Alistair Darling's 'pissed off'

An interesting, and rare, profile of the Chancellor and former Scottish Secretary Alistair Darling in Saturday's Guardian, which is now better known as the interview in which he committed his so-called 'gaffe' by saying the UK economy was at its worst in 60 years (he also said the former Scottish Labour leader Wendy Alexander was 'not likeable at all', but has apparently since apologised). Given that several ministers have made similar remarks over the past few months, it's difficult to see what all the fuss is about...