Gordon Brown - Watching The Hands Update
Welcome news, and a bit more weight on the good side of the ledger when we try to work out if Gordon Brown's any different. Watch the hands, we said, watch what he does, not what he says. Well, here's another policy reversal:
The men are not British citizens but lived in the UK before they were arrested and detained.
The request is a change of policy for the government which had previously said it could not intercede for non-British citizens.
Foreign Secretary David Miliband formally wrote to his US counterpart Condoleezza Rice with the request.
The next thing to watch is the response to the response, which will tell us whether this was spin or substance. If it's spin, the question is who it was aimed at, since the British press isn't exactly full of people ready to lay out the welcome mat for non-British Muslims with a suspicion of terrorism hanging over them. The Sun won't like it, but the Mail might, it's been anti-Guantanamo for a while. Could it be that Daily Mail Island is an *improvement* over Blair's Britain? World Turns Upside Down Shock - See Page 4 For Full Story. Mind you, they haven't changed that much - from today's Mail:
Except, that is, when it is being chased by a gang of hungry, knife-wielding Eastern Europeans.
Oh dear.
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This man is an even slicker
This man is an even slicker version of Blair, he's just throwing a bone to the awkward squad i.e. you. I detect a bit of straw clutching, stay cynical has it ever let you down before?
This is a fiddle. It's the
This is a fiddle. It's the US which wants this group cleared from G'tmo.
They have told Gord' almighty to do it. So he has. The rest is window dressing - i.e today's announcements and interview with the US Ambassador to create an illusion that it is the UK's initiative. It isn't.
"...when we try to work out
"...when we try to work out if Gordon Brown's any different."
Tom, Gordon Brown is no different. Full stop.
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