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  • Labour election strategy takes a new turn
  • TandemJeremy
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    [url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/apr/01/labour-gordon-brown-hard-man]Full story here[/url]

    TandemJeremy
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    In an audacious new election strategy, Labour is set to embrace Gordon Brown's reputation for anger and physical aggression, presenting the prime minister as a hard man, unafraid of confrontation, who is willing to take on David Cameron in "a bare-knuckle fistfight for the future of Britain", the Guardian has learned.

    Strategists are even understood to be considering engineering a high-profile incident of violence on the campaign trail, and are in urgent consultations on the matter with John Prescott, whose public image improved in 2001 after he punched an egg-throwing protester.

    Possible confrontations under discussion include pushing Andrew Marr out of the way while passing him on a staircase, or thumping the back of Jeremy Paxman's chair so hard that he flinches in shock.

    One tactic being discussed involves provoking a physical confrontation at one of the three ground-breaking TV debates between the candidates. In this scenario, Brown, instead of responding to a point made by Cameron, would walk over from his microphone with an exaggerated silent display of self-control, bring his face to within an inch of the Tory leader's, and in a subdued voice, ask "what did you just say?", before delivering a single well-aimed blow to his opponent's face, followed by a headlock if required.

    druidh
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    The Stirling Airport story in the Scotsman is rather droll too.

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    Did you stay up just to post that TJ?

    saxabar
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    I'm confused – it is April 1st, right? This looks like one of those ideas that was never meant to see the light of day. Interesting strategy but definitely comes across as the final roll of the dice!

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    saxabar – Member

    I'm confused – it is April 1st, right? This looks like one of those ideas that was never meant to see the light of day. Interesting strategy but definitely comes across as the final roll of the dice!

    You should have stopped after the first sentence 😆

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