Iain Martin looks deeper into the background and concludes that it starts from a class war deeply embedded in the Brown character concerning class.
When Brwon entered office he believed that he would win the battle with Cameron simply on the basis that inexperience and weakness would soon crumble.
When that didn't happen he resorted to Plan B
That was to get personal - a style of operation they were very familiar with from their years of war with the Blairites.
Isn't it the case, some of them thought, that Cameron and Osborne are out of touch 'toffs'? In its crudest form this attack line failed in the Crewe and Nantwich by-election, but that did not put the Brownites off. The toff assault had been too crude - it would need to be refined and communicated less directly.
The irony is he continues
one day the toff charge will be very powerful when used by Labour against the Cameron Tories.
If they are in power making unpopular decisions, overseeing cuts in public spending, and it goes badly, it will be said that they don't understand the concerns of their fellow Britons. 'Them and their posh mates, they're ok'.
