Brown says sorry, then lies through his teeth.

So Gordon has finally apologised, six days late to the party. However, while this is a good start, in the very same statement Gordon lied a further two times. Firstly he said all that can be done about Smeargate has been done. That is just not true, no inquiry will take place, and the role of Tom Watson MP in this scandal has not been fully explored. Brown also said that Damian McBride lost his job immediately. Well that's not quite what happened is it? He tried to spin his way out of it and keep his job up until late on Saturday afternoon. Downing St put out statements defending McBride's emails as banter. Brown also said that McBride "lost his job" - implying he had been fired, as he should have been, when in fact he resigned "honorably" as Liam Bryn claimed.

Good start though in taking full responsibility for what happened...

If that is the case isn't it time to go now?