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Don't tangle with women from Rochdale

Michael Crick | 19:27 UK time, Thursday, 29 April 2010

What is it about Rochdale women? Gordon Brown is not the first senior politician to get into huge trouble by upsetting a woman from the Lancashire mill town.

Twenty-four years ago the Conservative deputy chairman Jeffrey Archer lost his job when the News of the World caught him paying several thousand pounds to the prostitute Monica Coghlan, who came from Rochdale.

The scandal led to Archer winning a libel case in 1987, but in 2001 he was jailed for perjury over the case.

Comments

  • Comment number 1.

    CAN BROWN ONLY RELATE TO NON-CHALLENGING WOMEN?

    When Brown spat venom about Mrs Duffy, it was very apparent that 'bigot' was a 'scapegoat word' - SOMETHING about Mrs Duffy had touched a nerve.
    Such nerves are made raw in early years, and do not readily heal. I believe a look at James Brown's relationship with his mother will prove fruitful.

    Sarah appears to be a 'worshipper'. It took him a long time to find her, they are rare these days. Strangely, Cherie was another worshipper, dangling round Tony's trunk like a groupie. Does this tell us anything about the sort of leaders Westminster 'throws up'?
    I can find little on the web about Jimmie Brown's mum. Over to you Michael.

  • Comment number 2.

    There's a conflation of mental images inspired by this piece that I will not easily erase.

    Seems to have passed more quickly than I'd imagined, though the spinners are still in damage control.

    Just watched 'the news', though I tend now to ignore anything ‘according’ to most outlets these days.

    Even ‘live’ needs careful attention for editorial ‘enhancement’, especially post event summaries that see various things ‘assisted’.

    Have to say, on the subject of what is said, heard and understood, just watched one of those pointless paper reviews broadcasters run with various tribalists agreeing with their tribes and dissing the others.

    But I am still falling about laughing at the Labourphilic lady trying to gain traction for the notion that Mr. Brown mis-spoke as a consequence of mis-hearing ‘blocking’ as something else and personally directed.

    That would seem to suggest at least two senses had taken their leave of the PM, and it is contagious amongst his supporters.

  • Comment number 3.

    SUPERMARKET RAGE (#2)

    Brown has trouble with 'bogof' as well.

  • Comment number 4.

    good job he never said.....'What $£%^" and she ()_£$"!¬ and another thing, what if she {(^%{ £(_+++£" and all we.ve done for her, see, could'a been worse

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