GORDON......RAMSAY?

What the f*** is going on ! Excuse my language but what on earth is a LABOUR PM doing inviting more Tories into his team. Not just any old Tories, either. None other than Patrick Mercer, who quit as shadow homeland security spokesman after a row over alleged racist comments, ie calling someone a "black bastard" is to advise Lord West on security matters. Jack Straw, then the leader of the Commons, said Mr Mercer's comments were "breathtaking and dreadful". Wonder what he makes of this, then.
In another fantastic appointment, less sickening but equally inexcusable, John Bercow will advise on support for children with learning difficulties. Lib Dem MP Matthew Taylor will also advise the PM, on rural planning. How bloody marvellous..Does it never occur to Brown to give a job to anyone even remotely left of centre? He talks quite openly of an end to "the politics of division". Yes, that would be good. How good it would be to see a Cabinet in which "all the talents " of the Labour Party were represented. As they used to be.

So people with expertise like Jon Cruddas, John McDonnell and Alan Simpson would be offered decent jobs ( not pathetic sops) and be able to contribute to the challenges of Government and help keep things on track in a centre-left direction. In our dreams......

I think Brown is insulting his MPs, insulting his members ( who let's not forget never elected him anyway) and utterly discrediting the Labour Party in a way hitherto only seen with Ramsay MacDonald. I am , in a word, appalled.