Labour guru, Peter Mandelson, defends Gordon Brown's meltdown in one of the very few unscripted interactions with a voter not pre-selected to be a Labour supporter:

“He said something he did not believe. He does not believe it publicly or privately."

Oh, man. That's what you want in a prime minister.

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