Gordon "The Italian Stallion" Brown

Hey,

So, as I promised in yesterday's (lack of an) entry, here I am. Are you happy? Excellent.

So, according to the latest poll in the Sunday Times, Gordon Brown is now only 2% points behind David Cameron. Which, as a bit of a Labour man myself, is simply terrific news. For the first time yesterday I genuinely started to feel that Labour might just bloody pull this off! They may actually win the bloody thing! The Great Escape, Rocky, Freaky Friday, whatever film you want to relate this to. It doesn't matter. Considering the gap was 26% points just under two years ago, the only way is up. Hopefully.

Speaking of referring this comeback to a film, I personally prefer comparing it to Rocky. There seems to be similarities between Brown and Balboa; both have dodgy, slurred speech and both underdogs never seem to have a chance. It's like David "Airbrush" Cameron is Ivan Drago, but on a bike.

But if Brown and Labour win in May, like the Rocky movies, it just won't make sense. I may be oblivious - because the presence of the Tories in Scotland would require David Acorah - but it feels like this upsurge has just came out of nowhere. In the last week Brown has discussed how many pints he had as a student on a night out - six, if you are interested - on an interview with Piers Morgan which at times was borderline cringe. Also, he has been accused of being a bully at Downing Street; the head of a Bullying Hotline breaking the code of confidentially (naughty) about certain revelations. Yet support for Brown is on a surge.

It may be because Brown, despite recent allegations (for that is all they are) and the perception his critics will describe may not be true. In the interview with Piers Morgan at times it made your face squint up so tightly you thought you were watching the TV through a letterbox, but it made him look human. A real person.

He is also quite charismatic in Parliament. As the political geek that I am I listen to Prime Ministers Questions on a podcast (I recommend, by the way) and he is actually decent at the comebacks. Last Wednesday he referred to the Conservatives as a party "lead by the airbrush and funded by the off-doms" or something along those lines. It was a soundbite Blair (or even Cameron) would be proud of.

Labour might not win in May, they are still trailing in the opinion polls. But this is looking like 1992 all over again. And I can't wait.

DC x