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At last, some old-time glamour to cut through this focus group-led, sterile world of modern politics. Lord Mandelson has taken to the dancefloor at the spectacular Tower Ballroom in Blackpool. Following in the footsteps of national treasure Bruce Forsyth, the peer, a self-confessed Strictly Come Dancing fan, demonstrated some moves. Is this a metaphor for Gordon Brown's performance in the TV debate? Will the "clunking fist" down his brawling gloves and waltz around his opponents? "What kind of party would go into this election promising a massive hike in spending despite the deficit?" asks Conservative MEP Daniel Hannan, in HREF="http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/danielhannan/100034584/what-kind-of-party-would-go-into-this-election-promising-a-massive-hike-in-spending-despite-the-deficit/" ID="9999" STYLE="LINK_Inline">his Daily Telegraph blog. He's talking about the Greens and says "there's idealism and there's outright battiness". But then he adds that "yet more spendingÂ… is also Labour policy too".14155ChinCrack tweets: Ooh! There's a debate on tonight where we, the people, get to see which leader has the superior media training. HREF="http://twitter.com/5ChinCrack" ID="9999" STYLE="LINK_Inline">Read 5ChinCrack's tweets1407At last, some old-time glamour to cut through this focus group-led, sterile world of modern politics. Lord Mandelson has taken to the dancefloor at the spectacular Tower Ballroom in Blackpool. Following in the footsteps of national treasure Bruce Forsyth, the peer, a self-confessed Strictly Come Dancing fan, demonstrated some moves. Is this a metaphor for Gordon Brown's performance in the TV debate? Will the "clunking fist" down his brawling gloves and waltz around his opponents?
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