Friday 19th September

He wasn’t actually the greatest Prime Minister we have ever had; even his biggest supporters must admit that.  He was actually torn to shreds by a biased media which wanted him to fail – he dutifully obliged.  Though his downfall was actually far more to do with the Global Financial Crisis which hit us like a tsunami in 2008.  The Tories and their chums in the media managed to pin the following collapse of the economy on Gordon; his overspending and his lax regulation of the Wankers (sorry – typo).   But only months before the crisis hit Osborne was promising to carry on spending as much as Labour, and the Tories actually voted against the changes in regulation introduced when Gordon was Chancellor on the grounds that they were too strict and would stifle business.

Anyway, that is history.  Rarely has a P.M. left office with such a poor reputation.  And suddenly he wasn’t visible at all; he simply disappeared from sight, rarely making an appearance in the House of Commons even.  But life went on and we largely forgot the Brown years.

And then we had the Scottish Referendum and a couple of weeks ago a huge wobble, as it looked as if the No campaign was in serious trouble.  Now, as I write this I do not know the result.  But whatever it is a side effect has been the resurrection of Gordon Brown.  The panic in the No camp has meant they had to call on someone the electorate in Scotland might actually trust.  And Hey Presto, it was Gordon.  And he has been marvellous.  He has spoken with real passion, from the heart and has struck a chord with many which Cameron and Milliband and Clegg and the awfully dour Darling could not.  If Scotland decides to stay it will be largely thanks to Gordon, and strangely his place in History may now begin to be judged a bit differently.  We will see.