Gordon Brown resigning?

[Limehouse]

Caps,
Right on! In fact Brown came to the school I taught at .The school like many of the new schools that were built during Labour, was the result of the government prioritising schools and hospitals in particular.After Thatcher"s demolition job our hospitals were falling apart and our schools dilapidated with buckets under the roof to collect water when it rained.The picture is very different now in most areas of London, thanks to Labour.
I thought Brown was viciously attacked by the Tory press who all combined in a witchhunt of lies and propaganda to get rid of him. Do you realise that many councils throughout the country changed to labour? London in particular,but also Liverpool and many many others that the Tory press has ignored and remained silent about.In the General Election Scotland went almost totally over to Labour.
Gordon Brown by the way is acknowledged as having been a supremely brilliant chancellor. He was a decent politiician who did his best to keep people in jobs and keep the economy regenerating itself.A difficult task in the midst of this global economic crisis.Certainly the national debt is a great concern but recovery is predicted as long as people continue to remain in work and able to spend-that is according to the Keynsian economists which Brown is .Only time could tell if he was right---we may never know now.
I hope he gets to fully enjoy his lovely wife and children now .
Best,
Norma

Absolutely agree with every word Natalie. I am glad there are still some of the faithful remaining. People should wake up and understand the truth about this last Government and applaud what they have achieved.

There is still a long way to go to close the gap between some of the enormous wealth that has been created for the few elites and the desperate poverty that still remains.

Sadly, I do not think raising the threshold for inheritance tax and cutting public sector jobs is going to close that gap.

[cappuccina]

You rock, Natalie!

Graham what do you not understand and I will be glad to explain; I know I use "Americanisms" a lot (and i can be very direct) and I also know I do not write or speak as well as my friends across the pond.

The remark her husband made is patently offensive, not only to his fellow UK citizens, but to those of us in America as well...

He's being an elitist schmuck and thinking he is funny, when he is not.

I have read about these two, and my understanding is that she wears the proverbial "pants in the family" and is a real piece of work....uhhhhh, think the female version of this:

http://ttte.wikia.com/wiki/Old_Stuck-Up

Excerpt: "Old Stuck-Up is rude and arrogant, as seems to be the norm with visiting diesels, and believes that steam power is subpar to diesel."

Diesel = Conservatives

Steam Power = Labour

[Pinkerton]

Clement Atlee one of the greats????

He was a colourless, clueless dipstick with no more of a grasp of politics than I have of nuclear physics! The welfare state was the creation of Aneurin Bevin and only Aneurin Bevin.

And who the hell is this Scarlett Johanson or whatever its name is that you refer to?

Bloody hellfire!

Graham

Only Aneurin Bevin?? That's a laugh! Yes he thought the entire thing up himself and implemented it himself...I was referring to William Beveridge. You heard of the Beveridge Report have you??

I guess it was only a matter of time before a Thatcherite would show up..

[Graham]

Clement Atlee one of the greats????

He was a colourless, clueless dipstick with no more of a grasp of politics than I have of nuclear physics! The welfare state was the creation of Aneurin Bevin and only Aneurin Bevin.

And who the hell is this Scarlett Johanson or whatever its name is that you refer to?

Bloody hellfire!

Graham

[Natalie Severn]

I must say Natalie that I am dumbfounded by the British election. It seems that Labour's biggest fault was going too far to the RIGHT economically in terms of financial "deregulation". This is what got the world into this mess! And yet the British public responds by voting for a party to the RIGHT of Labour! Very strange...I guess they just wanted to punish the party in power.

Even though I'm an American I've followed British politics for years. One of my British ancestors who was one of the architects of the British welfare state under Clament Attlee.

Fascinating - I love your post Pinkerton! Clement Attlee was one of the greats!
What you say about deregulation is what I thought .I have been persuaded lately by Brown because things are "recovering" gradually.But its very fragile i think and I have wondered whether Brown was right to borrow so much.Nobody really knows what is best.I heard Soros complain that a lot of it was a lot to do with newby hegdefunders not knowing what they had got into before it was too late and everything began to collapse.

[Natalie Severn]

Hear! Hear! Natalie, excellent post.

I think we will all be back at the polls within six months, then the vote will be split between the two party lines and Mr Clegg et al will be drubbed.

Thanks apricot and I couldnt agree more!

[Natalie Severn]

Miaow!

Graham

No Graham,I am sorry but around here there are many very attractive women and she isnt in the running-.Actresses and models etc that you see in the shops in coffee shops,everywhere every day etc---hey I even saw Scarlett Johanessen the year before last ! But anyway it doesnt matter and it certainly isnt important.

[Pinkerton]

I must say Natalie that I am dumbfounded by the British election. It seems that Labour's biggest fault was going too far to the RIGHT economically in terms of financial "deregulation". This is what got the world into this mess! And yet the British public responds by voting for a party to the RIGHT of Labour! Very strange...I guess they just wanted to punish the party in power.

Even though I'm an American I've followed British politics for years. One of my British ancestors who was one of the architects of the British welfare state under Clament Attlee.

[Graham]

I only hope that Cameron, Clegg et al get public-sector salaries and pensions where they belong - in the real world.

I'm damned if I will continue to allow my taxes to support the inflated salaries and pensions of police, teachers, nurses, social workers (so-called) and God knows who else whose lifestyles are supported by New Labour RIP.

Graham

[Graham]

I dont want to get too personal but she is not at all pretty shall we say in real life.Sorry to disappoint you.She dresses well ofcourse.

Miaow!

Graham

[apricot]

Caps,
Right on! In fact Brown came to the school I taught at .The school like many of the new schools that were built during Labour, was the result of the government prioritising schools and hospitals in particular.After Thatcher"s demolition job our hospitals were falling apart and our schools dilapidated with buckets under the roof to collect water when it rained.The picture is very different now in most areas of London, thanks to Labour.
I thought Brown was viciously attacked by the Tory press who all combined in a witchhunt of lies and propaganda to get rid of him. Do you realise that many councils throughout the country changed to labour? London in particular,but also Liverpool and many many others that the Tory press has ignored and remained silent about.In the General Election Scotland went almost totally over to Labour.
Gordon Brown by the way is acknowledged as having been a supremely brilliant chancellor. He was a decent politiician who did his best to keep people in jobs and keep the economy regenerating itself.A difficult task in the midst of this global economic crisis.Certainly the national debt is a great concern but recovery is predicted as long as people continue to remain in work and able to spend-that is according to the Keynsian economists which Brown is .Only time could tell if he was right---we may never know now.
I hope he gets to fully enjoy his lovely wife and children now .
Best,
Norma

Hear! Hear! Natalie, excellent post.

I think we will all be back at the polls within six months, then the vote will be split between the two party lines and Mr Clegg et al will be drubbed.

[Natalie Severn]

Thin? I thought she's about 5 months pregnant!

But photogenic - oh yes!

Graham

I dont want to get too personal but she is not at all pretty shall we say in real life.Sorry to disappoint you.She dresses well ofcourse.

[Natalie Severn]

Caps,
Right on! In fact Brown came to the school I taught at .The school like many of the new schools that were built during Labour, was the result of the government prioritising schools and hospitals in particular.After Thatcher"s demolition job our hospitals were falling apart and our schools dilapidated with buckets under the roof to collect water when it rained.The picture is very different now in most areas of London, thanks to Labour.
I thought Brown was viciously attacked by the Tory press who all combined in a witchhunt of lies and propaganda to get rid of him. Do you realise that many councils throughout the country changed to labour? London in particular,but also Liverpool and many many others that the Tory press has ignored and remained silent about.In the General Election Scotland went almost totally over to Labour.
Gordon Brown by the way is acknowledged as having been a supremely brilliant chancellor. He was a decent politiician who did his best to keep people in jobs and keep the economy regenerating itself.A difficult task in the midst of this global economic crisis.Certainly the national debt is a great concern but recovery is predicted as long as people continue to remain in work and able to spend-that is according to the Keynsian economists which Brown is .Only time could tell if he was right---we may never know now.
I hope he gets to fully enjoy his lovely wife and children now .
Best,
Norma

[Graham]

I'm guessing her voice is not "music to anyone's ears", however....she is probably a royal b*tch....just a teensy-weensy guess.....

"She was once described by her husband in an interview as "very unconventional. She went to a day school.""

Lord, have mercy....

I don't understand any of that, Capps.

Graham

[cappuccina]

I'm guessing her voice is not "music to anyone's ears", however....she is probably a royal b*tch....just a teensy-weensy guess.....

"She was once described by her husband in an interview as "very unconventional. She went to a day school.""

Lord, have mercy....