• Poll: Will Brown be ousted before the next election?

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What jot of difference does it make which duffer leads the Labour Party and which doesn't?

- Roz, France, 24/04/2009 11:08
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PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE FORCE HIM AND HIS PARTY OUT NOW BEFORE THEY MILK US FOR EVEN MORE TO LINE THEIR OWN POCKETS. WE MUST STOP REWARDING FAILURE RIGHT NOW BY SETTING HIM AND HIS FAILED )NOT A IDEA OF WHAT THEY ARE DOING GOV.)PARTY AS AN EXAMPLE

- Mike, London England, 24/04/2009 11:04
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If the loony lefties in Labour choose that hapless, two-faced, female supremacist, equality minister, Harriet Harperson as their leader, which they might well do, then the Tories will do much better than if they choose a more sane piece of work.

- Eric Legge, Ongar, England, 23/04/2009 21:47
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Brown Out - or is he already?!
Which of the Cabinet really has the guts to do what you suggest?

- A Britt, Brussels, Belgium, 23/04/2009 18:38
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just shows you the state of britain today an ugly doom and gloom prime minister, everyone is skint, everything is closed down or on the verge, we have no industry left, everyone claiming sick benefits and unemployment money, borrowed off other countries ,and we dont manufacture much anymore what a sad day, they must have realised when you close post offices down shut steel works close car plants shut the mines down cut everything to the bone ment bankrupcy spend billions on trident same on id cards whats the point in being in britain anymore going on holiday at airports is one sorry nightmare shoes off belts of searched poked and proded you could not make this up if you tried an absolute abomination.

- James Fennessey, glasgow, 23/04/2009 17:42
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I sincerely hope Brown is removed as soon as possible. This incompetent ruined our excellent final salary pensions, sold our gold at an extremely low price, and has ruined the economy. Pensioners with bank deposits have suffered a massive drop in income due to the reduction of interest rates to 0.5%, while mortgage payers are being subsidised by me. The chancellor today said that these people were on average £250 per month better off!

- Peter, Watford UK, 22/04/2009 23:20
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A senior Labour peer says what the whole country thinks, the moral mask has been ripped off Brown's face. The Brown pretence about a moral compass, which in fact pointed to directing that obsene lies be invented to destroy the wives and families of opponents. There is no doubt people know Brown was fully aware of what McBride (Scot) had done and was trying to do in secret. Brown hired him for his 'talents'. Brown saying 'I am angry when I heard what happened', was his anger at being caught, Labour Head of Stategy McBride being exposed and showing what sort of people head Labour. It gives the lie to all claims of 'Labour are for the people', honest and fair. Labour are seen as people like Sharon Matthews.

- Voter, Bethnal Green uk, 22/04/2009 15:08
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I have read time and time again the old phrase ' Get Brown out before there is a revolution' but nothing happens. This is a serious question... What do the people need to do constructively to rid the UK of Gordon Brown as its un-elected prime minister? I don't mean waiting until a general election and voting him out. I mean now. OUT WITH BROWN means nothing unless we know how to do it but HOW?

- Mj, East Anglia, 22/04/2009 12:28
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I will no longer vote! They say you should vote to have your voice heard and to make a difference. Personally it doesnt seem to matter what anyone thinks or has to say. The government whoever is in charge does whatever they want and the tax payer pays for the government. It is still appalling to me that we have to pay so much tax for so much little in return! We wouldn't pay £10 for a a cadbury's chocolate bar so why should we pay hundreds of pounds for nothing visible back! We can all quote statistics and make everything look better but try saying that to someone paying thousands of pounds over years and still spending the whole day waiting around in a hospital!

- Daniel Christian, London, 22/04/2009 01:13
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No way will the leeches vote him out of his office!

They will hang on until the last possible legal moment before they give up the trappings of office!

They/we know that they will be turfed out of office at the next election!

They will rip every last penny from the coffers of Joe Public, and make sure their scorched earth policies will leave the new government with no other option but to implement harsh policies to restore the fiscal stability of sinking HMS great Britain!

On the other hand, on reflection, maybe they will get back into power, seeing as how Joe Public on average is as thick as two short planks, with the memory & attention span of a mushroom!......Yeah!......They just might get back into power after all!

GERONIMO

- Geronimo, LONDON MIDDLESEX, 21/04/2009 23:23
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"We don't need another smoke-and-mirrors Budget, we need an immediate general election to rid us of this unelected Scottish sociopath and his self-serving gang of crooks, liars, political pygmies and smear-merchants."

today's Daily Mail, Littlejohn

- Out With Brown, London, 21/04/2009 16:32
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Hopefully!

- Miss X, London, 21/04/2009 16:08
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Yes please - For the sake of all of us we hope so!

- David Grey, London, 21/04/2009 16:07
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One can only hope that for once the British People vote in a large percentage of Independents, UKIP, and BNP so that the percentage of LibLabCons is reduced in parliament. Notice I didnt say Greens, they will beat us back into the Dark Ages.
We need more free thinkers not tied to a party machine that turns their undertakings to the voters to dust.

- Peter, Camberley UK, 21/04/2009 16:03
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Oh for goodness sake get rid of this useless doom & bust Brown.

What else does he need to break for some action to be taken by the impotent Labour Party?

- Joe, Thornton Heath, UK, 21/04/2009 13:09
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It can't come soon enough, but alas it's too late. He's ruined this country. Get rid of him and his cronies

- Richard, Surrey, 21/04/2009 12:06
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Cameron, Brown, same thing, uncreative party journeymen. The best you can do in a duopoly is keep them from damaging the country, they cannot help themselves.
One term only.

- Mr Pastry, Brisbane, 21/04/2009 04:13
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The next government elected in this country should bring in retrospective laws to bring to justice MPs of all persuasions who have stolen monies from the public purse, just as they do now to ordinary citizens of our country. This lot decide the rules on there own pay ,and expense payments, they can't lose ,can they? Any political party that advocates





this course of action will romp home . Brown has destroyed our economy , he's even managed to put in to debt unborn kids , There is no one in the labour party who has the guts to tell him to go. I think I know why they will not stand up to him, and that is to stand up one needs a back bone, and this lot are spineless. They all know they will not win any future election, but they still persist in making the country and it's people suffer.Their disgraceful action will never be forgotten or forgiven by the people of our broken nation.

Yours Respectfully
Ken Winter

- Ken Winter, bishop auckland England, 21/04/2009 02:03
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Of course Brown should go, but relying either upon the wimps in his Government to lead a rebellion, or the passive flock of sheep known collectively as Labour MPs to pass a vote of no confidence, is a triumph of hope over experience. We have had all the brave talk before, but there is never any action. Unfortunately the country is saddled with this disaster of a PM for at least another year. In the meantime as the well-heeled, superbly comfortable and oily smooth Lord Mandelson advises - Cheer up. Things could be worse - Lord Mandelson could be in charge.

- James Elliott, Eastbourne UK, 20/04/2009 18:45
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I sincerely hope so, but in any case Nuliebor are doomed.
Good riddance.

- Dee Jay, Fleet Hampshire, 20/04/2009 18:16
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Don't just get rid of Brown, get rid of all of them. This lot have ruined this country, they did it for their own benifit "Pardon the Pun"
Never in the annals of history, has so many been
screwed by so few.

- Ebin Donk, angus scotland, 20/04/2009 17:53
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No please let him stay and get his comuppance

- C Cusano, Bedford, 20/04/2009 17:29
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This is rather a poor suggestion from a Labourite obviously done to blame one and try and protect or save the rest.
There is no doubt that all the problems and disasters we have and are experiencing is due to labourisms polices and ideas and the "types" who work for or in the terrible party.

- Ed, london, 20/04/2009 17:05
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Whats there to be happy about.Get rid of one bunch of politicians and we just replace them with another.The conservaties are doing fine in the polls,but it could be because they dont have any policies.Labour will have to wait 20 years to get back in.I would rather vote for Shrek.We got labour,they changed Poll TO Council Tax,but nothing has improved,the gap between rich and poor is wider than ever.We our over taxed,underpaid while our politicians and the rich steal the wealth of the nation.

- David, london, 20/04/2009 17:02
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If the Euro elections in June turn out to be really bad for Labour--then the party will look like the deck in the last hour of the Titanic unless there is a change of leader.

- William Grierson, Kimpton-UK, 20/04/2009 16:56
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Do I detect the merest hint of an undercurrent suggesting dissatisfaction with the current government here? Hopefully there will be media watchers being employed to 'feel the pulse' of public opinion away from the guided-answer 'opinion polls' they always quote, and maybe thus get a more accurate summation.

- Rogan, Irving, 20/04/2009 16:46
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Its bad enough with what he has done to the country but the foreign image must be even worse. Where has the Royal Navy been in dealing with the pirate saga? Probably No.10 telling it to keep out of trouble as he has enough on his plate!

- Tony Islander, Herts, 20/04/2009 15:58
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I wonder if Gordon Brown will ever come to realise what a despicable person he is?
Tony Blair has gone on to even larger self-aggrandisement, assisted by the American people which amazes me, frankly.

- Ben Adamson, New York, NY, 20/04/2009 15:07
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The chickens are coming home to roost!

Hooray, at last, it looks to me like we could be getting our election sooner than expected.

- Mrs, London UK, 20/04/2009 14:36
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Never have I seen a political party in power held in such contempt by the electorate!(even John Majors Govt.) Never have I seen so few apologists for a government in power, its as if to admit being a New Labour supporter(as opposed to being a socialist)is akin to being barmy! Never before have I seen Government Ministers, who, are so obviously incapable of managing their briefs! Never have I seen politicians held in such low esteem by the public, their integrity considered to be on the same level as spivs, or if we are to be generous, estate agents! This is New Labours legacy! As a democracy we should be very worried!

- Kevin Sullivan, Roehampton, London., 20/04/2009 14:33
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Please G-D you are correct.Will keep a bottle of Champagne on ice from today.

- Harvey Lawrence, London, 20/04/2009 14:07
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This simply smacks of the Cabinet trying to save their skins before the ship sinks, but it is too late. I don't think even with a new leader Labour has a cat in hell's chance of winning. Should they look as though they might, my house will be up for sale and I shall be out within the year. Like Vanya I could not tolerate another year let alone 5 years of this incompetent bunch of crooks.
Alice Mahon speaks for millions who feel truly betrayed by the biggest bunch of Charlatans we have seen in my long lifetime.
Bad as the TOries were, they don't come close to this lot of sheisters.

- Mike, Guildford, 20/04/2009 13:55
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"Brown may be forced out before next election" - rubbish. Who would want to replace him, only to lead the party to defeat?

- Austen, London, 20/04/2009 13:50
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... what's that song i hear playing .... 'gor-don is a-mor-on ! ..........

- Gb, London, 20/04/2009 13:39
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The only way that Brown will go will be if his fingers are crowbarred off the the door knob of 10 Downing Street. Just look at how long it took to get rid of the war criminal Blair, stll with his and his mouthy wife's noses in the trough, bleeding the country.

- Lezli Taubler, London / UK, 20/04/2009 13:31
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Thanks for the memories Gordon 'Faliure' Brown.

PS
Take your ratbag of chums with you.

- Oscar, London, 20/04/2009 13:18
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Brown must go, sooner rather than later. Good bye and, good riddance.

- Dee Jay, Fleet Hampshire, 20/04/2009 13:09
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Though this sounds good, I am worried about the calibre of the potential incumbent. They could do even more damage before the election.

- Dave Davies, Basingstoke, 20/04/2009 12:54
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Gordon Brown has proved to be among the worst Prime Ministers this country has ever had and his government is full of completely incompetent, self-seeking and greedy hypocrites who care not a jot for the people who elected them, nor for traditional Labour values, and who have run the country into the ground. Moral compass? Pull the other one. Their only ambition - to cling on to power - is now, thankfully, a dead duck. I don't know that the Conservatives would be better, but they couldn't possibly be worse.

- John, Richmond, UK, 20/04/2009 12:19
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Good Bye Gordon Brown - Go Before Great Britain Goes Bust!

- Lester May, London, 20/04/2009 12:03
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Good. I really do hope that after the Summer Parliamentry break that there is an understairs plotting to remove Pa Broone. Like Thatcher before him for the Conservatives, Brown is an electoral liability not only for the Labour Party, but for the UK in general. If there is a leadership contest to oust Brown, then there also has to be a general election called as well. I for one would not tolerate another unelected Labour 'Dear Leader' trying to run the country on top of the ones that are already are screwing up the UK.

- Uncle Vanya, East Anglia Area UK, 20/04/2009 11:55
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"Tough on Prosperity, tough on the causes of Prosperity"

NuLabour 1997-2010. RIP

- Chris Williams, Cardiff, 20/04/2009 11:46
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Lord Desai is absolutely right, As Chancellor and Prime Minister Gordon Brown was centre-stage with regard to economic matters for over a decade and must take responsibility for the current situation.

With regard to politics, he was SELECTED, not ELECTED, as leader of the Labour Party, and thus automatically made Prime Minister. With hindsight we can see that the reason he was unopposed was that his cabal of supporters had spun, smeared and plain lied about potential opponents within the Labour Party in order to ensure his victory. This group included Damian McBride, Charlie Whelan, Derek Draper, Ed Balls, Liam Byrne and Tom Watson.

His hubris meant that his acceptance speech was notable for his repeated references to his 'values';

http://www.labour.org.uk/leadership/gordon_brown

As Lord Desai so vividly makes clear,
"Gordon Brown's moral mask has been ripped off"

Now, we finally know his values, the political company that he keeps in his inner circle, and the public can finally see him for what he is and judge him accordingly!

- Manny Goldstein, London, UK, 20/04/2009 11:45
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David Grey - Blair and his heavy weights were the ones that destroyed the Labour Party! Brown is just the final straw that will break the camel's back and will see the Labour Party out of power for at least a generation. And good riddance, too.

- John Pearson, Bournmouth, UK, 20/04/2009 11:42
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It’s taken them this long to see this? Labour WILL loose the next election but by how many seats will rely on who’s at the helm. Brown’s incompetence both as chancellor and PM shows He’s not ‘fit for purpose’. He has surrounded himself with ‘yes’ people and in doing so is systematically destroying all that his party has
stood for. In-turn some of these ‘yes’ people have also shown their contempt for the electorate in how they have conducted themselves [expenses, etc]. Unless He and his like are not removed and soon, Labour could end up being the third place party sitting in parliament.
Personally, I welcome the delay and hope He is left in place ensuring the inevitable defeat of this party but hope that the Conservatives are learning that the British voter needs to see a new system of government
in place.
One that is open and beyond reproach?

- P. C., rainham. essex., 20/04/2009 11:38
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The best news I have heard for ten years. All we need now is for tacky Jacqui and her cabinet colleagues to resign.

- R.F., Yorks, UK, 20/04/2009 11:28
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Where is Blair and all his ex-heavy weights, how can they sit back and let this liar and bully Brown and his inadequate bullies and liars destroy the Labour party - They may not care what happens to the country, as the economy no lies in tatters, but don't they care about their beloved labour movement?

- David Grey, london, 20/04/2009 11:22
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Will this be before or after their 12 week break?

- Enough Greed & Sleaze, London, 20/04/2009 11:20
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Of course, the hard working MP's NEED A 12 WEEK SUMMER HOLIDAY - TO SPEND ALL THEIR ILL-GOTTEN CASH FROM THE TAXPAYER'S TROUGH.

Joe Public has, at long last, seen right through the spin and waffle from Brown and his cronies.

GET BROWN OUT OF DOWNING STREET BEFORE THERE IS A REVOLUTION.

- Reuben Camara, Morecambe UK, 20/04/2009 11:11
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The voting public should be able to call a halt to this government's total lack of credibility. Whoever they choose to follow Brown, they will all still be tarred with the same sleazy, slimy brush.

- Jan From Derbyshire, New Mills, Derbyshire, 20/04/2009 11:01
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Music to our ears....

OUT with Brown, he is a power-crazed, pathologically dishonest misfit

- Down With Brown, London, 20/04/2009 10:46
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