This government bears all the hallmarks of the dying days of the Major government in 1996-7. Indiscipline was rife with Ministers slagging off their own government in the papers every day. The difference between then and now is that Brown's Ministers and MPs are doing it on the record. In the last week...* Health Minister Ivan Lewis criticised Gordon Brown's style of government
* Licensing Minister Gerry Sutcliffe says his own government's policy on alcohol tax is wrong ... then later says "my comments do not reflect my true views". Incredible
* Loyalist MP Greg Pope tables and EDM slagging off the abolition of the 10p tax band ... then a few hours later withdraws it having been "persuaded by the arguments". Hmmm
There comes a point in a government's period office when it resembles a plane about to crash. The pilot is wrestling with the joystick, but there's nothing he can do when the plane reaches the point of no return. I don't think Brown has quite reached that point yet, but Number Ten is in such a state of chaos that it's not far away.
With a hattip to Ben Brogan.
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SKY news have just shown a brief snippet of Bush and Brown at the NATO summit - they are leaning back in their seats and laughing and joking. Brown sems to be lapping up Bush's jokes. A far cry from his tightlipped first meeting.
To echo the thoughts of a famous footbal manager, I just hope I really realy just hope that its seen by Labour backbench MPs. It ought to make them vomit.
I can only suppose Brown was on drugs.
The Guardian is suggesting he may as well go left and keep the torch alive.I doubt it. You will have to tear this office from his dead fingers.
Sorry Iain but the graphic of the crashing jet is a bit sick in light of recent events. Can't you find a picture of Gordon with his trousers around his ankles instead?
Iain, on the Livingstone thing, he says "I don’t think anybody in this city will be shocked by what two consenting adults do, as long as you don't include children, animals and vegetables."
What had Ken got against vegetables?
I think we should be told!
May I suggest a Dangerous Cat act update, a Eurocitizens Charter reviavl and a new Cones Email/Blackberry hotline.
Someone give him the number for Pickfords.
Iain: Will you kindly refrain from using such nausea-inducing headlines as this ... it's extremely difficult to pick the carrot bits from the gaps in the keyboard.
He could learn a thing or two from Mugabe.
That is a vile thought, why would anyone voluntarily wrestle with Gordon's joystick?
Wonderful to see these mutinous dogs straining like greyhounds on the leash. The one thing Gordon Brown CAN'T STAND is contradiction and 'undermining my authority'. See Andrew Rawnsley's chronicle of the Blair years.
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