Comments on: Truly, madly, deeply: They loved New Brown

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:20:28 +0000

Going, going ….. GONE!!!!

By: Adam

Adam — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:01:29 +0000

The speech seemed like a Budget! There were a number of “I can now announce” lines.
This is a “slash & burn” government, desparately spending to buy votes. Now we have proposed free school lunches, which in true Labour style, are justified by “savings” on obesity costs.
“Mr Prudent” is being revealed for what he is, an unchanged “old Labour” spend and taxer and a man who endlessly moves goal posts. He tells us he will be tough until the moment it becomes difficult!
The results while be the same, a budget and current account crisis, falling £ and wasted legacy.

By: Allpointsnorth

Allpointsnorth — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:45:22 +0000

Gordon brown will do anything to hang on to power, ANYTHING. He has doubled government spending over the last ten years and the only people who have benefitted are those that work for the government. Gordon Brown really believes that government is a good thing and that we want it!!! When in fact most people instinctively know that government is a bad thing and the less we have of the better.

By: Peter

Peter — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:05:03 +0000

Looks as though the New Brown “human touch” was a bit too much for Ms Kelly.

By: Dr suresh samani

Dr suresh samani — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:25:39 +0000

I think labour has no choice but to back ‘New[ [or old] Brown. It is perhaps too late to choose a new leader who can influnce postively in favour of the party in the next election. Labour backbenchers and plotters better go with Brown and sail or sink with him.

By: Dane

Dane — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:56:30 +0000

I wish him well but, fact is, I judge by deeds not words, so let’s have deeds. I know times are hard. I think he could have done better as Chancellor (I’m one of apparently few who thinks he was pretty useless - it’s easy to be a “good” chancellor when the policy is credit expansion but I’ll never forgive him raiding the pension funds or selling the gold reserves).

I don’t think he can do much about the economy except to extricate us wherever possible from the US but I agree that he could do something about a fair Council Tax.

So, nice speech and if he can show some evidence of implementing these “promises” then…good.

By: Rick Hesslewood

Rick Hesslewood — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 08:54:11 +0000

Millions of low and low middle earners in Britain are badly affected by the unfair COUNCIL TAX system. All Brown and his cronies have to do to win the next election, is to change the system from the present “No account of ability to pay”, to a local based income tax.
WATCH THIS SPACE.

By: Stephen Deen

Stephen Deen — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 06:59:57 +0000

Was it only me who noticed the patronising look Mililband gave Brown when he patted him on the back after his conference speech?

Still, what would we do without these people for light entertainment.

If I were a politician the thing I’d be most worried about would be compliments from competitors - oops colleagues.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 01:35:35 +0000

This is all priceless, utterly priceless. Future generations will envy us as we tell the story of how we witnessed the final death throes of socialism in this country (AKA “jobs for the boys, and if you play your cards right, you don’t even have to work”). I sincerely support Brown’s decision to fight on, heaven forbid that they might find someone else slightly more acceptable to the vast majority of right-minded British people, who in a couple of years are going to give them the biggest electoral hiding since records began.

By: Andy

Andy — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:46:26 +0000

New Brown?

I think his reception owed more to the Old Labour tactic of “You vill cheer for ze Leader - or your expense claims vill be published in ze newspapers!”.

Brown isn’t the only part of the Socialist machine that is horribly predictable.