Yep, story from the
Beeb.
To think they were at one time going to use 'Tory austerity' as a vote winner.
I suspect Darling / Mandelson have impressed upon Gordon Brown that denial, BS and attacking the social class of some of the opposition isn't a great vote winner and honesty does have its' place in politics.
They probably started trying to impress the point about honesty a while ago, must've taken some time to sink in given Gordon appears to have never quite gotten out of the cynical politicking and backstabbing that eventually unseated Tony Blair.
Actually maybe not.
http://order-order.com/2010/01/08/go...om-the-bunker/