What the election that never was tells us about the Brownite future

Vulture

Yet again, Speccie pundits are back on their favopurite hobby horse: the future leadership of the Liebour party.

Guys, it may have escaped your attnetipon but the sodding Liebour party still has a leader : he's big, he's mad, he's ugly, and his name is Bruin.

And the way things are going, he might be still in place after May 6th to see off the two Eds and complete his masterplan of ruining Britain.

Please concentrate attention of how best we can rid ourselves of the worst Prime Minister in our history, of which Rawnsley's revelations are further evidence of what we already knew.

PS. Hattie Hatpin on TWAO described Rawnsley's revelations as 'Hurtful and unfair' ...but not UNTRUE.

wrinked weasel

This all has the smell of truth. Oh my God. These people are running the country and telling us what to do, and taking our money and destroying out culture. Expletive withheld.

DZ

Can we discuss this after the election, chaps? I'm not sure how many Brownies will be left standing and available to join in the autopsy. And, frankly, as a subject, it's less interesting than musing over the number of angels that can dance on the head of a pin.

emma_b

Seriously, how hard is it to proofread a post prior to publication?

Ben

Dear Vulture,

Brown is the joint second worst with Ted Heath. Blair wins the prize, for his attempts to destroy parliamentary accountability, Iraq, generally lying and devaluing politics further, and most especially for putting Brown in a position of damaging the country as Chancellor, which is where the catastrophe all started. If he'd sacked him when he wanted to, but lacked the balls, we'd all be better off.

Roger Davies

The objective should be the complete annihilation of the Labour Party. Nothing less. Cameron needs to get street wise, put on his Doc Martins and practice some arse kicking as this Mr Nice Guy image is not going to get him far. The Female X on the ballot papers will be for the one that sounds like he has the gonads, not the one that shoots the longest cuffs and has the whitest teeth.

Beer Moth

The Thick of It.

2trueblue

Vulture, spot on. The trouble is people find it easier to be negative than positive. I love the bit about Hattie!

Frank P

To try to counteract the derision of Brown's hanky session with the revolting Piers 'The Tears' Morgan, it seems Rawnsley has now been teed up to give the impression that Brown is a macho bully who manhandles his NuLab arselickers -"Get you, Jummy!"

If the public believed it, he might go up in their estimation. But who could believe that a man who minces around on built up heels, smiles like Danny La Rue when someone stage manages a smile for PR purposes and brings Mandelson back into his cabinet have him close to his bosum, is really capable of putting the frighteners on anyone.

I think Mandleson 'outing' him during one of their estrangments, is much nearer the mark. These extended bachelorhoods are always sussy, Particularly when political expediency demands a 'family' front and someone from the office gets lumbered with the job,

paulg

Just what we have always thought the only two balls Mr Brown has for a fight is Ed and Yvette sitting next to him.

Anna

I'm not a political wonk but I think everyone here and on other blogs is missing an essential point. Brown has so hugely expanded the client state, for God's sake the public payroll has EXPANDED during the recession while the private sector has taken all the hits, that it will be VERY hard for the Conservatives, with the built in election bias against them, to achieve a victory. And it seriously isn't helped by Conservatives producing a policy I cheer, hotly pursued by a policy that makes me think WTF?

Ben

Ho ho Frank P, you're implying something else that the press seem to know but we don't get told. Fraser, you should be bold!

Pot Head

I see even Heseltine is saying Tories can't win..

Tiberius

http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-staggers/2010/02/hung-parliament-tory-lead-poll

Please read this to get the Heseltine and other matters in context.

James (and Fraser): for goodness sake, stop being so shrill about the state of the election outcome. I know this a blog, which has a greater thirst than a weekly or even a daily publication but, please, demonstrate some perspective.

mitch

Brownite and future should never appear in the same sentence.

Fergus Pickering

People who bully their staff are usually not up to the job. IDS did it when he was Tory leader. Now he has a job more suited to his talents he is a pussy cat. Going back a fair bit, Anthony Eden used to throw wobblies. Rathet like Brown, he had waited for the job he saw as his by right, and when it came, he couldn't do it. So Brown can very easily be a bully (of people who can't hit back) and a coward (when dealing with those who can). Ordinary people - like my good self- can easily relate to that. We have all come across Browns at our places of work. We know what they are like.

TGF UKIP

Not getting a bit rattled are we Tiberius?

Major Plonquer

I don't see what the big deal is. A little bit of violence never hurt anyone.

Major Plonquer

Its people like Gordon Brown who give violence a bad name.