Redundant stupefaction

This is way out of date, and, no, I haven't been following the conferences, but did Gordon Brown really say, "British jobs for British workers"? He must have had to jolly along some unionists so that they wouldn't cause him any trouble when ... Is this the vital clue that he is going to call an election? Surely only the need for union support in an election could wring out of him something so inane and demagogic. Ha! I've cracked it.

...Well, did he do it? Is there going to be an election? That's British jobs for British workers, isn't it?