Deranged attacks. And why this week has actually been rather good for Gordon Brown; Hands on: Gordon Brown greeting George Bush in Washington this week.

The Daily Mail (London, England) | April 19, 2008 | Copyright

Byline: PETER OBORNE

THERE HAS been something slightly deranged and also distasteful aboutthe nature of the incessant personal attacks aimed at the Prime Minister thisweek. Much of the talk ahead of Gordon Brown's trip to Washington falselysuggested that he was finished.

Credulous reporters, who ought to have known better, predicted a possible coupd'etat inside the Labour Party, while a series of commentators highlightedvarious personal traits whichthey claimed meant that Gordon Brown ought not to be prime minister.

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