Anthony Barnett (London, OK): “This need for change cannot be met by the old politics”, Prime Minister Gordon Brown tells us in front of No 10, and I agree. But there is also something familiar about calling for change in new, non-partisan fashion. How about this:
"And we need to change, and we will change, the way we behave. I'm fed up with the Punch and Judy politics of Westminster, the name calling, backbiting, point scoring, finger pointing…We won't play politics with the long term future of this country, we will work to get it right. "
Yes, it’s Dave.
But then Dave could not resist a backbite. Pointing his finger at Blair in front of the Commons he said, "You were the future once". On the day Blair really is the past one question is, has Cameron joined him? His Judy soon turned to Punch. I have a feeling that Brown will play a sweeter warmer Judy without forgoing a bigger better punch. The choreography of the Quentin Davies defection was a classic of old politics from a master bruiser, well aware that national renewal is also a partisan exercise.
