Gordon Brown

[naomi24]

It looks as though Gordon Brown will succeed Tony Blair. Does anyone relish the thought, and if so, why?

[Hugh Spencer]

As long as the Labour Party is not in power I don't care who leads because so many lies and half truths have been put out to the media. Can you trust a man who 'stole' billions of pounds from pension funds thus making the provision of pensions by the societies so much harder to achieve, despite being warned by his advisors of the consequences. Also, all the time telling the public what a great shape the economy is in when most of the benefits are nothing to do with him. None of these politicians have the welfare of the general public and this country at heart. They want to build up a fatuous impression of their own importance so that when they retire they can wallow in extremely high pensions and gratuities and go on the lecture circuit, thus earning more millions.

[Llamatron]

Whoever you vote for the Government always gets in.

The sad fact is that it doesn't matter who runs the country as all politicians are lying scheming bar stewards.
I think it's indicative of British management in general. How often do we hear of building projects that over-run and are over budget? The folks that run where I work are blinkered self serving morons and I've yet to see evidence that it's any different anywhere else.

As they say - sh1t floats to the top.

[Lonnie]

Gordon Brown, has done so much to ruin this country, and its armed forces, that I shudder at the thought, he's the worst Chancellor we've ever had, and I fear he'll take that into No10, but it'll happen.

[naomi24]

Since day one, when this government had the nation jubilantly singing 'Things can only get better', they've lied, and we've hurtled headlong downhill ever since. And now we have the prospect of leader Gordon Brown looming - and what a frightening thought that is! I think we're probably already past the point of no return and with him at the helm I seriously fear for the future of this country.

[cruella]

If Gordon Brown succeeds Tony Bair and the labour party is voted into power, it will be the worst thing that could happen in British politics.
He will be the most unpopular Prime Minister ever in history.

[Lonnie]

Just as a matter of interest, I posted this under my original A/B name of Chessman, as you can see, i've been warning about this goverment for years, Blair or Brown, the result will still be the same, Total breakup of the UK, etc etc etc.

Maybe I should change my name to Cassandra.

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/News/Question17 3441.html

[naomi24]

Oooooo Lonnie. With talents like that maybe you'd better get back to R&S sharpish!!

[Lonnie]

hi naomi, with my beliefs, the men in white coats would soon be knocking on the door, don't know though, you could be right, see you over there.

[funkyrich]

No I don't relish the thought of Gordon Brown succeeding Bliar.He sings from the same songsheet and is able to lie by reflex action! What did George Galloway say about them both "Two cheeks of the same backside"-yea thats about right.

[Kromovaracun]

Brown may be a deceitful son of a bitch, but he's a lot better than any of the alternatives. Much as I detest him, he isn't a stupid man and I don't think he's entirely useless like, say, Cameron.

Britain's economy has been pretty much dominated by Brown since '97, so on the domestic front, little will really change. I'm not going to sit here and argue that he's wonderful, but Britain has enjoyed a period of economic stability under Brown, and I think he also deserves credit for privatising the Bank of England.

Now bear in mind, I don't like Brown, but I think he's a good deal better than anything else on the table, so I'm willing to give him a chance. Do I 'relish' the thought? Not particularly. But it doesn't make me want to tear my hear out.

[Kromovaracun]

Note: Sorry, when I say 'Britain's economy has been dominated'... I really mean the running of the economy rather than the national economy being concentrated in the hands of the Iron chancellor.

Sorry, I thought I'd clear that up...

[Lonnie]

Thats true, Britain has enjoyed a period of economic stability under Brown, but at what cost,

The Major goverment was a disaster, except for the economy, Brown inherited a very strong and healthy economy, and what does he do?.

He wastes it, sells off half the Gold reserves at a terrific loss, plunders the pensions, brings in stealth taxes all over the place, and still is.

What we have is a FALSE economy, and we are going to pay for it, as i've said, and anyone can disagree, is that Brown is actually the worst Chancellor this country has ever had, and I can't see him doing any better as Prime Minister.

[trish1234567]

Are you sure Cruella? It will take a lot to top the unpopularity of Tony Blair!

[Kromovaracun]

A fair point about the economic inheritence, Lonnie, but I'm not sure if Gordon is entirely to blame for the economy based on borrowing we currently have (though I don't for one moment condone his absolutely criminal shadow taxation or any of the other actions on your list).

Unfortunately, I think he's about as good as it's going to get for now - at least he does know how to run an economy, and has some experience in government. I'd rather it be the Iron Chancellor than the Smiley Doofus or the Walking Corpse...

[kwicky]

I have learnt that politicians wield little power. The expertise and decisions to be rubber stamped are carried out by faceless back room stooges. When a completely new government is formed, whatever the ideology, those same back room staff are doing the advising. Politician's speeches are just rhetoric to please there faithful band of voters but you will find the status quo hardly ever gets changed.

[jrtv]

Blair & Brown 2 cheeks of the same arse

[naomi24]

jrtv - didn't someone like George Galloway say that?

[Kromovaracun]

kwicky: What rubbish. The 'status quo' can quite clearly be seen changing under Attlee, Macmillan, and Thatcher. And I'm only selecting the really big changes. And only from postwar governments. And only from the top of my head.

[ludwig]

No, I don't relish the thought. When I look at Brown I see a dour, humourless, smugger, more left wing version of Blair.
How can that be good.
And by the way, does anyone else find it annoying that the Labour party gets to pick who the next Prime Minister is going to be without asking the electorate?
Presumably most of the people who voted Labour did so on the assumption that Blair would be in charge for the 4 year term. Had Brown been leader at the time the outcome could well have been different.