Happy Anniversary?
As Gordon Brown approaches his first anniversary as Prime Minister I wonder what plans he has in place to mark the occasion?
I can’t imagine he has received many ‘congratulations’ cards from his own backbenchers. At PMQs yesterday they didn’t look to be in any kind of celebratory mood.
I also doubt whether he has received many boxes of chocolates or flowers from an adoring electorate - especially if yesterday’s opinion poll which gave the Conservatives a record 20-point lead is anything to go by.
Instead, Gordon Brown may have to make do with reminiscing about those distant days last year when he was riding high in the polls and could do no wrong and asking himself the question: ‘what went wrong?’
If a week is a long time in politics, then for Gordon a year must seem like an eternity.