Absolutely fantastic to have the support of Gordon Brown! #labourleadership #YvetteForLabour #VoteYvette pic.twitter.com/Amgcvmxttm

— Yvette For Labour (@YvetteForLabour) August 24, 2015

The former Prime Mentalist has endorsed the wife of his one time economic adviser, including a preference for every candidate except Corbyn. The only surprise is that Brown didn’t back Cooper in his speech two weeks ago:

One cannot help but feel the nomination is doomed to failure. Still no word from another former Labour leader from the recent past…