Too late the hero

Gordon Brown made his last speech of the election campaign last night, to a partisan audience in Dundee. He was passionate. He was coherent. He focused on policy issues. He didn't crack any lame jokes at the expense of his rivals (personal cringe-making favourite from the debates: "they remind me of my young sons squabbling at bathtime"). If this Gordon Brown had shown up earlier in the campaign, maybe the outcome would have been quite different. But it's way too late now.