Thursday, June 18, 2009
Brown: Take to the Streets
I mean we all know that Gordon Brown is Very Bad At Being Prime Minister, but, somehow, even I thought that even he would have managed to improve a little after his Near Death Experience. Silly me. He's announced a non-public inquiry into the Iraq War, which is worse than having no inquiry at all. Apparently he might change his mind, that must be his Prestbyterian conscience kicking in again. He's screwing up financial regulation to the dismay of the Bank of England. Also, following the NDE, he's created a massively unelected administration, perhaps modelled on the Iranian Guardians, and handed much of his own power to the unelected Mandelson. Shouldn't we be taking to the streets or something? I'm pretty free next week.
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A blog about, among other things, imaginary ideas - What ifs? and Imagine thats. What if photographs looked nothing like what we see with our eyes? Imagine that the Berlin Wall had never come down. What if we were the punchline of an interminable joke? All contributions welcome.
I, too, watch with mounting incomprehension as people continue to sit on their hands.
ReplyDeleteApparently the BNP voter total in the European Elections was equal to the number who actively protested against the invasion of Iraq. I fear that says it all.
I don't really follow you, Phidelm - what does that say?
ReplyDelete8 million played or watched organized sport on the day of the big Iraq march, what does that say?
ReplyDeleteBrown is a coward. He does not even have the conviction of his arrogance. I believe he is now backtracking on the secrecy thing with regard to the Iraq inquiry.
ReplyDeletemaybe part of the trouble is that (to adapt an old joke made about Clare Short), when Mr Brown wrestles with his conscience -- Presbyterian or otherwise -- he always wins.
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