Monday, May 10, 2010
Gordon Brown has said he will step down as labour party leader
Sky news: Gordon Brown To Resign As Labour Leader
Gordon Brown has said he will step down as party leader as Nick Clegg asks for talks between Labour and the Liberal Democrats. In a statement outside Downing Street, Mr Brown said he had "no desire to stay in my position longer than needed" and would leave by the party conference in September.
He said he will ask the Labour Party to begin the process for a leadership election but that he will not stand or intervene.
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1. titaniccaptain said...
So its a Labour Lib Dem coalition then?
Oh well......
2. Crunchy said...
I am going to keep a very close eye on your career and income stream from now on Mr Brown.
I have a hunch you will be very well rewarded by certain corporations without offering anything of worth as a 'current' service.
3. little professor said...
Poor Gordon :(
It's a shame the way he was villified by the media who blamed him personally for the economic crisis, when all other Western countries were going through the same thing. He was a great chancellor and could have been a decent pm if he hadn't been subjected to continual backbiting and vitriol.
4. techieman said...
I always liked him ;-).
And whats with this typing two words rubbish!
5. alan said...
@LP,
We will have to disagree about GB. Enough has already been written on this site, so I won't add any more today.
However, it seems like a fundamental change for the UK government (electoral change or PR). Quite a big change for the Euro too.
I think House Prices will drift slowly downward over the next few months. Times are turbulent. This is not a time to dash into anything, methinks.
6. chrisa said...
Don't celebrate too soon, it sounds like he expects to be in number 10 until September......
7. alan_540 said...
You can never take what he says at face value.
I'm resigning translates in his twisted mind to, "I've bought myself another 6 months, yippee! By which time I'll have figured out a way to cling on for a bit longer!"
What a dangerous tw@t this man is.
8. gone-to-colombia said...
I don't think he's twisted, just not a good leader.
We are too close to the eye of history to make an accurate analysis. Give it 50 years, the opening of secret files and we'll know more.
From this contemporary vantage it seems to me that Brown made decisions that led to the banking crisis, but made crucial decisions that averted complete disaster, when the storm struck.
9. Crunchy said...
7. gone-to-colombia said 'when the storm struck.'
Easy GTC it hasn't even started yet.
10. alan_540 said...
Have a read of Tom Bower's biography of Brown - scary stuff if even half of it is true.
11. Eternal Sceptic said...
There may be a grain of truth in saying he saved the world, but the fact he destroyed the economy is beyond dispute.
12. mountain goat said...
DAILY EXPRESS Vince Cable gets job after all
13. miken said...
There's going to be social unrest if Labour form a coalition with the Lib-dems.
For a start they have no democratic right to govern since the total number of seats will still be less than 326.
Secondly, who believes that GB will really step down in September? He has lied before and can lie again!
14. sovietuk said...
Labour and the Lib dems will gerrymader the electoral system to their advantage. Not a wise move to display a libdem placard infront of your house at any future elections especially in England. Something rather nasty is brewing.
15. str 2007 said...
Not to tread on S2R1's toes, but I believe he was talking about a period of enlightenment etc. (I'm sure he'll correct me).
So far as I'm concerned I think the biggest chance of enlightenment is for people to have a vote that actually counts for what they want.
This is bigger than women getting the vote IMO.
Therefore if we come out of it with, no matter who the Lib Dems do a deal with, then we have all won. It's then your chance to have your own little say so (vote) at the next election (2 bites at the cherry as techieman might say)
Now whether a more divided governent can govern (ie a proportionally represented one) remains to be seen. We need to make sure there is a good way of making decisions in place.
Personally I'd be quite happy to vote 4 times a year (every 1/4) on say 10 different subjects. It would be quite easy to see a 1 hour debate on each subject if it was one you thought you wanted to vote either way for.
So anyway we'll see who gets to team up with the Lib Dems.
In a funny sort of there's a certain poetic justice to this outcome. Labour and Conservatives have blocked proportional represention to keep out the Lib Dems and yet it's now the Lib Dems in the driving seat. LOL.
On the subject of Gordon, poor chap hasn't had much luck since he became unelected leader by default. What with Mad Cow disease, Swine Flu economic collapse etc etc.
Unfortunately he's been far too pig headed IMO and has gone against one of his main principles of ''not letting house prices get out of control''. this was unforgivable and has led to alot of misery for many. It has also contributed to the current situation. Firstly by partly creating it, then by trying to prop it up. Shame on you Brown. Good Ridence.
16. krustyatemyhamster said...
"There's going to be social unrest if Labour form a coalition with the Lib-dems."
Jeremy, look at what those awful people have done. Let's have a riot, what what.
17. str 2007 said...
Exactly Krusty
I can think of worse things to riot about.
At most you'll get a quiet plackard protest with hip flasks at the ready.
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19. Fra Paolo said...
There is no other interpretation to the results of the election except that the country voted for a Con-Lib government.
The LibDem sticking point is proportional representation. That's been the #1 item on their wish list for as long as I can remember, which goes back to 1979. So the Conservatives have to concede PR in some form.
I don't know what the Conservatives' #1 item is, but it certainly wasn't 'no proportional representation'.
So if we get a Lab-Lib coalition, I blame the Conservatives for being unwilling to follow the democratic mandate. Each party in the arrangement should get their top policy preference.
20. bystander said...
Krustyatemyhamster, To answer your class war comment, would you expect anything more from the supposed other side of the class struggle - " oi, Wayne you seen what these toffs have done, let's have a riot" - 'Alright Waynetta, but can it wait until after X-factor final, the FA cup and after I've collected me benefits?".........my comments are all said with my tongue firmly placed in my cheek, as I am sure yours were.