Gordon Brown – the Steve McClaren of politics?
Read Mick Hume's columns in The Times (London) this week.
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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.’
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