John Major took a bath

Originally posted @ 8:14 am, Mon 22nd Sep 2008

The financial markets, energy and fuel bills has quickly become the focus of the Labour Party conference.

Gordon Brown was assuring and relaxed when discussing the economy in a Q&A session and I can only guess at the time they've spent in meetings in the last week as major financial businesses were threatened by the credit crunch and the actions of the financial markets.

I asked Alistair Darling about how much time it had taken up, and he, in his very guarded manner, gave very little away. But it seems he didn't go upstairs to take a bath, like John Major did on Black Wednesday.

Contrast the work and the benefits gained from the stances taken over Northern Rock, with the probable reactions of Tory boys, David Cameron and George Osborne.

The Independent on Sunday have suggested that the public have welcomed the work of Gordon and Alistair in recent weeks.