How low can you go?

by | Aug 20, 2008


Over on the Guardian website, Nick Brown, a senior Labour leader, is supporting Russia’s invasion of Georgia to make a partisan political attack against David Cameron. You have to read it to believe it.

No doubt there is cause to criticize Georgia – I certainly have. But at a time when civilians are dying, Russia has invaded a neighbouring country (refusing to honour a ceasefire agreement) and David Cameron stole a march on both Gordon Brown and David Miliband, the Labour Whip’s article is, frankly, pathetic.

RICHARD ADDS: it may be even lower than Daniel reckons.  Check out Andrew Sparrow’s theory that this is all a coded attack on David Miliband.

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