Brown and the "Bigoted" Woman

Gordon Brown has made the classic mistake today of forgetting to turn his microphone off after a difficult public encounter in Rochdale. Clearly frustrated, he described her as a "bigoted woman" but his comments were quickly out in the open. You can hear his comments and pretty painful public apology on the BBC site here, while the Guardian live blog gives a fascinating insight into how a "gaffe" story can turn into a media frenzy. Scroll down until you get to 12.56.

PS: Fast forward to about four minutes on the video above to hear the end of the conversation and Brown's unfortunate comments.
PPS: Nick Robinson's comments on the incident are here