Last stand of the Gurkhas.

Lumley then made a shrewd political move, briefing the press that “The meeting was extremely positive. He [Brown] is wholly supportive of the Gurkha cause. He is going to come up with a new solution by the end of this month. I do trust the prime minister… I find him to be a man of integrity.” Brown was boxed in to a corner: should he accuse Lumley – who by this time was riding a wave of positive coverage for the campaign – of overplaying her hand, and risk the PR fiasco of Patsy Stone publicly denouncing him for a lack of integrity? Or decide to change course?