Brown follows Blair's lead.

Silly season really is here.
The major parties are nit picking over words. The PM is flown around with a squadron of helicoptors as escort. Soldiers fighting battles in Afghanistan have no air cover...

clipped from www.dailymail.co.uk 'Cynical' Brown accused of electioneering as he announces 1,000 troops home from Iraq by Christmas Senior Conservatives led by David Cameron said the Prime Minister had broken a promise to tell Parliament first after he announced troop withdrawals on a surprise visit to Baghdad.