GORDON BROWN said yesterday he was sorry for the “smeargate” emails that targeted top Tories and their families.
After days of pressure from Conservatives, the Prime Minister finally spoke out on a visit to Glasgow and accepted “full responsibility for what happened” when his close advisor Damian McBride suggested placing internet slurs to discredit senior Opposition figures.
Mr Brown said: “I am sorry about what happened. I take full responsibility for what happened. That’s why the person who was responsible went immediately.”
He went on: “I have said all along that, when I saw this first, I was horrified, I was shocked and I was very angry indeed. I think the most important thing we do is reassure people everything is being done to clean up politics in our country.”
