GRACIOUS AND COURTEOUS AS EVER...

It is amazing that not one of them knew it was going on. Not Balls, not Miliband, not Brown. There was no control over what their staff were doing.

I never occurred to them to investigate when bad stories about Blair's people got into the press?

Tight and effective management style then, huh?

Mr Brown's attitude reminds me of when he was asked what he thought of the 2007 SNP victory, and he walked away without giving an answer.

Plus ca change...