The curse of Shrum

Daniel Finkelstein makes some interesting points about Bob Shrum. (I must confess to buying his autobiography last month and then giving up reading it after skimming through it for the Presidential race stuff. The rest is mind-numbing.)

Here's my take on Bob Shrum, and his relationship with Gordon Brown.

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