Your chance to grade Gordon

AGM

When did Gordon Brown start wearing formal dress? I was at his first CBI Dinner as Treasurer and he worn an ordinary suit - said he didn't believe in that sort of thing.

General Zod

So how hard was it finally to wear white tie after all those years of being rude for the sake of rudeness?

JONNY

Didn't Moss Bros turn him out fine.

Peter From Maidstone

It was not to hard I guess, as the pride in being PM overtook the pride in being awkward. He would probably be a republican until offered the crown and then he would discover he had been a lifelong monarchist.

Andy

Don't forget, mon général, that when he finally did get to wear the right clothes, WE picked up the bill!

Wilhelm

How do you know Gordon Broon is lying ?

He's moving his lips.

Occasional Ostrich

AGM
November 17th, 2009 5:27pm

Clearly the wonderful education he had as a "Son of the Manse" did not include manners. I would sincerely hope that his dear old Dad, if he knew the way his son would turn out, would have kicked his arse all the way up the aisle of the kirk.

Holly ......

End of term results eh?
'And will let you grade Gordon Brown in the aftermath of the Queens speech'?
We have had 12 years of this man's mismanagement in running the country, only for him to give it away without a fight. Why do we have to wait until AFTER the speech?
We already know what we think of him and he does not merit or deserve to be graded with ANY of the fine letters of the alphabet!
A zero will do perfectly.
Who is it that thinks the Queens speech will make any difference?
How will one speech containing more empty promises,change anyone's mind?
People who say they intend to vote Labour will still vote Labour,speech or no speech.
There is MORE chance of it CHANGING the way some will vote, AWAY from Labour.
'but it could just help some folk let of steam'...We do not need to 'let of steam...We NEED an election.
I would like to know what the Spectator contributor's think is HONESTLY better in this country after all these years of a Labour government.
The NHS? NOT medical advances.
The education of children? NOT dumbed down exams.
The criminal justice system?
The treatment of sick/elderly?
The morals of politicians?
The ability of judges?
The child protection services?
The teen pregnancy rate?
The abortion rates?
The unemployment numbers? NOT only JSA claimants.
The police?
Any aspect that BENEFITS everyone.
From where I am sitting,NOTHING is better...
not even the same as they were in '97,
everything is worse.
Am I being unfair?

emil

Many things are better if;

you are a quangocrat
or a europhile
or a scrounger
or a criminal
or a climate scientist (money in fear)
or a banker (both connotations apply)
or of course an MP

Sadly anyone else who works, or wants to work, and act responsibly has been royally screwed over these past 12 years.

Lest we forget

Moraymint

In refusing previously to adopt the dress code, Brown showed himself to be arrogant, ignorant and graceless.

Now that he's happy to don the garb, he demonstrates his total lack of integrity.

And this guy is supposed to be our national leader?

De Rigueur

JONNY,
You're such a snob.

JIA Jia

We understand Brown's dilemma position.

The speech explained the reason. It was just a topic which knew little.

It should give long distance phenomenon when someone want to know sth realistically

JIA Jia

We understand the dilemma position of Brown.The speech explain the reason clearly.

It need to show long distance when necessary.

Watt Tyler

If our journalists but had half the understanding regarding this matter of how Gordon Brown has behaved regarding the proper attire for this event as have Peter from M and Moraymint!

Gordon Browns actions demonstrate that he has no integrity. The press should have hounded him from office already instead of crying over his "being bullied." I guess this demonstrated a lack of integrity in the press.

Graham Clark

How do you grade Gordon Brown?

What, in his role as Chancellor of the Exchequor for 10 years? - 'A Medioctrity who should never have been promoted to Cabinet rank'.

His role as Prime Minister - 'Incompetent at best, Disasterous at worst'. So nothing really to write home to brag about. The man, along with Blair, Mandelson and others in the Labour Cabinet, who have dumbed down UK society to the level of the lowest common denominator. Vulgar!!

Hysteria

didn't he eschew the white tie when he was the best chancellor ever? - The man's a poltroon - a complete bounder.....

Dungeekin

Westminster School For Difficult Boys

Report: Brown, G (Cnut House)

ENGLISH: F

Brown tries hard, but unfortunately his abilities are not up to the standard expected.

He shows great creativity in his ideas, however he lacks the capacity clearly to explain them either on paper or in spoken form. While his handwriting itself can be excused following his injury on the Rugger field. his refusal to proofread his own essays - or to permit others to read them - is a handicap to his progression in literacy.

Brown's presidency of the School Debating Society has not been a success. His lack of presentation skills and inarticulacy means he is consistently defeated in debate by Cameron D (Victor H.) and even occasionally by Clegg (Nonentity H.).

MATHEMATICS: F

Despite hard work from teaching assistants and nine years of remedial classes, Brown still fails to show a grasp of basic numeracy. We recommend that he is assessed for possible Dyscalculia.

Brown's primary issues seem to stem from an inability to differentiate between positive and negative numbers, which frequently results in him reporting negative figures as positives. Additionally, Brown insists that his sums are correct even in the face of clear evidence from teaching staff.

This laissez-faire attitude to numerical truth led to several issues when he was running the School Tuck Shop. Selling the school's stock of Wispas at well below the RRP was the first sign of the problem, and his ongoing mismanagement has resulted in the School being the first ever Tuck Shop to require the services of an Official Receiver.

GEOGRAPHY: F

Gordon has tried hard in this subject, especially on the US Studies coursework segment, but the results have not matched his efforts. Part of this was due to his earlier associations with Blair Major (Cnut H.), which still taints his reputation today.

Sadly, he was unable to build a relationship with his American Pen Pal, Barry, which has stymied his development in this crucial portion of the Term.

His project work with Millipede Major (Banana H.) on Afghanistan has been exceptionally poor, is still incomplete way past the Term deadline and shows little progress despite wasting a huge amount of school resources.

HISTORY: F

Could do much better. Gordon seems to misunderstand the concept of history, preferring instead to believe that he and his housemates are personally responsible for all the events of the world.

Unfortunately, our attempts to disabuse him of this notion have been met with stiff resistance. He is aided in his delusion by Mandelson Minor (Slyme H.) who has now been Fagging for Brown for two years and who has become an increasing pernicious influence on Brown's already unstable world-view.

PE: Ungraded

Though it's against normal practice, we couldn't help adding a picture of Brown at the recent Sports Day to the report. Please see above.

CLASS BEHAVIOUR

Brown's behaviour is simply appalling, in spite of the best efforts of staff to restrain him. His temper has become a serious issue, and he has had to be reprimanded three times in the last fortnight alone for throwing objects when he doesn't get his own way. It is hard to understand why he was made Head Boy in view of his behaviour.

Brown shows pathological dishonesty, and is disinclined to accept responsibility for, or the consequences of, his own actions. He frequently attempts to blame others for his misbehaviour, with one such incident leading to the expulsion of McBride D (Cnut H.). Teachers in all departments have noted his absolute refusal to apologise, under any circumstances.

His interactions with both classmates and staff are poor, and he has little social contact outside his immediate circle. Teaching staff have endeavoured to explain the need for improvement in this area, however Brown believes his skills are significantly greater than they are. In this he is aided by his association with Mandelson Minor (Slyme House) - which is also a matter for concern given that pupil's prior suspensions for dishonesty.

Despite considerable instruction, Brown's appearance still does not meet the standard expected of a pupil of this school. We recommend remedial instruction in tie-knotting, and the school nurse is prescribing 'Stop'n'Grow' for his persistent habit of biting his nails. However, it is his insistence on excavating his nasal cavities, even during Assembly and other public functions, which shows his lack of common manners and decorum.

HEADMASTER'S COMMENTS

An extremely disappointing report. While Brown promised much when he was enrolled into the school, he has signally failed to live up to expectation.

It is therefore with sadness that we advise you that Brown is to be the subject of a Governor's Meeting to be held before June 2010, at which point we do fully expect Brown to be expelled from the School. Cameron D (Victor H.) is expected to be appointed Head Boy in his stead.

OVERALL GRADE

F

Blodwyn Quaddlestock

Brown is a rude, boring, incompetent, and overblown character who lacks integrity ando is self-delusional. He should not be given air time or a job.

His track record proves this.