The Sun Party

Plato cried with laughter when she read this excerpt from Our Glorious Leader's interview with Piers Morgan in GQ.

His delusion is hilarious and oh look - he even mentions meeting Obama *every day*.

What a sad arse - hoping that the pixie dust will rub off on him...

"In an interview with GQ magazine to be published later this week, the prime minister claimed he had known "for some time" that the Sun was planning to switch allegiances but said he still respected the paper's proprietor, Rupert Murdoch.

The News International paper's decision to endorse David Cameron hours after Brown's speech to the Labour party conference in late September overshadowed the prime minister's address and was a hugely symbolic moment. The Sun had backed Labour for more than a decade.

"I have a lot of admiration for Rupert Murdoch personally," Brown told GQ's interviewer, Piers Morgan. "His family come from not far from mine in Scotland, and his attitudes to hard work and getting on with things you can only admire. But the Sun has tried to become a political party.

"It's not personal about Rupert, he's always been very friendly to me. I think the Sun's made a mistake but that's up to them."

Asked by Morgan which executive at News International made the decision to back the Tories, Brown said: "I don't know, but it doesn't matter because the people will decide what happens at the next election, not the Sun.

"I think the Sun tried to become a political party that day and that was a terrible mistake. And I suspect over time that their readers will think that, too."

Brown also said that media coverage has become increasingly personal: "I think that's a mistake, too. Take my recent trip to America. I had meetings every day with Obama, about Iraq, Iran, the economy, global warming, Afghanistan, nuclear power..."

Read the whole thing here

UPDATE Roy Greenslade sticks the boot in as well - hohoho

"...It may be upset prime ministers, especially when a paper pledges allegiance and then goes wildly off message. But the "terrible mistake" was surely Tony Blair's and Brown's for cosying up to The Sun in the first place.

Most owners and editors revel in their independence. So Brown shows even more naivete by asserting in his GQ magazine interview that The Sun's decision to switch to the Tories "is not personal" in terms of his friendly relationship with its proprietor, Rupert Murdoch.

Don't be daft, Gordon, of course it's personal. The Sun didn't kick you in the balls without Rupert's say-so. He is on record as saying he calls the political tune at the paper (despite a later denial by Rebekah Wade).

Clearly, his interviewer - and former Murdoch employee - Piers Morgan knows the reality. He cheekily asked Brown which News International executive he thought had made the decision to back the Tories.

Brown, poor Brown, is obviously in denial. He replied: "I don't know, but it doesn't matter because the people will decide what happens at the next election, not The Sun."

It was Rupert wot done it, Gordon. Rupert ditched you. Get it straight."