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Whatever happened to Gordon Brown?

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  • StevieJ
    StevieJ Posts: 20,174 Forumite
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    OptionARMAGEDDON wrote: »
    Probably sulking and eating his own snot. Was unfortunate to have met the man. Wasnt very impressed.

    I am sure he feels the same :p
    'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher
  • Optimist
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    StevieJ wrote: »
    How do you know he didn't show any interest?


    Was anything done ?
    "The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts."

    Bertrand Russell. British author, mathematician, & philosopher (1872 - 1970)
  • Dan:_4
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    OptionARMAGEDDON wrote: »
    Was unfortunate to have met the man. Wasnt very impressed.

    I doubt he gave the likes of you any of his time.
  • ILW
    ILW Posts: 18,333 Forumite
    Optimist wrote: »
    Was anything done ?

    He was too busy saving the world then.
  • kabayiri
    kabayiri Posts: 22,740 Forumite
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    I don't know what has happened to GB.

    And, to be frank, I care even less. He is part of our past, not our future.
  • StevieJ
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    Optimist wrote: »
    Was anything done ?

    He was Chancellor of the Exchequer and then PM during one if the most turbulent economic periods in recent history, now he is simply a constituency MP with time to follow up on his 'to do' list, maybe he asked Phil Woolas to have a look icon9.gif who knows?
    'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher
  • HAMISH_MCTAVISH
    HAMISH_MCTAVISH Posts: 28,592 Forumite
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    edited 25 November 2011 at 5:52PM
    I'm no fan of Labour, be it under Brown or Blair, as I found their social policies to be deeply illiberal.

    Economically however, the Tories would have done almost nothing differently.

    They wanted even less bank regulation than we got, and promised to match Labour's spending prior to the credit crunch!!!
    “The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived, and dishonest – but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.

    Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
    -- President John F. Kennedy”
  • OptionARMAGEDDON
    OptionARMAGEDDON Posts: 264 Forumite
    I give far more credit to badger than Brown. Allistair was a very good chancellor imho, staving off political issues and power plays at the same time as a financial mess.
  • john539
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    kabayiri wrote: »
    I don't know what has happened to GB.

    And, to be frank, I care even less. He is part of our past, not our future.
    He is part of present & future as the Tories wrongly blame Labour when it is convenient.

    Now the Tories are creating their own mess & will end up eating humble pie. ;)
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