Gordon Brown, hell has frozen over

A._Badger

Loughton_Monkey wrote: »

That news has ruined my day!

You need to let us know exactly when. Then I shall go heavily short on the Dow!

You beat me to that!

ash28

chewmylegoff wrote: »

well yes, he is still an MP. not that he's been to parliament more than about 3 times since losing the last election.

strange how when everyone else doesn't turn up to work they get sacked, but when a former PM doesn't turn up they continue to get paid for another 5 years!

in addition to still getting his backbenchers salary of about £60k per annum, i believe that he is also now in receipt of his prime minister's pension - which is 50% of his final salary as prime minister (about £70,000 per annum), and which is not dependent upon length of service and which kicks in when you leave office as PM, not when you retire. (although under his stewardship the rules were changed so that no new PM will receive the same).

so he's being paid £130,000 plus expenses from the public purse to do virtually nothing.

i'm sure his constituents are delighted with the service they are receiving and the value for money that he represents.

He didn't take the prime ministers pension though. - unless he changed his mind - Cameron said he won't either.

However Alex Salmond will.

Prime Ministers were originally awarded the special pension to ensure residents of 10 Downing Street were not impoverished after leaving office. This was then reflected in the arrangements for First Ministers.
But the Commons Senior Salaries Review Body concluded this was “no longer justified”, adding: “We consider that former office holders are most unlikely to suffer financial hardship”.
This prompted Mr Brown to give up his special pension in January 2008 and Mr Cameron to follow suit when he became Prime Minister in May 2010.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9254965/Alex-Salmond-refuses-to-give-up-gold-plated-pension-like-Cameron-and-Brown.html

Rotor

ruggedtoast wrote: »

Gordon Brown makes my blood boil.

You do seem angry - every other post is "hate " this or "that makes me livid"
Here's a picture of some swans to contemplate and calm you down ; oooh arn't they serene



If , however, you start to think " poncy bleedin swans swimming in champagne whilst all around the poor are drowning in debt and pain" it's probably best to look away .:p

homelessskilledworker

Rotor wrote: »

You do seem angry - every other post is "hate " this or "that makes me livid"
Here's a picture of some swans to contemplate and calm you down ; oooh arn't they serene



If , however, you start to think " poncy bleedin swans swimming in champagne whilst all around the poor are drowning in debt and pain" it's probably best to look away .:p

I get very angry at the slaughter of innocent civilians and the self indulgent attitude of China and Russia towards ending this conflict. I also became very angry after reading an article the other day about locals living around the Spanish and French Pyrenees want to kill the last remaining handful of wild bears because they "might" be killing a few sheep.

There is a lot in the world that we should get angry about, and hopefully turn it into something more pro active, or do you still suggest we stare at swans all day?

Rotor

Good for you.

All hatred isn't positive is it though?

You seem very earnest

look harder



Ahh - it's got babies

Rotor

Jeez - I hate computers ; make me livid!

It's a picture of swan with cygnets - Imagine , hard. Harder


Edit
YEA -Done it; posted pic. Ignore this post now

kabayiri

I have just a small message for Gordon Brown.

"Good luck, Gordon, on your quest to find something you are genuinely good at. Don't give up the search "

Gracchus_Babeuf

homelessskilledworker wrote: »

http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/gordon-brown-europe-tranquility-period-224026723.html


I never thought the day would arrive when I would agree with anything Gordon Brown has to say, but that day has now arrived:)

I, like many other people am not sure how the economic downturn/Euro mess/ debt crisis along with the credit crunch would play out, but it is coming!!

Then we will get some painfull rebalancing that has up until now been put off.

What he is basically saying is that unless there is full political union the whole Euro thing will fall apart. Pretty obvious to me.
You can't have political union without a common culture and preferably, language, so the best solution (for the Germans) would be a 'Fourth Reich' consisting of Germany, Austria, Denmark and the Benelux countries. I do not doubt the other EU nations would be very impressed.

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chewmylegoff wrote: »

well yes, he is still an MP. not that he's been to parliament more than about 3 times since losing the last election.

strange how when everyone else doesn't turn up to work they get sacked, but when a former PM doesn't turn up they continue to get paid for another 5 years!

in addition to still getting his backbenchers salary of about £60k per annum, i believe that he is also now in receipt of his prime minister's pension - which is 50% of his final salary as prime minister (about £70,000 per annum), and which is not dependent upon length of service and which kicks in when you leave office as PM, not when you retire. (although under his stewardship the rules were changed so that no new PM will receive the same).

so he's being paid £130,000 plus expenses from the public purse to do virtually nothing.

i'm sure his constituents are delighted with the service they are receiving and the value for money that he represents.

his constituents are probably getting better service from him than those of us who have mp`s who turn up everyday to be use as lobby fodder
and GB was at the top of british politics for 13 years,i for one dont begrudge him his pension,compared to bankers pay its peanuts

prowla

Gordon Brown is one of the architects of the ongoing financial crisis.
The idea that he could have anything remotely useful to contribute to the world other than having left office is ludicrous.