1713: Tony Blair's ex-spokesman Alastair Campbell writes about Gordon Brown's feelings following his remarks about Gillian Duffy being recorded and broadcast. He writes HREF="http://www.alastaircampbell.org/blog.php" ID="9999" STYLE="LINK_Inline">on his blog: "I saw him at his Manchester hotel, where we are preparing for tomorrow's debate, when he returned from Rochdale. To say he was mortified is an understatement. I don't think I have ever seen him so angry with himself. And he was angry less about the obvious frenzy he had unleashed than the fact that he said what he did. She was so clearly not a bigot, and he knew that."
1722: Nick Clegg offers some words of sympathy for Gordon Brown. He tells Radio 4's PM: "If we all had recordings of what we mutter under our breath we'd all be crimson with embarrassment... Gordon Brown has now gone out of his way to apologise. He was quite right to do so, and I think that's that."
