mr Blair “could not be trusted at all”. '

Maybe someone could find all those articles from the 2000s telling us how Tony and Gordon were close friends and were really friendly and ask them why they deliberately mislead the British electorate.


The other, more relevant, story told by Alastair Campbell concerns Ed Balls, apparently:

'Ed Balls, the current Labour leadership candidate, is described as an “irritating and rude” man who “drivelled on endlessly” and was not regarded as a “grown-up” by Mr Blair.

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Mr Campbell dismisses Mr Balls’s “awful” strategy papers, adding that he spoke “drivel” in meetings.'

Ed Balls - 'irritating and rude' spoke 'drivel' and not considered a 'grown-up'. Sounds accurate and explains why he is the perfect man to lead the Labour party.