Poll: Gordon Brown - yeh or ney

Will Gordon Brown be a better or worse PM than Tony Blair?

  • Gordon Brown will be better

    Votes: 35 8.8%

  • Gordon Brown will be worse

    Votes: 262 65.8%

  • Equally as good/bad

    Votes: 101 25.4%
  • Total voters
    398
All I know about Gordon Brown is that he is my local MP since they decided to merge East and West Fife. I've not been home much since he was appointed, but I don't think he has made any real improvements to the area.
 
Chronos-X said:
This is another thing I find hilarious :D

Yes Daily Mail readers, Tony Blair is from Edinburgh.
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he was born in edinburgh but he is MP for an english consituency, his wife and kids are far from scottish and basically he lives life as an englishman (Avid suppporter of the England football team)tbh which is why no big deal is made of it.
 
It would be a nay for me.
I've got nothing against him as such, apart from his overt Scottishness, but his Party have had a fair crack of the whip now & I feel it's time for a change. No-one knows if another Party will be better, but they can't be worse & I'm against someone leading my country who hasn't been elected.
I'm sure many people voted for Blair because they liked him & his personality, does anyone know what Brown's like & if he actually has a personality?
 
One of the most interesting commentaries I’ve read relating to Blair and Brown was a suggestion that the ‘Granita’ affair was the biggest mistake of Tony Blair’s career as PM. It has meant Brown has been the ‘man in waiting’ for a decade; he has had to be kept satisfied as PM-to-be through having huge powers and sway given to him as the Chancellor. In that respect he is the most powerful Chancellor in recent history, not far from the PM himself. This has been confusing for the Party, effectively sat with two leaders, but far more importantly; it has led to conflicts in policy that should never have arisen. This, it was argued, is why Blair appears so much more confident in areas like foreign affairs – Brown is unable to interfere.

This commentary (I cannot remember the journalist, unfortunately, although I may have a dig for it later if anyone’s interested) thus stated that the better choice would have been simply to call a leadership election (the fear being such a contest would rip the Party apart). Blair would have won, and Brown would have had to accept a lesser role, avoiding years of difficulties.

It seems that Blair has lost faith (if he ever had it) in his right-hand man. I do not think that he will simply hand power to Brown (indeed doubt he could get away with it). I also suspect (given his recent behaviour) that he might well stick the knife in as he exits; e.g. backing someone else for the premiership or some other move that would make the contest less comfortable for Brown.

Either way I’m sure it will be very interesting; very messy – which is what politics is all about, surely? :p

In answer to the OP: No; I think Labour have been in power too long (and have become stale). This has left us with bizarre policy decisions and general failures in running the country (which is what the Executive exists for). Brown is a part of this; the country needs more than just a change of PM. I’m just hoping they will not do too much lasting damage before their ejection.


EDIT: Much though I say that I should add I think Blair has been (and to a lesser extent still is) a good leader; he has charisma that Brown does not.
 
A big , nope from me too ! Firstly, because I trust him about as far as i could throw him, and secondly because he's scottish and represents a scottish constituency :mad:

Or should that be firstly ? :(
 
Gordon Clown becoming PM? Well as far as the economy goes it will be a matter of Crash Gordon if he does :( I can't stand Blair but I'drather have Blair than Brown.

But I've said for some time I don't actually reckon Brown will make it to number 10. It's possible of course but I think his chances are less than most people think.
 
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