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"A New World Order is required to deal with the Climate Change crisis" - Gordon Brown.
This so-called Climate Change crisis has been around for billions of years Mr Brown. Browns AGW crisis = panic for profit.
So let's put panic in his breastie and turn the heat up on him this coming election.

- Doug, St Andrews, Scotland, 11/03/2010 11:01
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Most know McBean is dangerous and divisive. His socialist calls are for fair and equal. His actions support only Labour and State workers, making the rest second class, under social PC laws and controls.

His skill is 1984 Doublespeak to reverse the meaning of words. He speaks of 'all in his power' for whatever group, ie the Army, is classic. They still use 1970's Land Rovers on mined roads. Soldiers, Generals and Coroners state lack of funds and kit are killing people.

Labour were bust in 2008, kept afloat by Whelan and Unite union. This mirrors the UK under McRuin.

60% of incomes outside London are from State welfare and jobs. These help Labour MP's with half the number of voters as English MP's.

Most in the UK depend on the State, and are incapable of independent living. 1 in 4 work for the State with pay and pensions way ahead of the private sector. 1 in 4 are unemployed on State welfare. Manufacturing in 1997 was 20% of the economy, in 2010 it is 13%. 1 in 4 is in temporary work. Only 1 in 4 has a real job producing tax.

His mental attitude and abilities were revealed in his boats 'I ended boom and bust'. Deluded with power, useless at finance and economics, he was 100% wrong. His delusion is total control, and State knows best.

Irresponsible in managing State funds, he uses them not for proper support for society, but to buy votes.

Interest on Brown Debt destroys the UK.

- Frankie, newcastle uk, 11/03/2010 09:10
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Gordon, just go. I am sick and tired of you

- Michael, Cheshunt, Herts, 11/03/2010 05:41
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... whatever Gordon; you won't let immigrants or potential immigrants down.....yawn..

- Paul, Newcastle, UK, 10/03/2010 23:14
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I have found that goverments have a relatively marginal effect on the fortunes of a country (with the possible exception of the Thatcher goverment) - forces ouside of their control far exceed the forces within their control. I managed to make a great deal of money both under the Major goverment and during the Blair/Brown years and found them equally benign. I am more than able, and within reason, willing to pay higher taxes to help the recovery of public finances - much of which would have been incurred by whichever party had been in power. I am often feel that commentators who vent such spleen on either of the political parties forget a central truth: that if you don't have the smarts, energy and resilience to be a successful wealth generator its not the goverment (of whichever hue) which is the country's problem - its you.

- Neil, london,UK, 10/03/2010 21:29
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Does that Character include :-

1) Being disloyal to the former leader, plotting and scheming behind his bag and getting thugs like Damien Mcbride to smear your opponents
2) Increasing the deficit during a time of growth when most of the experts warned of a credit bubble
3) Never having the courage to stand for an election until now when there is no choice.
4) Proclaiming the end of bust and the economic cycle and not being able to forsee future changes.
5) Promising a referendum on Lisbon, not turning up for the signing and sneaking in when other leaders had left to sign and not get blamed.
6) Opposing Thatcher when she was Prime Minster and then trying to bask in her limelight once he had stolen the Premiership from Blair.
7) For develoution but still sitting the English Parliament as a Scottish MP
8) Undermining the British state in the 70's and 80"s on the pay role of the former soviet Union.
9) Taking away the 10p tax rate from the lowest earners in society.
10) Destroying pensions for the private sector.
11) Undermining our armed forces.
12) Bullying staff defenceless to defend themselves.
13) Getting everything wrong and when faced with no option ie saving the banks with tax payers money, claiming that this somehow was a choice based on knowledge and forsite.

etc etc etc etc

- Steve Lewis, London, 10/03/2010 16:53
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So Brown won't let us down!Who is he kidding? The British public aren't taken in by his increasingly desperate sales pitch.We rumbled Brown and ghastly New Labour years ago when the slimy Blair was strutting his stuff.Do the country a favour Brown & Co.JUST CLEAR OFF!!

- Laura, Epsom, 10/03/2010 16:51
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"As the comments here get more hysterical and anti Labour the polls indicate that they are catching up with the Tories: something doesn't add up: unless the moaning minnies here are very much out on a limb of their own. - Alan J, London"

I suppose it hasn't occured to you that it might be the polls that are out of wack? Of course not. That would be entirely too logical.

- Rogan, Irving, 10/03/2010 16:47
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Rod,Epping,you are definitely in the minority with that view..not a civil servant by any chance?.Most people are crying out for a massive change and it wont come from the LibLabCons,we've got to look elsewhere...and there's plenty of alternatives.

- Jacob, Canterbury Region1648A EUSSR, 10/03/2010 16:45
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I can't bear to watch or listen to Gordon Brown. Not because he's as thick as a plank but he's just so depressing - it's sadistic.

- David, London, 10/03/2010 16:34
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Gordon - you are way past the point of letting us down

- John, London, 10/03/2010 16:24
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...and most of you lot are going to trust "no strategy" Cameron? What is he going to do, and when and why? Gordon is a pain, agreed, but let's stop working on spin and actually look at policies and future. Much of this great Union and its (official) residents look backward, as that is the easy option. I need future plans from all parties and it just isn't happening from the Tories (who are rich from a lying tax exile). What we need is honesty and I believe the troubled administration we have now have been more honest than the other 2 main parties. Don't look back in anger, always look to the future (if you actually have an idea what that could bring!)

- Rod, Epping, UK, 10/03/2010 16:22
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We are close to the end of the worst Government of all time. How GB has the front to claim that he "Won't let us down" is breathtaking. Other than public service workers, union workers or Gordon's army - the millions on benefits, who would vote for this deluded & sad man?

- G Radford, London, 10/03/2010 15:56
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Gordon please do not tell us you have the "character" to lead Britain. Do not go there, the debate on what type of character you are could go on for the next decade.

- Patricia, LONDON, 10/03/2010 15:53
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I hope he isn't putting himself in the same league as Churchill!

- Pat Morgan, spain, 10/03/2010 15:38
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Here`s a few election slogans for you, Gordon;

"BRITISH redundancies for BRITISH workers"

"No More Boom and Bust - just BUST"

"Things CAN only get better (under a new government)"

"Tough on crime, Tough on the Victims of Crime",

Oh, and of course

"Education, Edookashun, EduK8shn"

- Darius, London, 10/03/2010 15:30
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> A 6 May election means that quarterly growth figures out 13 days earlier could become critical to Labour's success or failure. Poor manufacturing results today dented hopes they would be good news — industrial production fell by 0.4 per cent in January.

So why do you think today's figures were so unexpectedly poor? They're blaming the snow, but it'll be pretty darned convenient when the next quarterly figures are unexpectedly good. Ho hum. Snow, or political interference?

- Nigel, London, 10/03/2010 15:27
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Doesn't the silly man realize that he has already let us down. After 12 years Britain, a once wonderful country to live, is now a total disaster area and the labour party are totally to blame. Nobody else. Remember this when you vote.

Britain will get the party it deserves. Remember that too.

- Lynne Carslake, Englewood USA, 10/03/2010 15:27
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What you see is what you get?
Yep! I see an incompetent spendthrift bullying coward.
I see a liar who told Chilcott that he gave the army everything that they asked for, when all of the top brass say the opposite.
I see a chancellor who sold the nations gold at a quarter of today's prices.
I see a chancellor who taxed the best private pensions schemes in the world out of existance, leaving people to struggle through retirement.
I see a Chancellor who introduced more and more stealth taxes that hit the population so hard that he started a recession.
I see a PM who can never answer a straight question.
I see a PM who promised a referendum on the European Constitution, then lied his way out of it.
I see a Chancellor who spent thirty per cent more each month than he collected, bankrupting the nation. (and continues to do so)
I see a PM who has declared that Britain's future is not in manufacturing and so is happy to see the dole queue longer than it has ever been.
I see a PM who has stood idly by while the country has been deluged with immigrants leading to a break down in council services.
I see the highest duty in the world on fuel.
I see the highest duty in the world on alcohol.
Yep, with Brown, what you see is certainly what you get.

- Ronnie, what used to be England, 10/03/2010 15:22
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Brown has always been a let down he has no policies of his own he waits for everyone else so that he can take them as his own. The reason people think there is no difference between Labour and Tory is because Brown is speaking like a Tory and using Tory language most of the time Blair did this how do you think that everyone voted for him then as soon as you have all voted them in they revert back to the left. Brown is evening copying Camerons speeches and words and slogans for the election take no notice of Brown we want himn the Unions are in charge of Lab;our they are putting union men into safe labour seats so if people vote them in you will get a marxist government and they will be there for ever so e veryone go out and vote but do not vote labour because if you do you will not be able to call your soul your own Labour are well on the way with this give the Tories a chance at least they have policies and stick up for us take no notice of Toffs etc I could not care less as long as the country is bought back from the brink

- Tilly Williams, peterborough uk, 10/03/2010 15:19
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I cannot wait to see the MUGS face on the 7th May, or perhaps he will do his disappearing trick of hiding behind the sofa. And to all those doubters, Liebour have absolutely no chance of a victory, only parasites could admit to voting for them.

- Terry, london, 10/03/2010 15:12
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"Well,at least under Cameron the South will be better off,just a pitty Middle England and manufacturing will be totally destroyed."

Dave, london

Is that why, under Labour's watch, we've seen the closure of steel factories at Redcar, textiles factories in the North East, the gradual destruction of the local Post Office etc etc.?

The only reason the Tories would have to make cuts is because Labour have destroyed our economy to the extent that the current debt is simply unsustainable.

Only an idiot would place the blame for any cuts the Tories make at their door rather than at the feet of this appalling Labour government!!!

The Tories will be doing so out of necessity, not on a whim, because Labour has left the whole country in such dire straits, including middle England, manufacturing and any other deluded people who think that sham of a party actually stand up for their rights!

- Mark, London, 10/03/2010 15:09
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Well he has saved the country from the ignoble election on Star Wars Day, so apart from voting for BNP I can honestly say Go Bo ‘May the 4th be with you’ - LOL.

- Bill, Hove Sussex, 10/03/2010 15:07
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Gordon Brown makes me sick! Those who are thinking of voting UKIP should consider that every vote for any party that has no chance of forming a government, is a vote for Gordon Brown. Please, hold your nose and vote Tory. It is the only chance we have to get rid of the people who have betrayed this country in every respect.

- Beatriz, London, 10/03/2010 15:00
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I think we all need to buy tin hats, batton down the hatches and be prepared for the most horrendous fallout on the Great British masses, which will prevail when this twit Brown has gone.

He has and will cost us dear for many, many years to come.

- Stephen, LOUGHTON, 10/03/2010 14:56
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Anybody who seriously believes the next general election will be a two horse race between marxist Labour and the Tory Toffs are being delusional,both Labour and the Tories are going to get a bloody nose at the expense of all the other minor parties and couple that with the millions of abstaining voters will result in a hung parliament,there is simply no other option unfortunately...the upside of that scenario of course will be that the LabCons will also in the process become minor parties.

- Jacob, Milked dry by Labour Britain, 10/03/2010 14:52
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He already has let us down!!!!!

What I just don't get is that this man has had stewardship of the economy for 13 years. He is the cause of this mess and yet he acts like it's nothing to do with him. Worse, people seem to be believing him! He will lie and deceive his way back into power at this rate. I don't have much time for politicians full stop but Brown and Harman are the worst of the lot.

- Simon, London, 10/03/2010 14:49
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You won't "let us down"?

Sorry Gordy, you already have. Every last one of us.

Close the door on your way out.

- Tom, Birmingham, UK, 10/03/2010 14:49
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Gordon Brown is the harry Redknapp of the politic scene.
Spend everything and more.

- Thundercat, uk, 10/03/2010 14:43
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Labour`s coffers are empty. It cannot afford two campaigns, the locals and a general election, so May the 6th it is.

Judging by the comments here, the polls are way off, as most people want to see Brown out of No10.

(The really worrying thing though is how are we going to pay for all the money Labour has borrowed. Brown was asked today at PMQs today if he were to be re-elected would he charge VAT on food, children's cloths and newspapers. He totally side stepped the question. I think we may as well take that as some sort of, yes.)

Brown has really made a mess of the economy and governing this country in general. How he thinks there is a realistic chance of him getting re-elected is beyond comprehension. He often refers to his moral compass etc etc; but he has turned out to be a bigger lair as Tony Blair. I would not trust a word he says.

- Brian G, Norfolk Gorleston, 10/03/2010 14:36
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Nothing will encourage me to vote Tory or Liberal and I'd rather stick my head in a box full of scorpions than vote for Labour. Sad to say but unless we get a centre right party in, nothing, absolutely nothing will change in this country, except our tax contributions. Labour are the pits, Liberal and too do goody, and Call Me Dave is a Tory Tony Blair who changes his mind too much. I want someone who will stick to their guns so I'm voting UKIP.

- Sue, Kent, 10/03/2010 14:31
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@ Dave, london

You conveniently forget that the last time Labour left this country in a complete and utter mess it was the Conservative that had to clean up after the socialists incompetence.

When Labour took over in '97 we had a strong economy and plenty of public finances in the bank. We are now TRILLIONS in debt thanks to your mates in government.

I can only assume that have come through the very poor Labour education system to hold such ignorant views?

- Frank, Home Counties, England., 10/03/2010 14:31
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there is nobody left to let down;thats the only way he could manage it.

- Bob Sinclair, glasgow uk, 10/03/2010 14:30
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The only way Brown will not let us down is by going ASAP before the election and making way for a competent PM.

- Nick, London, 10/03/2010 14:22
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It's truly frightening that people will still vote for this man to be their PM.

- St, London, 10/03/2010 14:10
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Brown Stuff has been living on another planet for last 13 years. He will crash down to earth come the General Election as a LOSER!!!

- Tom, St. Albans, 10/03/2010 14:03
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when in a hole, stop digging is a well known piece of advice, given that golden brown has been digging for more
than a decade in team u.k's supposed two most important positians and has yet to hit pay dirt.
you'd think the man might realise either the claim is dry, or his is.

- M.O'Brien, london.uk, 10/03/2010 13:58
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I really hope sterling crashes before the election.

It will need something like that to persuade the dumb electorate to vote this even dumber Prime Minister out.

- Simon, London, 10/03/2010 13:57
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Ha,ha,ha, it's the way he tells them. No chance, I won't be voting for Brown.

- Dee Jay, Fleet Hampshire, 10/03/2010 13:56
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As the comments here get more hysterical and anti Labour the polls indicate that they are catching up with the Tories: something doesn't add up: unless the moaning minnies here are very much out on a limb of their own.

- Alan J, London, 10/03/2010 13:53
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Is it all bad that Gordon has done?

- Nicki, London town, 10/03/2010 13:45
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...and of course the man is completely delusional, believing his own fantasies of success - scary!

- Kay, London, 10/03/2010 13:44
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HE “won’t let us down”. Like it!! Very funny!! It’s way, way too late for that Gordon. The guy is a bad comedian as well as being an incompetent fool. This unbalanced man can focus on the economy or whatever else he likes. This government has failed miserably in all the major areas. The damage to this country is irreparable. We need a new competent government that will stop this inevitable slide towards becoming a third world country.

- Xtremely Worried, Britain (No Longer Great), 10/03/2010 13:41
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Gordon Brown single handedly ruined this country - as Chancellor and unelected Prime Minister. A budget surplus in 1997 turned into the biggest ever national debt, tens of thousands additional civil servants who can't be fired, but expect pay rises and final salary pensions; and a woefully underfunded military embroiled in wars nobody wanted. Billions invested in a declining NHS, declining education, declining infrastructure. Surely this must be obvious to all?!

- Kay, London, 10/03/2010 13:39
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"I just don't understand the polls. How can the tories and labour be so close? Its terrifying that so many people are still - apparently - prepared to vote for this idiot Brown. He's not going to change his habits and like Dennis Healy before him will bust this country. Once again, we will be the sick man of Europe."

You don't understand? Let me enlighten you, it's because most of the foaming at the mouth Tunbridge Wells style ranters spouting 70's cliches on here are unrepresentative of the wider population.

- Dan, London, 10/03/2010 13:34
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BROWN AND HIS PARTY WILL NEVER ADMIT THAT BRITAIN IS BROKEN FOR THE SIMPLE REASON HE AND HIS COHORTS BROKE IT....

- Tony Goody, STAVANGER NORWAY, 10/03/2010 13:34
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A deceitful, bullying, cowardly man. Good riddance when he and all this gang of worthless, useless, blood-sucking parasite MPs finally go.

- Kate, London, 10/03/2010 13:33
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What a joke this guy is? There is more character in Mickey Mouse and Arthur Daley.

- Anna Key, London, 10/03/2010 13:27
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Alan, Carlisle - Con/Lab/Lib all believe in unfettered immigration. The Tories and Labour have sleep walked into United Sates of Europe. If you think immigration is a problem now just wait 'til Turkey joins the Union. Unless we vote for UKIP the General Election will be of no significance as almost all of our government policies will be dictated by Brussels regardless of who is in power.

- David Anderson, Durham UK, 10/03/2010 13:23
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At least he's honest for once when he says: “For better or for worse, with me what you see is what you get,”. Too right gormless gord, we are def worse off with you as our leader. Start packing your bags. If I could, i'd vote for Harry Rednapp, just look what he's done at Spurs

- David, London, 10/03/2010 13:22
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David S - I'll let into a secret as to why the polls are so close: David Cameron is even less inspiring than Brown, and Osbourne is an absolute disaster!!!

- Nick, Battersea, 10/03/2010 12:58
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Re Alan of Carlisle. Gordelpus Brown obviously IS a contortionist. He only ever talks through his backside.

- P'D Off Pensioner, London/UK, 10/03/2010 12:40
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I've just seen the worst, most insulting performance ever from a PM at the despatch box, and after a decade of Blair that's saying something. His stock answer to any difficult question is "Lord Ashcroft". He is an utter disgrace to the office. Bring on May 6th...it can't come quick enough.

- East, London, 10/03/2010 12:38
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Brown, you have run 5 years (2002-2007) of fiscal deficit, that equates to 160bn over the five years. You've sold the gold at bottom prices, which equates to a current loss of 11bn, you've plundered savers' pensions - hense their current poverty, you've created a welfare state to sure up you and your party's vote, now this country is known as a soft touch, that's whey so many refugees don't disperse in France, but congregate at French ports eager to gain entry to our benefits system. Brown, you have effectively bankrupt this country. HOw dare you even suggest we should give elect you for the first time.

- Dominique, london, 10/03/2010 12:25
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Please for sake of us all. Do not trust this lunatic. Vote him out.

- Matt, London, 10/03/2010 12:24
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I hope to stop laughing later today.

- Abominable Snow Man, London, 10/03/2010 12:11
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Plonker Brown is taking us for idiots: our access to information is now greater than ever before - and most of us know the financial mess we are in - and we also know that plonker Brown is NOT the man to extricate us from the problems of his making. The sooner an election is called the better most of us will like it when we can look forward to ditching this arrogant incompetant man.

- Alan, Essex, 10/03/2010 11:55
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I think that Cameron should buy Brown and Darling an Abacus and present it to them in the House. Everyone should vote Tory. I am sure they know how to use a calculator.

- Fiona Uk, UK, 10/03/2010 11:50
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Well he certainly had the character to lead us into a recssion.And if he can hold on long enough then he just might make a good job of it and finnish us off forever.

- David Smith, london, 10/03/2010 11:47
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Yes - he certainly had the character to lead us in to it. So he must be the man to lead us out of it? Errr... no!

- Jethro Penzance, Bodmin, 10/03/2010 11:42
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He's being so crafty. He thinks by putting the emphasis on the Economy that we will forget all the other damage he has done to the UK. All we're getting from him now in the run up to the Election is a smokescreen.

What on earth does this rubbish mean?

"We are weathering the storm; now is no time to turn back. We will hold to our course. And we will complete this mission. We have got through this storm together but there are still substantial risks ahead. There will be bumps in the road."

How dare the man think by spouting such twaddle we will be taken in by it! How dare he treat us in such a condescending way.

How dare Labour flood the country with immigrants to just get votes for themselves and cause such utter chaos in our services that we are denied them.

- Janet, London, UK, 10/03/2010 11:42
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I just don't understand the polls. How can the tories and labour be so close? Its terrifying that so many people are still - apparently - prepared to vote for this idiot Brown. He's not going to change his habits and like Dennis Healy before him will bust this country. Once again, we will be the sick man of Europe.
Brown's recipe for getting the UK out of this mess is to create further chaos and mess. I agree with others here; he is the worst prime-minister and chancellor ever.

- David S., Burgess Hill UK, 10/03/2010 11:41
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But do you have the ABILITY?

- Scotty, london, 10/03/2010 11:36
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Can 'character asassination' in his case include him?

- Judith C, London,England, 10/03/2010 11:35
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Ah! I can see now by the latest photo that he self hypnotises. We have Paul McKenna to thank for this idiot wanting to rule the world.

- R.F.Ruth, Brentwood,UK, 10/03/2010 11:35
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The communist influenced Labour Government has so successfully identified and removed UK's reliance on the financial sector they are exporting their skills to Saudi Arabia. Yes apparently Labour is trying to convince the Saudi's their country is far too reliant on the billions of dollars they receive from oil!

Listen to Labour and gormless Gordon and you too could be bankrupt!

- James, London, UK asylum seeking fantasy land, 10/03/2010 11:30
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Well,at least under Cameron the South will be better off,just a pitty Middle England and manufacturing will be totally destroyed.Labour have been right so far with not making major cuts to the economy,whereas The Conservatives have been wrong.And although Cameron only has the two policies,they are just fantastic,more ethnic minorities and woman in Parliment and lower taxes for the multi millionaires.

- Dave, london, 10/03/2010 11:23
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Labour & Gordon Brown are ideologically opposed to cutting back Public expenditure (waste!), however the money has to come frm somewhere. The billions in interest payments alone is all money that could have been better spent. Taxes (and remember who invented Stealth taxes) will have to rise ridiculously if this lot get back in.
The Conservatives may not be impressing anyone at the moment but a vote elsewhere is effectively a vote for Labour.

- Nickspurs, London, 10/03/2010 11:20
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Could Brown inform us when he is likely to reveal his character to us...because there's been no sign of it so far,"for better or for worse"..where is he hiding the better?

- Jacob, Bolshevik Britain Battered By Brown, 10/03/2010 11:13
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Well, you can't deny he certainly had the character to lead us into recession.

- Totally Confused, Ex London, 10/03/2010 11:01
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Gormless U-Turn Bully Brown keeps on spouting about the "global" financial situation.

Forget the £180 billion deficit.

The UK is currently over £3,800,000,000,000.00 IN DEBT.

Brown is still borrowing over £500,000,000.00 EVERY DAY (repayable in 2050) just to keep the public sector afloat).

Brown definitely has less "character" than a demented toad.

Control freak? Paranoid? Psychologically flawed? Bully?

The worst Prime Minister ever to have crossed the threshold of 10 Downing Street.

God help every man, woman and child in the UK if this Communist government gets re-elected.

- Reuben Camara, Plot 1, Morecambe Compound, EUSSR, 10/03/2010 10:58
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He mistakes arrogance for 'character'

- R.F.Ruth, Brentwood,UK, 10/03/2010 10:57
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What a complete moron he thinks he can lead us out of recession does he(so lets see I earn £10 a week and spend £1,000) writing cheques that is how long do you think before the bank manager stops paying the cheques and has a serious word in my shell like.

if we do not get rid of this cretin and the other one living next door whats left of this country will be down the toiler

- Edriordan, wisbech, 10/03/2010 10:51
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Gordon Brown is totally deluded. His economic management has left the country virtually bankrupt.
The more he talks about the economy, the more people will realise he was the chancellor for over a decade. He is the man who took the country into recession, not the banking collapse - it was a major component but not the sole reason.

- Darren, london, 10/03/2010 10:49
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I'm sooo tired of this every day; election please! I can't wait to put my little cross just where it hurts him...

- Jules_London, london, 10/03/2010 10:39
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So Gordon you are the new Superman! Who created the Financial Services Authority (FSA)? What did the FSA fail to do? Regulate the City so we got RBS, HBOS and Northern Rock. Yes, it was you when Chancellor and under your Government. The reason the UK public debt is so massive is the near total failure in UK Financial Services Regulation. We the UK taxpayer will be paying off trailer parks in Louisiana or estates in Cleveland USA.

- Andy, London, 10/03/2010 10:35
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All the character of a garden slug..........

- Andy Woodhead, London, ENGLAND, 10/03/2010 10:32
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Deluded self serving dishonest man who has knackered this country for a generation and he thinks he is doing well !

- Paul, City of London, 10/03/2010 10:28
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Gordon Brown's fiscal policies have led this country to the brink of bankruptcy. He is despised at home and abroad, yet he believes he "saved the world" and has the character to lead us out of recession! Such delusion beggars belief. I wouldn't employ him to run a whelk stall.

- R.F.York, Yorks, UK, 10/03/2010 10:24
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Character? This from the man who decimated the UK's pensions industry. This from the man who sold half our gold reserves at the bottom of the market, having telegraphed his intentions. This from the man who had to be humiliated into agreeing UK residency rights for the Ghurkas. This from the man who until recently was denying the need for any cuts at all in public expenditure!

And the alternative is a wannabee who can't even ensure that his senior colleagues pay UK tax!

Heaven help us!

- John C, Ashtead, UK, 10/03/2010 10:18
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Well you most certainly had the incompetence to take us in to it!

Now presumably you have the incompetence to completely destroy UK

- Joe, Thornton Heath, London former Labour territory, 10/03/2010 10:18
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Michael Finchman is in for a big shock,looking at the Conservative Party at present,I think there is no alternative other than Brown to lead our Country.

- Elliot Thornton Rolands, Highgate, 10/03/2010 10:18
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In the wake of some of the dispossessed stories I've been reading here's a couple of ideas rather than continually taking money from people like me:

1. The state benefits paid to any family cannot exceed the lesser of either the net pay of your last job or average earnings after a notional deduction for income tax and national insurance.

2. All benefit payments for long term claiments to be made in vouchers exchangeable for heating, food, toiletries, cap. exp. for cots etc., clothing and poss. petrol. Not to include ciggies and alcohol.

3. A total rethink on the tax credit scheme particularly the the £ 25k de minimis limit for changing awards and repayimng moneys.

In addition to this a closing of all final salary govt. pension schemes to new employees and for those with less than ten years service, other than those in the armed forces.

- Mark, South East London, 10/03/2010 10:07
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There goes Walter Mitty dreaming he's Superman with Robin.

- R.F.Ruth, Brentwood,UK, 10/03/2010 10:06
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What a pathetic Dreamer in a world of his own !
Leave the keys and lightbulbs when you leave No.10 you bafoon !

- Michael Fincham, London, 10/03/2010 09:55
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I forgot to add. all economics is dependent upon confidence. Gordon could vastly increase confidence in economic recovery by going before the election. After all the House Of Lords is a pretty cushy number.

- Alan,, England., 10/03/2010 09:36
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Brown has expanded the State jobs bill by at least 1 million. This costs taxpayers about £25 bn a year plus pensions. Those people are no longer available for private sector work to earn and pay tax to fund all the State jobs. 1 in 4 work for the State. 1 in 4 is out of work. 1 in 4 is on temp work. Only 1 person has a real job.

Brown has increased State pay by 15% since 1997 with productivity down 4%. While private pay is flat and productivity up 18%. He is buying voters.

Brown has put the economy into meltdown with his huge bust by removing bank regulations. It is hidden under £200bn of Fantasy money to pay State jobs, and 0.5% interest rates to delay soaring repossessions and unemployment. The UK would have riots and a Winter of Discontent if not for the emergency funding. It is short term. Interest on Brown debt is crushing the UK.

Brown is a Soviet style dictator. Control the people with slogans on fairness and equality. Maximum tax to fund Labour's voters. 60% of incomes in Wales, Scotland and North East are from tax through State jobs and welfare. Labour have fixed a voting system so those areas have more MP's. And the Postal Vote system is corrupted so voting is done by a householder for occupiers, real or not, rather than by individuals!

Brown is the most damaging and dangerous politician the UK has had since Halifax in 1940 pressed for a deal to let Hitler run the UK.

- Angus Milton, hull UK, 10/03/2010 09:35
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He could stop wasting money on hundreds of quangos and government interference.
Set the people free. You cant even use a camera in the streets without some jobs worth asking questions. A plumber told me he thought of quitting as exams every year cost a fortune but they, maybe Europe, keep changing the rules. To sell ones house is a nightmare, once a surveyors report was sufficient, not anymore, you have to get all manner of bits of paper about green this and green that.

- Alan,, England., 10/03/2010 09:33
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@ Alan, carlisle uk

I concur, the only thing I want to hear from him is an election date.

- Frank, Home Counties, England., 10/03/2010 09:06
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"For our task above all else is to preserve and expand the jobs - and lift the standards of life - of the British people." er by allowing unfettered immigration which puts pressure on social services, housing, and drives wages downward. Does Gordon have a second job as a contortionist? I hope he does, because it's the only way he'll make ends meet.

- Alan, carlisle uk, 10/03/2010 08:35
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