Quote Originally Posted by Geoff Parkstone View Post
You comment re Gordon Browns observation is very pertinent. So many of the "outted" comments actually resonate with a wider audience, and are likely repeated down the pub regularly BUT when in public office you need to keep your gob (or fingers) closed as an act of self preservation. Such comments will only ever be used against you and never in a good way.
I completely agree, but Brown’s comment was ‘overheard’ almost 15 years ago and the age of electronic communication is hardly new so they really do seem worryingly thick to be caught out in this way.
All makes me very glad that the more ‘contentious’ period of my life was lived before everyone with a phone became part of the covert press corps.