Tuesday 7th August: The Daily Telegraph have today done Gordon the honour of an analysis. Political Correspondent, Graeame Wilson writes that his high rating with voters and media alike is due to "his lack of Blairite theatrics - the actorly pauses and faux sympathy."
Not declaring war on people also helps.
Gordon had a good decade to perfect being 'The Anti-Blair', as it were. Much like little girls play at having tea parties, I'm certain Gordon re-enacted Question Time and crisis managment press conferences in his living room with soft toys, once in a while. Y'know - long Saturday afternoon, the wife is out shopping, nothing on telly, no long sums to do. Might as well get some practice in, innit? There is however a cloud to the miles of silver lining, when Wilson insists that should cuts in government funding have been made to the Institute of Animal Health's budget, then Gordon might have to answer "some very difficult questions"
If this carries on any further - Cautious optimism may begin to break out across the country. We'll see. He's planted his flag on world poverty but can he convince young people to stop stabbing their school mates, before the August Bank holiday? When the pressure cooker atmosphere of the ever shrinking Notting Hill Carnival takes hold, it can make an otherwise sensible kid do something stupid and get him a one-way ticket on an iron vacation.
It appears Diet Blair is still AWOL, hunting photo opportunities and presenting himself as someone who is aware of the world beyond Greater London( That'll learn him). While he's not around to defend himself, The Daily Express stick the boot into the rigid, fly infested corpse of Diet Blair's credibility. They sicced no less a man that Chief Political Commentator, Patrick O'Flynn on him. "Time and time again people commented that they had no idea what he stood for. " - the 'they' being Conservative voters. Middle England has been OWN3D.
Show #4 tonight and the names of rumoured support acts have begun to leak - Grupo Fantasma, Chaka Khan, and my future babymum, Mya, may well join Prince on stage between now and Wednesday 21st September. As I write this Beverley Knight should be kicking off her first support slot...Well, the wheels have been set in motion meaning I may well be back in the trenches on Saturday evening.
