When Hillary Clinton was exposed in the media as having, in many people's eyes, lied when she described her arrival in Kosovo in the 1990s as having been without ceremony and under fire despite the film footage showing her clearly strolling down from the plane to be presented with a bouquet of flowers by a young girl on the tarmac, she said she had "mis-spoken". As far as I can see, this seems to mean either lying or that she is no longer aware of reality.

Today, Gordon Brown appears to have suffered his own case of mis-speaking over what the leader of the Scottish Labour Party has said about a referendum on Scottish independence.

Wendy Alexander said over the weekend that she does not fear a referendum on independence and that she may well call the SNP's bluff by bringing forward a bill within the next twelve months. Check out the Scotsman for the details.

During Prime Minister's Questions in Parliament today, David Cameron asked Gordon Brown whether he agreed with Alexander's view that a referendum on independence should be held now, to which the PM replied, "That is not what she said...."

Back in October last year Brown lost this country's respect when he bottled the decision to call a General Election and then tried to pretend that he had not be thinking about it in the run up to the Conservative Party Conference. Now he appears to be testing the intelligence of the British people again. When will he realise that we are not stupid and we are capable of finding out for herself what she said?

Just because Brown tells us something does not make it true - it is time for more honesty from our Prime Minister.