Gordon Brown?

Question

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7419033.stm

don't look good?

Answer 1

when I hear his name just think of that weird mouth movement thing he does after he talks, he used to do it twice but now just does it once?

Answer 2

He may not look dashing, but he is the prime minister of Britain!

Answer 3

Since when did it ever look good?!

Answer 4

He will need to wear a very thick stab vest from now on.We are witnessing a political party in meltdown with a weak and unpopular leader who is bereft of ideas.

Answer 5

And now the translations

Former deputy PM John Prescott said Labour was going through a "bumpy ride", but suggestions Mr Brown should step down were "nonsense".

"Basically he knows what needs to be done. It's still the economy,"

------- I know all about bumpy rides over my office desk (I was putty in her hands) and as far as I’m concerned if he can keep down the price of  beefburgers he’s still the man for me!

Mr Johnson has been tipped as a possible successor to Mr Brown, but when asked if there was a chance he would lead Labour into the next general election replied: "None whatsoever, absolutely none".

"The whole issue of the leadership is settled," he said. "There is absolutely no appetite, I believe, in the party to change leader.

"Gordon Brown was the towering figure a year ago and is the towering figure in the party now."

Asked about the economic challenges Britain faces, he said: "I think Gordon has the strength, the courage, the ideas to actually deal with these issues."



---------good you’ve all taken the bait. As long as we can shove all the blame on to the economy and blame that on the world economic crisis I don’t have to answer any questions about our past, current and future plans that I should have.

Mr Miliband said he had no such intentions.

He told Sky News: "I'm not in the market for any job other than the one I've got at the moment, and being foreign secretary is a job that I'm committed to, it's one I'm going to carry on with."



----------you know politics is a bit like a game of poker – you just don’t want to show your hand too soon.

Mr Johnson dismissed the idea that Mr Miliband was making plans to mount a challenge. "I'm absolutely sure that he's not manoeuvring," he said.

---------I am doing quite well for a chap that hasn’t got any qualifications you know. I fooled Gordon into giving me a job and I fancy David giving me a Cabinet position too!

Mr Johnson also dismissed suggestions Mr Brown could ask him to become deputy prime minister: "I'd say no, but it's not going to happen."

----------Crikey I hadn’t thought of that! I must make sure I bump into Gordon at the earliest opportunity. Mind you if young Miliband get the job he could get rid of me. Perhaps it’s better to back both horses.

Mr Prescott has been vocal in his defence of the prime minister, despite saying in his autobiography that he was at times difficult to work with.

He told the BBC: "There's not been a better chancellor than this man.

"This is a serious man. This is a man that's made a major contribution to a decade of prosperity."

He said his message to Mr Brown would be: "Stick to your values, stick to your policies, but get it across to people. You're the best man for the job."

-----------Much the same as I did when I pledged to sort out the public transport system all those years ago. I tell you if it wasn’t for me we wouldn’t be in this position today

Mr Prescott also said the process of choosing a new Labour leader would be very damaging for the party.

"If you looked at the mechanics of the replacement, in fact you've got to go through a process. That would be deadly for us."

-----------Damnation I knew I shouldn’t have stood down. What with all my excellent performances at Prime Minister’s Question Time when Tony wasn’t around. It could have been me it could have been me!

Earlier, Mr Alexander said the government was facing three big challenges.

"First of all, we need to keep the economy moving forward. Secondly, we need to help hard-working families cope with rising food, fuel and other bills. And thirdly we need to make sure we continue to improve schools and hospitals.

-----------I’ve been told to keep talking about the economy as well as it’s a great distraction. But I can’t help being clever and having a sideswipe at Alan Johnson about hospitals because I quite fancy being Deputy Prime Minister myself.

Ed Miliband told GMTV on Sunday he was certain Mr Brown would be leading the party at the next election.

"He's the right man for the times, he's got the values that people will believe in," Mr Miliband said.

---------Between my brother and I we can stitch this whole thing up. Trouble is I quite fancy being Prime Minister myself. Should work out though I’ve got some really nasty things stored up about my brother’s past. If only he knew. Just can’t decide when to use them though

And when it comes to the choice at the general election, when it comes to people seeing what David Cameron stands for - on health, where he doesn't support our extending of opening times for GPs.

"In education, where he doesn't support the expansion of educational opportunity, and on public spending and tax, where he wants large tax cuts for the few - people will see that Gordon Brown and the Labour party are the right people to take this country forward."

---------Good opportunity to have a crack at David Cameron. Quick pick something ah yes G.P. opening times. d**n I should have chosen the economy would have made a better impact. This is getting a bit sticky, I know let’s throw in something to frighten them - erm - tax cuts. (Crikey – nearly made a bad mistake there I nearly said the Labour Party and I would take the country forward – that would have let the cat out of the bag!)

Housing Minister Caroline Flint said some of those calling for Mr Brown's head were the same people who asked for Tony Blair to go when he ran into difficulties.

"Here they are again - and they actually don't offer any solutions.

------------ d**n they’ve asked me for an opinion. Just keep talking – keep talking. Don’t let them have an opportunity to ask me about how we’re going to solve the housing crisis in this country. I wonder if I can manage to slip in anything about the economy? I quite like Ed and David Miliband. Who to choose that’s the question?



One MP, Graham Stringer, said the party needed a new leader to save it from "disaster" at the next election.

Another, Alan Simpson, said Mr Brown had until the end of the year to "turn things round".

Other Labour figures have said the prime minister must change in order to survive.

Former deputy leadership candidate Jon Cruddas told the Independent on Sunday that the results had given Mr Brown his "final wake-up call".

Senior Labour peer Lord Desai said the party's only hope of winning the next general election was a "changed, improved" Gordon Brown.

...........Kill Kill Kill. Right let’s look around for someone to propose as the new leader and make sure they know who I am. I might get a job in his/her new Cabinet as a reward.

Answer 6

be even worse for families under the tories who would get rid of working families tax credits!!  they're all as bad as each other!!

Answer 7

I have never approved of personalising policies around the leader. It is the Labour Party that is in trouble, not Brown. By selling the idea that it is Brown and not the party, it implies that changing the leader will do the trick. No it won't. Moreover, we don't operate like a Presidency.

Answer 8

sounds like the English are a wee bit upset that a scotsman is running the country. How many English know that Tony Blair was also a scot?

hmmmmm

hahahaha