Revealed: what happened after Gordon Brown's 'bigot' remark
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Former prime minister realised his words had been heard but was told by advisers that Sky News would not broadcastIt will haunt Gordon Brown for ever: the moment he described Rochdale pensioner Gillian Duffy as bigoted while unwittingly still being recorded on an open microphone as he was driven away.But what happened after the microphone went dead?The Guardian has been told that Brown became aware within seconds that the Sky News mike clipped to his lapel was still on.The then prime minister immediately realised the scale of the disaster, but ...
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