Gordon Brown

[Grasshopper]

In 10 years time, we will still be paying for his wanton waste, in which case it will be too early to judge him objectively. Won’t stop me trying though.

A Presbyterian………..who chose profligacy over thrift.

A tax-and-spend socialist……………in the pocket of big business.

A man of apparent high moral principles, but with a poor moral compass – evidenced primarily by his bank-rolling of the war in Iraq.

A man who ran up huge public debt……….after selling the country’s gold at car-boot-sale prices.

A man who was ruthless in his quest to lead the country………..yet who was completely unable to communicate with the public he wished to serve.

Claimed to have banished ‘boom and bust’……….yet presided over the biggest financial meltdown in living memory

To say he was a contradiction, is putting it mildly.

When the rock is eventually turned over……………and we finally find out exactly how deep we will be forced to dig…….I believe very few will look back on him fondly.

The Iron Chancellor is destined to occupy the same place in people’s hearts as does the Iron Lady.

[insomniac]

Mandelson & Campbell’s biographies didn’t exactly praise Brown and a number of titbits from various sources post-election seem to confirm the oft-expressed blogosphere view that Gordon Brown was, well, off his swede. His own cabinet knew this and yet didn’t dare move to oust him – which doesn’t say much for their backbone. (That the next Labour Party leader will come from some of these jellyfish says much about the dearth of talent in the party.)
Here’s the latest:-
This is taken from the Spectator blog quouting Chris Mullins – ex Labour MP:-

But, perhaps, the most telling story is what happened when Gordon Brown went to the Chinese embassy to sign the book of condolence for victims of the earthquake there:
“While Gordon and his party were inside, word reached them that David Cameron was waiting outside. Whereupon Gordon, fearing that his limelight was about to be stolen, went into a great sulk, strode out of the embassy, barely acknowledging Cameron.
Once in his car he began pummelling the headrest in front of him, causing his protection officer’s head to ricochet, bleating about ‘treachery’ and ‘conspiracy’ and demanding to be told: ‘Who did this to me?’ A hapless official tried to placate him.
Eventually the official enquired who was in this conspiracy. To which Gordon, without batting an eyelid, replied: ‘The Tories, the Chinese and the Foreign Office.’”

If you’ve the time and the inclination, read Matthew Parris’ interview with Ian Dale on Dale’s blog. Parris (ex-tory MP and Times andSpectator columnist is one of the better political journalists in the UK press and, in spite of his right-wing leanings, has always seemed to me to be very even-handed in his analyses. Anyway, he thinks Brown was a bit odd too.

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