Comments on: Remember Brown’s Vision?

By: patently

patently — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 10:22:36 +0000

Did you catch the Harrying Harperson on the radio this morning?

According to her, Gordon has an incredibly strong, powerful, and well defined vision. She declined to set it out for us, though.

By: Oranjepan

Oranjepan — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 22:06:54 +0000

Brown has a habit of missing out words in his sentences as he stumbles and stutters his way through his preachifying. In that case he missed out the word ‘tunnel’.

By: DIY

DIY — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:53:21 +0000

Brown is clueless. I just hope the British public don’t panic and vote in BNP. I think it is a must that we have a general election soon. I want change, and this is a democracy.

By: Julian H

Julian H — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:39:34 +0000

“They did not have the balls last summer, however, and I doubt that has changed since.”

Aye, the lack of spine of this lot is staggering. At least the Tories used to weald their knives during a crisis. These Labour swine just hide away, or spout platitudes.

By: Blackacre

Blackacre — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:25:16 +0000

I am sure Julian H is right and that whatever happens to Brown he will blame the delay in him getting the office. However, it was quite clear to many people that he was indeed as alleged early in the life of new Labour psychologically flawed and should never have been put in charge. He was a good chancellor largely and that is where he should have stayed.

Now he has the office and despite not having a clue what to do with it, he will cling on as long as possible so we have to rely on the grey suits to do their job once again. They did not have the balls last summer, however, and I doubt that has changed since.

By: Julian H

Julian H — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:06:12 +0000

I’d like to make a prediction.

So I will.

At some point in the future, maybe in an autobiography, Brown will claim that he wanted to implement The Great New Socialist Theory that he’d come up with (which is socialism, but not the socialism that’s completely failed – but rather something else, which if you don’t understand you’re an idiot) but that he didn’t have enough time because of the evil Blairite-Campbellista-Bushist regime that led to the Global Economic Crisis which itself thwarted all his untapped potential (that otherwise would have “eradicated poverty”).

By: Stu

Stu — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:57:59 +0000

Labour’s problem now is that Brown was the endgame – the Socialist wing of the party have long wanted Brown. The idea was that Blair would get them elected, then Brown would step in and push the socialist agenda they wanted.

Now that the endgame has turned out to be an unmitigated disaster, there’s nowhere left to turn.

By: Mark Reckons

Mark Reckons — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:52:34 +0000

Good post Charlotte. I was going to do a post very similar to this myself this week but you have saved me the bother!

I want interviewers and opponents to keep asking him where his vision is. He was very clear in Autumn 2007 that was why he had to call off the election. At the time it sounded like bollocks but it is on the record and he should be held to it.

By: David

David — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:22:22 +0000

An almost perfect summary, that’s why Gordo won’t be calling an election util the last minute under any circumstances. He just wants the job without actually knowing why and genuinely hates anyone who might threaten his position. It’s almost a psychosis.