Exclusive - Gordon Brown didn't grab my lapels
What a week. And the election hasn't even been called yet.
I can reassure you that by either the Prime Minister or me .
In fact, it was all very civilised, but there were some tough questions to answer.
Not least on Corus in Redcar, but also on the north-south divide.
Labour, of course, is now using
So although they are now supposedly less keen to talk about their past than the future, the party does need to defend its record on the North-South divide.
Their .
The PM accepted an economic divide still exists, but he talked of narrowing the opportunity gap by providing the education and training that will allow the area to compete.
Of course, the workers at Corus might point out that all the training in the world won't help if your job disappears.
Let me know what you think.
Who'll deliver on fairness and equality will be a key area of debate in the run-in to the election.
But of course, we still don't know when that'll be.
, and all the Labour activity is making journalists and politicians jumpy about an early election - March 25 for example.
An early poll date might allow the PM to declare the election next weekend to overshadow the Conservative spring conference.
I still think May 6 is the more likely option though, but I'm sure the possibility is still being discussed in Labour circles - not least to unsettle the Opposition.
One thing the Prime Minister might be well-advised to do in any case is brush up on his geography.
, he was asked about what the Government would do about problems on the roads in Northumberland.
He told the listener he knew the area well having spent his summer holidays in the Lake District.
Wrong side of the Pennines of course.
The Moss Week:
Watching: Question Time in Middlesbrough. Good to see the Corus debate get a good chunk of the programme and intriguing to watch the new Penrith and the Border Conservative candidate Rory Stewart in action.
Reading: . The title seems apposite in the run-up to the election.
Clicking on: . I confess I've voted in the contest to find Britain's greatest knitted character, but I can't tell you in case you're influenced - I have such clout.
I'm Richard Moss, the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ's Political Editor for the North East and Cumbria. Welcome to my irreverent - but hopefully insightful - northern take on reporting politics for Look North and the Politics Show.
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