Comments on: Midnight Rumours http://toryreformgroup.wordpress.com/2007/10/02/midnight-rumours/ The blog for the Tory Reform Group, a political organisation associated with the Conservative Party in the UK. Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:11:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: Tim Crockford http://toryreformgroup.wordpress.com/2007/10/02/midnight-rumours/#comment-4230 Tim Crockford Wed, 03 Oct 2007 09:38:04 +0000 http://toryreformgroup.wordpress.com/2007/10/02/midnight-rumours/#comment-4230 Its interesting that Gordon Brown felt the need to visit Iraq during the Conservative Party Conference and the effect was, of course, that yesterdays new cycle carried this. I wonder if it has backfired however. Last night's Channel 4 news mooted this possibility and the Government was forced to send on a junior defence minister to defend the plans. What is clear is that the era of spin is far from over, As for stop over at Balmoral - doesn't sound very Gordon Brown...! I wonder if this might have been a prank in the conference bars!! Its interesting that Gordon Brown felt the need to visit Iraq during the Conservative Party Conference and the effect was, of course, that yesterdays new cycle carried this. I wonder if it has backfired however. Last night’s Channel 4 news mooted this possibility and the Government was forced to send on a junior defence minister to defend the plans. What is clear is that the era of spin is far from over,

As for stop over at Balmoral - doesn’t sound very Gordon Brown…! I wonder if this might have been a prank in the conference bars!!

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