This Week Part One
A Labour insider tells me that John Cruddas is the likely winner of Labour’s deputy leadership contest and Brown a shoo in for leader.So much for my hopes of the Meacher-Hain dream ticket!
On Monday I attended my researcher, Nick Ramsay’s campaign launch dinner at The Three Salmons hotel in Usk. The Shadow Schools Minister, Nick Gibb was Guest of Honour and marking the hotel three out of ten for grammar announced that the plural of salmon was salmon. Still the meal scored 9 out of 10 especially compared to the boiled boot leather we had had in Cardiff at the party conference — and yes I do refer to the food.
Nick Gibb gave an excellent speech on how the party was right to embark on a journey of change.It was a courageous speech and when I told him this he experienced a Yes Minister type frisson. The speech was well received- eighteen months ago it would not have been as warmly applauded.
