Midnight Rumours
In the wee hours of this morning, the rumours running through the bar included a two-part theory on the events of today. The first part was that Gordon Brown would make surprise visit to Iraq to announce a cut in troop numbers. This happened this morning and has been welcomed by David Cameron.
The second part was that on his way back from Iraq, Brown might stop at Balmoral, where the Queen currently is, in order to ask for a disolution of Parliament. This rumour was taken seriously enough for some of the main conference speaker due on today to nip off to their rooms with their staff and work on second versions of their speeches to include rallying cries for an election.
We should know in the next few hours if the rumour mill can make it two out of two.
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!!
Comment by Tim Crockford — 3 October, 2007 @ 9:38 am