Gordon Brown is Right

February 24, 2010 · Posted in Gordon Brown · Comment 

 

I can’t believe I’m writing this, but I find myself in agreement with Gordon Brown over his opposition to changing the law on assisted suicide:

…death as an option and an entitlement, via whatever bureaucratic processes a change in the law might devise, would fundamentally change the way we think about mortality.

Alistair Campbell on Gordon Brown

February 16, 2010 · Posted in Gordon Brown · Comment 

A helpful intervention from Alistair Campbell, as he ‘reveals’ that Gordon Brown undermined colleagues under Blair’s Premiership:

Gordon did have people around him who were briefing against colleagues all the time. I just didn’t. Politics is a team game

Of course you didn’t, Alistair.

Craig Brown’s A-Z of Gordon Brown

February 15, 2010 · Posted in Gordon Brown · Comment 

Following Piers Morgan’s interview with the Prime Minister, Craig Brown offers an A-Z of our Glorious Leader, in which he reveals his human side:

Ha Ha Ha Ho Ho Ho: The correct noise to make when laughing, or so they tell me

Smiling: I very much enjoy smiling. It’s a simple activity, involving turning the ends of your mouth upwards for maybe just a few seconds a day, or a few minutes if you happen to be on television. Alternatively, turning your head upside down and scowling produces much the same effect.

Jeff Randall Assesses Gordon Brown’s ‘Achievement’

February 12, 2010 · Posted in Gordon Brown · Comment 

A devastating assessment of the legacy of Gordon Brown by Jeff Randall:

…sterling is in the toilet, our pensions have been slaughtered, cash savings yield almost nothing, the country is up to its neck in unprecedented debt, the banking system is awash with funny money, our gold reserves were sold off at rock-bottom prices, and Britain’s dole queue is considerably longer than before Crash Gordon began cooking the books.