Gordon Brown

Gordon Brown. Yours Insincerely.

GrumpyOldTwat (Free subscription) | yesterday

I am so fucking angry about THIS. Watch the video there and see if you feel any different. And this is no fucking better either.

Did Lib Dem MP Mike Hancock save us from 5 more years of Gordon Brown in 2007?

Mark Reckons (Free subscription) | yesterday

There is a fascinating story on the FT blogs by Alex Barker today. In it he explains how Lib Dem MP Mike Hancock sometimes accidentally gets e-mails which are actually meant for Matt Hancock, Shadow Chancellor George Obsorne's chief of staff. The story is that in the autumn of 2007, he received information about the Tory plan to raise the inheritance tax rates just days before the Tory conference....

UK & World News: Gordon Brown apologises after spelling dead soldier's name wrong in letter of condolence

The Daily Record (Free subscription) | yesterday

PRIME Minister Gordon Brown has personally contacted the mother of a soldier killed in Afghanistan to assure her that he meant no offence when he spelt her son's name wrong in a letter of condolence, Downing Street said today.

• Outrage of bereaved mother at Brown's misspelt letter - Times Online
• In defence of Gordon Brown - Mr Eugenides
• See the 28 articles on the same subject

Gordon Brown 'mortified' over misspelt letter of condolence

Times Online (Free subscription) | yesterday

Gordon Brown today said he was "mortified" after spelling the name of a fallen soldier incorrectly in a letter of condolence but pledged to continue writing the messages himself.

• Gordon Brown sends error-filled condolence letter to dead soldier's mum - Sify
• Soldier's family attack Gordon Brown over misspelled condolence letter - The Telegraph
• See the 6 articles on the same subject

Can't Gordon Brown do anything right?

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 37 minutes ago

No matter what he says or does, the prime minister seems bound for bad headlines There are some things, you might think, that a world leader would struggle to get wrong. At the top of the list would be things such as waving at people, or eating, tasks that only George W Bush has so far managed to mess up. Soon after would be the duties of office, with their pre-existing protocols and templates; official...

Gordon Brown's telephone call ...

Mark Wadsworth (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

From The Telegraph : The Prime Minister addressed the mother of 20 year-old Jamie Janes as "Mrs James" and left some words half-finished in his apparent haste.... Jacqui Janes accused Mr Brown of disrespecting the memory of her son. Mr Brown moved to limit the damage by telephoning Mrs Janes to assure her he meant no offence. T'would have been amusing had he become totally befuddled by this...

Gordon Brown's letter: Your comments

BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday

BBC News Online readers give their views on Gordon Brown after he apparently misspelled the name of a soldier in a letter of condolences.

Gordon Brown in secret push to sell 'Tobin tax' to City

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

• FSA backs prime minister over tax on transactions • Global revenues could reach as high as £420bn Gordon Brown is secretly attempting to persuade some of the City's leading figures to speak out in support of his plan for a new international tax on banking. Despite furious opposition from bank lobbyists and criticism from the United States, Canada and Russia, the prime minister is...

Handwriting analysis reveals Gordon Brown to be 21st century's most evil man

Surreal Scoop (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

The nation's leading newspapers, and The Sun, today revealed the results of a wide-ranging survey of one sample of handwriting. The graphology survey, the first of its kind to be published by those pretending to be journalists revealed that not only does the Prime Minister have bad hand-writing but that he is possibly the most evil man in history. “It is clear from the way that he wrote his 'i's,...

"Gordon Brown’s suggestion for a Tobin tax would, if implemented, crucify the City of London"

Rachel Joyce's BlogSpot (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago

That is according to the Spectator, commenting on Brown's proposals to consider a tax on global financial transaction . Apparently this has led to tensions between Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling . Darling is apparently livid about this. Brown will get much more respect if he stops chasing bandwagons and shows some determination of character, some appearance that he is putting the interests of Britain...

It's not Gordon Brown's spelling, it's his sight | Sue Arnold

The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday

Like me, Gordon Brown is visually impaired. Writing by hand to the relatives of British soldiers killed in action can't be easy Gordon Brown is said to be "mortified" that Jacqui Janes, the mother of 20-year-old Grenadier guardsman Jamie Janes, killed last month in Afghanistan, was so upset by his "scribbled" letter of condolence. Could he not have seen this coming? Well, no –...

Gordon Brown, Alistair Darling Joke.

Daily Referendum (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago

I was sent this by a workmate: BROWN, DARLING AND A DOG Gordon Brown called Alastair Darling into his office one day and said, 'Alastair , I have a great idea!? We are going to go all out to win back Middle England '. 'Good idea PM, how will we go about it?' Said Darling. 'Well' said Brown 'we'll get ourselves two of those long Barbour coats, some proper wellies, a stick and a flat cap, Oh and a Labrador...

Sketch: Gordon Brown's decomissioning moves a step closer

The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

The decommissioning of Gordon Brown last night moved a step closer with the unveiling of Labour's new energy policy.

Gordon Brown And ‘That’ Letter

Cynical Chatter From The Underworld (Free subscription) | yesterday

I’m sure that everyone has read, or heard, about the letter of condolence that Gordon brown sent to the mother of Jamie Janes. The Times covers two aspects of the story here and here. I’m torn, I think that writing a letter by hand is a good thing for Brown to do, but, at the same [...]

Gordon Brown Condolence Letter

OberonHouston (Free subscription) | yesterday

Royal Bank of Scotland "accepts responsibility" in Coutts Bank $1,000,000,000 Charities Fraud - FBI SOCA Carroll Case

carrolltrust | 24/09/2009

Royal Bank of Scotland Coutts Bank named as the primary offshore financial centre of operations in the Carroll Trust international criminal syndicate case, now the subject of major criminal allegations of conspiracy to defraud racketeering money laundering in Britain's longest running largest organised criminal conspiracy corruption case. Lord Home Chairman of RBS Coutts and the newly appointed chief

Manifesto for change

rex6666 | 30/06/2009

A few months ago, the BBCs Top Gear and Sun columnist Jeremy Clarkson , unveiled his manifesto for running Britain as PM. And since then we've had a string of celebrities contemplate running as independent MPs in wake of the scandalous MPs expenses saga, first broken by the Telegraph newspaper . Yesterday Gordon Brown was trying to reclaim the political agenda by announcing a raft of measures on social...

51 MPs sign Autism and the Carer's Allowance motion in the House of Commons, UK

autismnews | 30/06/2009

British Parliamentarians of all parties in the House of Commons in Westminster have backed an early day motion on Autism and the Carer's Allowance. EDM 1551 was tabled by Lee Scott MP who has been campaigning tirelessly in the House of Commons on autism and Asperger's Syndrome. Autism campaigners in the United Kingdom have been urging the Prime Minister Gordon Brown and the Government to increase the...