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Let's be honest; Gordon Brown cannot be trusted to
tell you the sum of 2+2, as amply demonstrated by the
Gordon
Brown Calculator, courtesy of the Taxpayers' Alliance.
Introduced and endorsed by his wife Sarah at Labour's
Conference yesterday, the Prime Minister showed how
short on ideas he is. Instead of even pretending he
had solid policies that would actually benefit the country
as a whole, Mr Brown concentrated on other matters,
like his love for his country.
You just have to scroll down the list
of articles on this website to see New Labour's
love for the people, but still Brown insists:
“The people of Britain would never forget if we failed
to put them first.”
On the 10p tax debacle, Brown played for sympathy by
saying: "it really hurt," meaning it hurt
him. Not financially, of course, unlike millions of
others, but no doubt because it proved to be unpopular
and cost votes.
The removal of the 10p tax band had been planned a
long time before it was implemented, but nevertheless,
Mr Brown continued with the con trick:
"We stand and we fight hard for fairness. We don't
give in, and we never will."
He did say something that could be recognised as the
truth:
"And if people say I’m too serious, quite honestly
there’s a lot to be serious about."
He just didn't own up to the contribution his Party
made.
Misquote
claim
Gordon Brown was accused of misquoting shadow chancellor
George Osborne when he said: "In the week that banks
were collapsing the man who wants to run our economy
... said 'it's a function of financial markets that
people make loads of money out of the misery of others'."
Speaking on Newsnight, Osborne actually said: "No one
takes pleasure from people making money out of the misery
of others, but that is a function of capitalist markets.
The real issue is what is (sic) the causes of this problem
... And the causes of the problem are an economy built
on debt, a housing boom that went on for 10 years unchecked."
Nicholas Watt
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