Gordon Brown tells a lie

Ok, so it's only over a small thing. Yesterday, in GB's monthly press conference he was asked whether he was going to have a meeting with David Beckham. GB replied that he had "no specific plans". Yesterday evening, who was it who turned up at Number 10? None other than David Beckham for a "private" meeting with the Prime Minister. "Private" because there was one journalist from the Daily Mirror there. Meetings with the Prime Minister of Great Britain are surely planned in advance so he must have known.

Why did Gordon Brown tell a lie? I cannot see a reason for it, unless he needed some advice on how to deal with Northern Rock.

The meeting isn't really important here, but it goes to show the nature of the man who is now presiding over Great Britain. Even over the smallest matter, he cannot bring himself to tell the truth. When he said that he wouldn't call a General Election even if Labour were 5 points ahead in key marginals we knew that he'd been "economic with the actualité", but this is politics so we accept it. This time it is just bare-faced.

Squiffy.