Brown overlooks our allies
Fraser Nelson 11:11pm
Can someone please give Gordon Brown a crash course in recent world history? "European leadership did not support President Bush in Iraq other than Britain and one or two other countries," he tells CBS before his trip to the US . "I feel I can bring Europe and America closer together for the future."
Hmmm. Only one or two countries? Spain, Portugal, The Netherlands, Hungary, Norway, Poland, Italy, Slovakia and Denmark supported the Iraq war. He would do better bringing them together if he had the faintest idea about their role in the Iraq conflict. I suppose he was so deep underwater at that stage avoiding making any supportive speeches himself that he couldn't have taken much notice.
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Chuck Unsworth
April 16th, 2008 7:53amQuite. And a gross insult to these countries, some of whom have also had to bury their dead and tend to their wounded. But it's a clear indication of his grasp of the realities. Virtually every week Brown stands at the Dispatch Box mouthing his insincere condolences for this or that serviceman (service woman, too), before getting onto the usual mantras about Tractor Production. I guess he does this on autopilot as he clearly couldn't care less. Maybe he doesn't actually understand the words he is reading, maybe there have been too many occasions for them to retain any significance to him anyway.
The man is a blustering charlatan, grossly insincere and with an astoundingly selective, faulty, memory. Strictly, this is a suitable caes for psychiatric treatment.
I am deeply ashamed that he is the Queen's First Minister. This is no Statesman, he is a small-town, back-alley thug, who has now been exposed on the world stage for what he really is.
Lance Diatessaron
April 16th, 2008 8:46amThe Cold War had John Paul II, Reagan and Thatcher.
The Long War has Benedict XVI, Bush 43 and... Brown?
Well, two out of three isn't bad.
London Calling
April 16th, 2008 12:29pmIf Gordon Brown wants to project a united Europe, he could have made a start by mentioning the countries that supported the invasion of Iraq and thanked them, not good PR for the Great Britain is it?, and whilst
Gordon proceeded to state that 'belief in liberty and freedom, and the sense we can together work for justice' doesn't really wash either when we are faced with the harsh reality that Liberty and Justice has just become a shallow word with little meaning to the people of Great Britain.
In truth the lack of Liberty and Justice is eroding faster in Britain than the Ice caps and it has left us vulnerable and in a chaotic state, and the sooner we get a grip of the reality, we may be able to turn it all around and salvage what little Liberty and Justice we have left, the Only problem is, Who will lead the way?.
Austin Barry
April 16th, 2008 1:08pm" I feel I can bring Europe and America closer together for the future." Gordon is being modest in not mentioning his previous energetic efforts to this end during his frequent visits to lively Cape Cod.