Quotation for Today, Monday 11 May

“Publicly, Gordon talks about values and his moral compass, but actually the way he conducts himself behind the scenes is anything but that – it’s brutal,” Watt said.

“This is Gordon’s politics: when things go wrong, you find someone to blame and you blame them hard. That’s what he does. The last 10 years is littered with people who’ve been cast asunder.”

Peter Watt, former UK Labour Party general secretary speaking about Gordon Brown as quoted in The Times

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