Attack Dogs
It's a true saying in politics - that people's deadliest political enemies are often to be found within their own ranks - not from rival parties.
Take the recent exchanges between Tony Blair and Gordon Brown supporters - inside the Labour party.
Lord Mandleson - who has a book coming out this week - speaks the truth and admits the worst kept secret of the past 15 years.
That Gordon Brown and his loyal lieutenants wasted valuable time and effort - over many years - trying to undermine their own party leader and Prime Minister, Tony Blair.
So what?
But then Mandelson ramps up the debate - no doubt with his book sales in mind - by the deliberate use of inflammatory language - describing the Prime Minister as dealing with an 'insurgency next door', i.e. from the Chancellor's office at No 11 Downing Street.
Next thing you know, Gordon Brown's most loyal attack dog and former spin-doctor - Charlie Whelan - is unleashed.
Whelan savages Mandelson for his handling of the general election campaign - calling it the worst in Labour's history - 'a disaster from beginning to end'.
No wonder these people are no longer in government - their childish and often hateful behaviour towards each other is truly contemptible - the voters did the right thing by turfing them out of office.
Take the recent exchanges between Tony Blair and Gordon Brown supporters - inside the Labour party.
Lord Mandleson - who has a book coming out this week - speaks the truth and admits the worst kept secret of the past 15 years.
That Gordon Brown and his loyal lieutenants wasted valuable time and effort - over many years - trying to undermine their own party leader and Prime Minister, Tony Blair.
So what?
But then Mandelson ramps up the debate - no doubt with his book sales in mind - by the deliberate use of inflammatory language - describing the Prime Minister as dealing with an 'insurgency next door', i.e. from the Chancellor's office at No 11 Downing Street.
Next thing you know, Gordon Brown's most loyal attack dog and former spin-doctor - Charlie Whelan - is unleashed.
Whelan savages Mandelson for his handling of the general election campaign - calling it the worst in Labour's history - 'a disaster from beginning to end'.
No wonder these people are no longer in government - their childish and often hateful behaviour towards each other is truly contemptible - the voters did the right thing by turfing them out of office.
