Comments on: What should Gordon do now?

By: APL

APL — Sun, 04 May 2008 08:35:24 +0000

JR: “What should Gordon do now?”

Gordon Brown should resign. But thankfully he will not. We really have only had 9 months of financial fallout for the eleven years of economic mismanagement. If Brown were to leave now and a general election held tomorrow, the BBC, the Guardian would start to spread the propaganda that the economic crisis is of the Tories doing.

The Tories need Brown around for another eighteen months, the population at large needs to clearly understand this economic situation is the making of New Labour so they can portion the blame exactly where is rightfully sits.

Now the important thing, which is by no means clear to me even now, is Cameron more like Heath, or does he more resemble a Thatcher?

By: Bob

Bob — Sun, 04 May 2008 00:25:58 +0000

Well he was the only Labourite with gravitas a year ago and he’s the only Labourite with gravitas now.People have really seen through their smoke and mail tricks.Instead of pulling a Rabbit from a (tax cutting) hat last year,Brown pulled a t*rd from a nappy.

By: haddock

haddock — Sat, 03 May 2008 23:37:41 +0000

My My, what a lot of words…….. most of us when asked what Gordon should do next would use but two, one of them not very polite !

By: Matthew Reynolds

Matthew Reynolds — Sat, 03 May 2008 21:09:13 +0000

That is simple & brilliant ! If the PM adopts all that you suggest then Mrs Cameron might not be measuring up for curtains & carpets at 10 Downing Street after all….

If they replaced tax credits with a bigger personal allowance , made the 42 days a free vote issue and slashed QUANGO’s dramatically while cutting out the consultants & IT schemes then a Citizenship Pension could be brought in & Child Benefit sharply increased then Labour could recover . A referendum on the EU Treaty would be popular too .

Cutting CGT to a 15% flat rate , returning the small business profits tax to 19% and cutting stamp duties on shares & property would be well recieved by Middle England . Taking 3p off of the main corporate tax rate would set business’s mind at rest & might stem the flow of companies going to Eire so that they they pay 12.5% tax rather than 28% .

By slashing waste & poverty and trying to make the UK more tax competitive Gordon Brown could sink the Tories - but thankfully he would never do that as it would involve changing his mind !

By: John

John — Sat, 03 May 2008 18:14:42 +0000

There is only one thing to say to Brown. “Go!! for gods sake go and take this sorry excuse of a government with you.”

By: mikestallard

mikestallard — Sat, 03 May 2008 17:03:00 +0000

John, you are right on all counts. BUT the man is not going to listen to you or to anyone.
According to today’s Telegraph, last night, David Cameron was in Cinnamon enjoying a curry while the results came in and, when they did, he was able to be there for his supporters. You, I bet, were there too. Your first article is sincere and much appreciated I should think.
And where was Mr Brown? Nobody knows. Apparently he was in bed! this is not a man to listen. Apparently he doesn’t sleep well and then gets up in the middle of the night to fire off loads of e mails.
He is like a slow motion car crash.