Gordon Brown tries to spin his way out of this mess

I hear that Gordon Brown is to write a personal apology to all those smeared in Damian McBride´s emails. Good.

He is however trying to spin his way out of this mess by saying that he will have the code of conduct under which SpAds (special advisers) operate tightened. Whoopy do. They are tight enough already and McBride broke them. The promise is clearly an attempt to divert attention away from the smearing ways of Number 10.

For those of you who thought Tony Blair´s spin operation was bad, they have never been a match for Gordon Brown´s. His henchmen have been dealing with his rivals by smear tactics for years.

The BBC has this.