But if the media had reported that Brown had convincingly won the exchanges I’m sure his comments would have been different.

Just the first round of many to be sure but a bit of a sore loser methinks!

with regards to the point about how it affect the (party) troops I agree. Having said it is possible to close/modify one form of nourishment and produce/develop another.

Thanks for dropping by and leaving such a well-informed comment. However, I would counter some of what you say.

Over the past couple of years Brown has, on occasion, looked a complete pillock. The highlighted patriotism drive would be a prime example, but I can’t help but think these are occasions when the dour Scot has listened to his ‘advisors.’

Brown is a serious guy, who is in politics because he believes in making things better. You may hate his statist approach and his politics in general (some of which I loathe), but the constant sniping from many in the Tory ranks does not ring true.

On QT last week, Michael Howard attempted to resurrect the spin label for Brown’s Labour. Brown doesn’t go in for spin - he never has (the media-driven body-politic seems to baffle him). Modern politics means, by definition, that the news has to handled, but do the Tories really believe that Brown is more of a media-animal than Cameron? Do me a favour.

Brown has his faults. But much of the criticism, including my own, has been formed through the prism of the TBGB spat, the subsequent rampant skulduggery, and Brown’s penchant for sulkiness. Brown doesn’t have this excuse now, but he also doesn’t have these worries either.

Judge Brown on how the next 12-months play out. Because, and regular readers will vouch for me here, if he screws up, the criticism will be louder and more vitriolic from this blog than any Tory one, I assure you…

http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/dave_hill/2007/07/clunking_fist_steady_as_he_goes.html

After all PMQs were the first sign that Ming is heading towards the rocks.

Brown’s attempts at spin to answer this add up just as badly as his estimate of how many days he’d been in office. He says its all about change - but then paralyses the NHS with a massive review ( code as we all know for waiting for the answer the review has already been given - chose the head of the review and you chose the answer.)

He spins against theatre - but then puts up a Union flag over No10 and makes a whole load of cringe worthy pseudo patriotic statements that would be a whole lot more convincing if they weren’t made by a man who helped break up the UK and continues to under fund English peoples NHS, education etc compared to his own constituents who are being looked after quite nicely by the SNP right now.

PMQs aren’t definitive - but the crack in the armour is there and its very public. The way Brown failed also suggest deeper underlying character flaws. Brown will have to learn very quickly. I suspect that Labour party politics has prepared him poorly for open debate with people who aren’t afraid of you.