bouncer mc broon

[kinell]

well that was lucky, wouldnt want a welcher to have been chancellor of the exchequer would we?

what a mess we would have been in, instead of the healthy financial position we currently enjoy..

http://www.dailymail....unced-university.html

was he chancellor?

that explains why we are skint then

still could have been worse... he could have weazled into the prime ministership

[VHG]

I heard a radio phone in a few weeks ago about Gordon Brown and asking was he right to be Prime Minister.

One guy said he should not be Prime Minister but as he was a good economist he better as a chancellor.

I nearly crashed by car when he said that !!!!

He was chancellor in the "good times" but stil managed to give away almost all the money he raised, then sold our gold reserves for far less than they were worth and took the country into massive debt.

His time in office (both jobs) has seen this country go from a well off world power to a bankrupt country full of people who have come here rom the third world.

We have third world debts and a third world population (and he is still giving our money away - see recent climate change money).

The guy should have handcuffs on till the next election to stop him giving more money away and our debts getting worse.

[bazwillrun]

he sold our gold when gold was at its lowest price for years
when he had record tax reciepts he got us into severe debt
whilst chancelloer he vetoed regulations that would have put the brakes on investment banks and kept us out of most of the schitt we are currently in.
whilst chancellor he took over a strong economy from the tories, him and blair blew a £37billion warchest

my father is 80 and has seen plenty of labour governments, and he says they always phuck up the country, and i am seeing the proof of it yet again

will people ever learn not to give them power

[rov1200]

That's what you get when you make a historian into a financier. I hope Alistair Darling comes from different stock.

[BertiWooster]

What - that gold reserve being trotted out again ?

Well , i suppose if your father says so , then that must be correct .

If you think that the country has been f&&ked up, just wait till Dave and his side kick Ozzy boy gets hold of the reins - you'd better invest in some of that gold

[VHG]

>What - that gold reserve being trotted out again ?

Yes, I suppose it was only about 2 billion pounds that he lost.

Nothing to Gordon, he can manage to lose that pretty easily nowadays as he has had so much practice.

[ABerrant]

"...I hope Alistair Darling comes from different stock."

Rest easy, he was no Political Historian. Mr. Darling was a Marxist Solicitor.

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail....lion-global-fund.html

/// Gordon Brown yesterday pledged an extra £6billion to persuade developing countries to sign up to a climate change deal, saying talks in Copenhagen were on the verge of a major breakthrough.///

Bang goes another £6billion, is there no end to this guy's generosity?

Ah! but I forgot it is our money that he is dishing out, and very soon will come the time for you and I to pay it back.

[jake-the-peg]

£2 billion lost potential gains on gold reserves represents about £66 per tax payer.

I think we have bigger fish to fry

[ABerrant]

Although it is "small fish" I do recall an adage about 'looking after the pennies...' or somesuch rubbish and so I wish to correct the figures in regard of the auctioning of over half of the UK Gold Reserve between 1999 and 2002.

Around 400 tonnes of gold were sold at an average of $275 per troy oz., raising revenue of around $3.5bn.
The same volume of gold currently trades in excess of $1100 per oz., i.e. x4 or $14bn.
Allowing for currency exchange rates the lost potential is in excess of £6.5bn.

[rov1200]

How is Gordon going to reduce Britains carbon emissions by 42% (10 times more than the US)? Doesn't he realise with our population at 70 million in just a few years this figure is either deceitful or there are some major cuts on the way.