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In what’s being called the face-palm of the election, Brown’s “Bigot” comment has gone viral in the blogging and tweeting spheres, and is earning him some harsh criticism when he needs support more than ever. Most tweeted that the Gordon Brown “Bigot” comment would be the end of the PM.

Unfortunately, the damage on the internet is already done.

Do you think the Gordon Brown “Bigot” comment will cost the PM the election? Or will the public ignore this gaffe and focus on the politics of the election? Let me know in the comments section!

Also, check out the pictures and video of the gaffe below!



No matter your politics, it is difficult not to have a sneaking regard for Alistair Darling.

But what happens in the event of a ‘hung’ parliament. Nick Clegg has hummed and hawed about dealing with the Great Broon but in the eyes of most observers the two men are simply not compatible and the Liberal Democrat leader would almost certainly much prefer to deal with any other Labour leader.

He recalled that prediction yesterday in a speech that had, at least to this observer, all the hallmarks of a personal manifesto.

And so yesterday’s speech was very interesting in that while it occasionally acknowledged the PM’s role in economic decision-making, it was obvious that Mr Darling was looking to be given credit for his dominant role.

After outlining the measures he took to save Northern Rock and to bail out RBS and HBOS as well as to rein in public spending, he poured scorn on the policies of both his Tory and Lib Dem counterparts and then said, with heavy emphasis on the first person singular:

“When I said the recession would be the most serious for 60 years, I was criticised by the Tories.

“When I said if we took action we would see growth again by the end of the year, I was attacked by the Tories.”

In the same theme, he said: “ Judgement matters. Making the right call matters.

He said he was willing to work with the “man from the moon'' to ensure political stability, if no party won outright majority, but not with Mr. Brown.

Under Britain's first-past-the-post system, Labour could still emerge as the single largest party in terms of the number of seats despite trailing behind the other parties in terms of share of the national vote.

Though in public Labour reacted with anger to Mr. Brown. Brown under pressure to raise his game after his stuttering performance in the previous two debates.
But even by his standards the “bigot” comment and its fallout raises the bar of what the public can be tormented with.

The comment will stick and the reason is this.


In other words, insulting Gillian Duffy should hit Labour supporters to the core. Here is what they thought the party stood for. This is what it turns out the party thinks of them.

"But what do you really think?"

That question will dog Gordon Brown for the rest of the election campaign - perhaps for the rest of his political career.

This was the day the prime minister was caught facing two ways - expressing one view in public and quite a different one in private.

The picture of Gordon Brown listening as the private became very, very public on BBC Radio 2 said it all.

It was a disastrous day for the prime minister's election campaign - and in this instant he clearly knew it.

For the past three weeks Mr Brown's team have been desperate to talk about substance, accusing us - the media travelling with him - of unfairly focusing on style.

But the affair of Gillian Duffy has both substance and style.


First, the substance: immigration.

At first she wanted to focus on the deficit. I became aware of her discontent as I interviewed the prime minister about the economy, crime and cancer care. I could hear a voice in the background questioning where the money was going to come from.

At the end of their lively conversation the prime minister appeared to have won her over.

'Real people'

And it was fairly typical of his engagement with "real people" on the campaign trail.

He generally treats voters with courtesy, listens to their concerns, asks and answers questions and appears to be on top of all the major issues.

Before she met the prime minister Mrs Duffy intended to vote Labour. After she met the prime minister Mrs Duffy was going to vote Labour.

Our Dearly Beloved Leader, Godfather of the nation and all-round stand up guy Gordon Brown has been caught out in the first major gaffe of this election.
As he was driven away, he did what almost any of us would do and grumbled about the encounter – calling the incident ‘a disaster’ and angrily asking why his aides had allowed him to put in that situation.


He might have got away with that, but he then went on to refer to the woman as “an old bigot”. While this is understandable in an era when an unguarded comment can be transmitted around the world in seconds, it is a depressing sign of the disconnect between politicians and the public.

There was much comment a while back that this might be the first ‘internet election’ (I certainly thought it might be) but to date there has been precious little evidence of the kind of grassroot politicking on the internet that has characterised the last couple of US elections.

You can find any number of blogs from almost any part of the political spectrum that are prepared to discuss matters like the national debt, immigration and public service funding in erudite and well-written detail, but the political classes prefer to retreat to the safety of the soft TV interview and carefully choreographed media appearance. I’d love to read any of the leaders honest thoughts on the issues of the day.
Instead Cameron, Brown and (Messiah complex aside) Clegg prefer to operate in the old media world and avoid the general public like the plague. Anyone with five minutes and access to Google can get behind the spin and the lies to see what the real truth is about some of the issues of the day.