Should Gordon Brown have stayed on ?

Leekbrookgull

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Jul 14, 2005

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Leek

• May 30, 2010

• #1

Should Brown have quit as P/M on Friday May 7th,thus allowing CMD to form a minority Govt. Brown could have stayed on as Labour leader to lead a Labour fightback (?) safe in the knowledge that a general election could well be called within a matter of months.

 

Cheshire Cat

The most curious thing..

Nov 4, 2006

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Sitting on a bough of a tree a few yards off...

• May 30, 2010

• #2

Or alternatively he could stayed on to lead a Labour annihiliation in the next election in July/August, as soon as they had lost the vote of confidence in the Queen's speech.

 

beorhthelm

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Jul 21, 2003

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• May 30, 2010

• #3

dont be daft, as said he wouldnt have got past the opening of parliament.

and why would we want him to stay on, so they could continue to spend money they dont have, on pet projects and sideshow policies?

 

Leekbrookgull

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Jul 14, 2005

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• May 30, 2010

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• #4

Don't get me wrong i am glad to see the back of him (and Labour) all i am asking is was remaining Labour leader an option and waiting for the minority govt to fall ?

 

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Alfred the greatx

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Jun 15, 2008

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• May 30, 2010

• #5

No, he was just so unpopular Labour would have been even more stuffed at another election

 

withdeanwombat

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• May 30, 2010

• #6

No,but the LibDemotwats should have forced the Tories into forming a minority govt rather than abandoning their erstwhile opposition for a sniff of power.A shot in the foot.The Tories would have had to moderate their policies in the knowledge that they could be ousted in a trice and the Liberals would have retained their integrity.

And there would have been another GE for certain in the autumn,though surely one cannot be that far off.And of course the Liberals will be opposing the Tories again when there is.Ho Hum.

 

Tom Hark Preston Park

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Jul 6, 2003

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• May 30, 2010

• #7

Should have been drafted into the coalition as a Subject Matter Expert on the economy. New ginger **** from the Lib Dems has no relevent experience whatsoever, and George Osborne only a bit more than that. Ever get the feeling you've been HAD?

 

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Lewes' best seagull

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• May 30, 2010

• #8

No, but I do think Labour should get their leadership sorted out quicker, to put more pressure on the coalition government.

 

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Don Quixote

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• May 30, 2010

• #9

It was crazy when Hague said the next general election will be in 2015, he can't seriously believe that. I can't see this coalition making it to 2011.

 

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BensGrandad

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• May 30, 2010

• #10

Don Quixote said:

It was crazy when Hague said the next general election will be in 2015, he can't seriously believe that. I can't see this coalition making it to 2011.

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Itr may well do because Cameron has forsaken the priciples that he won the election with, to appease the Lib Dem nobodys

 

The Antikythera Mechanism

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• May 30, 2010

• #11

The people that choose to be politicians do so because it is the easy option to holding down a real job. They are ALL jobsworths and are carried by the civil servants who actually run the Government , regardless of which political party is in power. I hate the lot of them with a vengeance, almost as much as I hate lawyers, the profession that lie for a living. It's little wonder that a large percentage of politicians are Barristers

Edit: Sorry for the rant but the David Laws business has pissed me right off today

 

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larus

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In the land of hope and expectation....

• May 30, 2010

• #12

Tom Hark said:

Should have been drafted into the coalition as a Subject Matter Expert on the economy.

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What, Gordon 'No More Boom And Bust' Brown? The man who's continually overspent and left the economy totally f***ed. Yeah, right. Time to wake up and get in the real world.

Spend, Spend Spend just doesn't work. At some time you have to pay for it.

 

CheeseRolls

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• Jul 7, 2022

• #13

Oh the memories. Gordon Brown Texture like sun.