Anthony Barnett (London, OK): Ming's speech has discomforted the conservative blogland, see the Spectator, and Shane Greer standing in for Iain Dale while Thatcher continued to roam the turrets like a bad ghost spooking Cameron's leadership. It was said that their meeting was a masterstroke of psychological warfare by Brown on the Tories, but it is beginning to feel as if it is Thatcher who is hexing us all. There were two amusing passages in Ming's speech which picked up this theme:
It's like a soap opera.
It's certainly an identity crisis.
Gordon wants to be like Maggie.
But he doesn't want to be like Tony.
Tony also wanted to be like Maggie.
But Maggie only wanted to be like Ronnie.
Now Dave, he wants to be like Tony.
But he doesn't want to be like William, or Iain, or Michael.
And certainly not like Maggie either.
Confused? You must be. But you can be clear on this: I don't want to be like any of them.
and later on,
You know there's really a very good case for the Tories having identity cards.
How else will they know who they are?
