Comments on: This wouldn’t have happened under Campbell: Politics Decoded Conference Special with Garbo

By: Garbo

Garbo — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:14:09 +0000

I certainly don’t think it was malice either… but I do think it was incompetence.

I do still think Campbell would have handled this differently - not only would he not have been drunk, but he ran a much tighter ship. This isn’t the first time the No.10 machine has made a mess of things in the past few months.

By: Dave Cole

Dave Cole — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 11:19:48 +0000

I’m not sure that it wouldn’t have happened under Campbell. Someone screwed up; I think it was that, rather than malice. They wanted, that having happened, to draw the poison and as far as possible kill the story.

xD.

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By: Garbo

Garbo — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:10:27 +0000

Dave, I have little doubt that Kelly wanted to pack it in for some time and that the reason is, at least in part, about wanting to spend more time with her kids. I also think she is no Gordon Brown fan which made it an easy decision to make and that next week’s shuffle is a good time to go.

The main reason there is such suspicion over this is partly because the media want to portray it as an open rebellion, but mainly because the No.10 officials held a press conference at 3 in the morning?! It is a baffling strategy and adds weight to the media’s suspicions unnecessarily.

As I say, this would not have happened under Campbell; and as you rightly say he is very, very unlikely to come back. But the team still needs a shake up as it clearly is in disarray.

By: Dave Cole

Dave Cole — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:00:56 +0000

Unfortunately, Campbell has said that, while he’s happy to help the party, he’s not coming back to his old job.

There has been little coverage of the fact that Kelly has been wanting to pack it in for some time.

xD.