Mandelson: Brown is granite, Cameron is plastic

Alex Smith

Mandelson

By Alex Smith

In an interview with the Times this morning, Peter Mandelson says the choice in the genral election is between:

“granite and plastic – between Brown who has been tested and Cameron who is untested; between Brown who knows who to call in a crisis and Cameron who does not.”

Mandelson also suggests Gordon Brown may not serve a full term if Labour wins the general election:

“They either go five more years or four or three, or however many it is, with the person they know and can depend on, or switch horses mid-stream before we have fully come through the recession and in doing so take a heck of a gamble.”

Gordon Brown himself, of course, has pledged to serve a full term if he wins.

Read the full interview here.

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