Weighty analysis from the BBC which wonders whether what impact yesterday’s so-so weather in London will have on Gordon Brown’s premiership. You’ll want to read the whole thing of course. But for anyone who has more pressing worries, the answer is… none at all.
“In the last 43 years, only Mr Heath and Mr Blair have had good weather to usher them into power. Mr Brown’s dull start is not, it seems, unusual.”
What a relief.
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