We certainly needed something to really excite the public in the run up to May 6th 2010 election and Gordon Brown's disastrous 'mircophone malfunction' (a classic mistake any PR should have managed correctly- I bet someone looses a job over that!). At least it may move the election on from the 'That nice Mr Clegg' he could run the country couldn't he idea.
So bigot.... let's remind ourselves of the meaning from the Concise Oxford Dictionary:
n. an obstinate and intolerant believer in a religion, political theory.. (16th c. Century French)
In my mind it would seem that the real bigot could be Gordon Brown himself as Gillian Duffy from Rochdale has none of the educational and intellectual advantages of Gordon and therefore is more of a mirror on the feelings around her, she may be a bigot but Gordon could have used a less emotional word such as narrow in her views, which is a fact of course, as most of us are. On the other hand Gordon has one political theory and has a strong religious background, he is allegedly an immovable object when it comes to his views and not a great listener, which is not always bad especially if your path is to be at the very top of your game, which he is. So and thank goodness we have a moment, with a week to go, when the floating voters will being to get off the fence. This will be seen as Gordon's Ratners moment and he will awake many times at 0317 with that word drifting into his subconscious... Hands up those who want to be the PM!
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