Obama! Obama! Obama!

Susan Hill

Is it too much to hope that we have heard the last of the Obamamessiah for now, on this place at least ? The man`s a charlatan and an empty suit. The cost of his journey here with wife and entourage is more than most people earn in a lifetime and it will achieve diddly squat. Let`s have an O blackout shall we ?
No ?

THX1138

Nothing can help Brown now it's over!

The helicoptercade flew over my house last night and we all gave a great big wave, it's so exciting.

Good luck today in Old Queen St I hope everything is peaceful but be careful.

Ethan Hurlington

Can someone at the press conference please please please please please ask Obama: Did the financial crisis start in the US?

Marcus Cotswell

Why is it that people have such a problem with spelling Stansted?

Sally Chatterjee

Even if the meeting is useful, it will be followed by a sudden return to the humdrum. Brown won't be able to fly abroad, he'll be on the spot about daily decisions and his past mistakes.

C Powell

Oh for God's sake!! Wake me up when he's started turning water into wine....

We need sober sensible thoughtful politicians not pop stars, groupies and failed megalomaniacs......

TomTom

How do you stay awake when listening to Obama stotter ? Bush was fluent and well-briefed compared to this mumbler. Wow...he needs a faster teleprompter or a better scriptwriter

Richard

Ethan - Toenails did!!

Brown really is attempting to obtain political capital from Obama's democratic legitimacy and etiquette allows it.

There has to be more to this narrative than Brown & Obama save the world - it's almost immersed in concrete that throwing unearned money at the problem and saddling debt on taxpayers is the only way forward.

Obama is being criticized for poor admin in tracing the bailout cash and Brown is too (along with getting us into this mess) - it's mildly upsetting really.

I guess we can forgive Obama because it's incredibly difficult working thru Congress and the incredible power of vested interests in the US and he's incredibly inexperienced and may not have his feet comfortable under the table.

Bottom line - i'm very scared.

Thomas Young

At the press conference, every Obama relaxed, well-expressed, humourous, uplifting response was swiftly stifled by a boring, wet-blanket, look-at-me interruption from Brown.

Pete Hoskin

Marcus: apologies, corrected now.

John Lea

I'm quite enjoying the way all those Blairites - who supported New Labour in its infancy, thought 'Tony' was the Messiah, and now look quite embarrassed about the matter - are repeating their mistake by championing Obama as the saviour of the modern world. When will these people learn. (They'll probably vote for David Cameron as well.)

Juliana

@C Powell. Agree agree agree.

When Obamamessiah got off Air Force One he was looking round for the donkey on which he was going to ride triumphantly into town.

Verity

Dear God! What is his wife wearing now? It looks like a maid's uniform! Has any First Lady, including Rosalyn Carter, had more inept taste in clothes? She looks like a flight attendant.

Tiberius

Verity: you never cease to amaze.

THX1138

John Lea That's me you're talking about except I'm not embarrassed about TB I wish he was still PM And yes I will be voting for Dave.

My side won, Obama is President & Dave is going to be PM. Where are your candidates; where are your leaders? All you can do is howl at the moon on these blogs, while we ride to triumph in the real world.

John Lea

THX1138: I hope you continue to 'ride to triumph in the real world'. Unfortunately, the rest of us are forced to live with the consequences of your voting habits: a failing education system, the abolition of grammar schools, uncontrolled immigration, an insupportable welfare state, a corrupt political class, a ruined economy, and one of the worst crime rates in Europe (especially for violent crime). Oh, and not forgetting the war in Iraq. Ah, you must be so proud!

People like you will continue to vote for people like Blair and Cameron becuase you are persuaded by the media that they represent (respectively) the political left and the political right, when in fact they represent white middle-class liberals (people like you, I imagine), who are coseted from the harsh reality of modern Britain - a Britain you helped construct when you exercised your vote.

Incidentally, I wanted David Davis as Tory leader, as he is - and this may be a rather quaint notion - a TORY! A man who was born and raised on a council estate in South London and understands only too well the price of Labour's failure.

Never mind though? As long as you're ok.

THX1138

Please tell me why I wouldn't want to vote for people who represent me and my views isn't that rather the point?

As I said tell where are the politicians vying for power that represent your views? The BNP perhaps?

If I'm "coseted from the harsh reality of modern Britain" it's because as a family we got of our arse and earned it.

Non Gradus Anus Rodentum

Hosanna! Hosanna!

Verity

The photo looks like two people walking out of a refrigerator ... one in a maid's uniform and one a butler ... for a new comedy series called ... oh, "Upstairs And Turn Left!". About the wacky world of flight attendants in First.

John Lea

THX1138: two things: first of all, I have zero respect for anyone on here who make snide remarks and accusations, yet hides behide an idiotic pseudonym. Many people of this site are very quick to attack George Laird (me included), but I respect him for at least having the courage of his convictions and giving his name when making his points.

Socondly, you failed to answer any of the points I made in my second email. 'Why wouldn't I want to vote for people who represent me?' you ask. They may represent you, but they've also screwed up the country (Blair), and will continue to do so if given half a chance (Cameron, the so-called 'heir to Blair').

And to state that you are coseted from the harsh reality of modern Britain because you are hardworking is deeply insulting. By that statement I assume you mean that all of those people who have lost their job or been victims of violent crime over the years have been workshy layabouts and therefore deserved it. Go and live in a deprived area for a couple of months, where drugs and crime are commonplace, and then see what you think of David Cameron's 'hug a hoodie' idea.

John Lea

THX1138: Perhaps you would be so good as to explain the reasons behind your implyication that my political allegiance may be to the BNP? Can you show me what I have said on this blog that would suggest this? I did state that 'uncontrolled immigration' was one of the worst legacies of the Blair era. Does that make me a BNP supporter? Really? I think you will find it was William Hague - when he was leader of the Conservatives - who spoke out bravely on this issue and was branded a 'racist' by the same New Labour thought police. Now, even Labour agree that uncontrolled immigration is unsustainable.

This is a old tactic, used by those who are unable to debate honestly or intelligently: if all else fails, accuse your opponent of being a racist.

THX1138

John if that's your real name why do I have to answer any of your points? All you have done is be rude to me.

I'm totally happy to aplogise for the BNP jibe, perhaps UKIP would have been fairer.