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Gordon Brown – the Steve McClaren of politics?

Read Mick Hume's columns in The Times (London) this week.

Mick Hume

Mick Hume
Columnist

Topics Politics

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Tuesday 27 March

‘On Friday I spotted one of those Times headlines that makes you check that April Fool’s Day hasn’t come early. It assured us that “leaving school before 18 will become a criminal offence”. Yeah, OK, and spaghetti grows on trees.’

Read on…

Friday 30 March

‘Now look, I don’t like making lazy comparisons between sport and politics. But this is serious. Gordon Brown, our prime-minister-in-waiting, is transmogrifying into Steve McClaren. Or is it the other way around?’

Read on…

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