Gordon Brown Resignation

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10-05-2010, 04:07 PM
Jordy

Gordon Brown Resignation

Just resigned outside Number 10. Will continue as Caretaker PM till a coalition government is formed, Labour on the lookout for a new leader.
10-05-2010, 04:09 PM
hah

im available x

jokes but most people seemed to want him to go
does that mean that chap with the white hair and black brows be prime minister??? lol
10-05-2010, 04:09 PM
clueless

doesnt suprise me i thought ld would want this
i think david miliband should be the next leader
10-05-2010, 04:09 PM
scott

were's the source? :O
10-05-2010, 04:10 PM
-:Undertaker:-

http://i.thisislondon.co.uk/i/pix/20...na-415x275.jpg

The Labour Party will now have to elect a new ~~liar~~ leader, I wonder who. The fantastic choice of talent on offer from the Labour Party is astounding, Little Mizz 'they call me Nazi' Harman, Milipede or Balls. I just hope for the sake of the country it isnt Harman.
10-05-2010, 04:10 PM
Tintinnabulate

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Originally Posted by Dinasaw

were's the source? :O

BBC News, Sky News etc :P Live.
10-05-2010, 04:10 PM
jackass

PLEASE not Miliband...
10-05-2010, 04:12 PM
scott

Quote:

Originally Posted by Saurav.

BBC News, Sky News etc :P Live.

yeah just seen now :P
10-05-2010, 04:13 PM
Nixt

Quote:

Originally Posted by sex

im available x

jokes but most people seemed to want him to go
does that mean that chap with the white hair and black brows be prime minister??? lol

No. A coalition will be formed which will result in a new Prime Minister - probably David Cameron. Labour will elect a new leader; the Chancellor, whom you are talking about, is not the automatic successor to the leader of a party. It is done by a voting system - people vote for members of the party who say that they are standing for the position of leader.

In basic terms, anyway. I suspect Miliband.
10-05-2010, 04:15 PM
Sharon

I'm pleased - never liked him
10-05-2010, 04:19 PM
Fez

Brave decision.
10-05-2010, 04:20 PM
Jordy

I have a bit of respect for Brown resigning at this point and allowing the Conservatives/Liberal Democrat talks to go ahead despite him being entitled to talk with the Lib Dems first. I will never like Gordon Brown but he's done the right thing here.

Please not David Miliband though? He's such an idiot and will offer nothing new.
10-05-2010, 04:22 PM
Charlottay!

very interesting. i think lib dems r gonna be very interested in goin with labour now. but even then they r gonna need other party's to go with them
10-05-2010, 04:25 PM
Fez

Who will take up the mantle?
10-05-2010, 04:27 PM
Pyroka

Milliband please, he's quite new to the party, only been in the media eye for what... few years? He's an amateur in the party eyes but Obama wasn't the oldest candidate, and look at him.

It's gotta be David Milliband, with Clegg as Home Sec. Pretty please.
10-05-2010, 04:36 PM
-:Undertaker:-

I should place a bet on the chances that Gordon ends up in the European Union on some three-figure wage, it happens to most failed Labour politicians afterall. I wouldnt worry too much about poor Gordon, afterall he'll still recieve his generous taxpayer funded pension.
10-05-2010, 05:02 PM
Inseriousity.

oh boy, I can imagine Labour sinking to new lows now! All three that someone suggested (was it undertaker, can't remember sorry!): Milliband, Balls and Harman, I can't stand. :(

oh and mandelson as well, he's annoying too.
10-05-2010, 05:03 PM
Jordy

http://i44.tinypic.com/ojfj4o.png

Sorry but how much does that look like the guy in the background is holding a laser gun? Had to take a few looks at that :P
10-05-2010, 05:10 PM
Browney

This election has proved policies don't win elections, personalities do. Labour need someone media savvy, fresh faced and in the bracket of Milliband, though maybe not him.
10-05-2010, 05:11 PM
Mathew

What a sore loser for losing the election! Haha :)

Really don't care who the new Labour leader is - the majority of politicians these days speak the same words - crap.
10-05-2010, 05:14 PM
Robbie

lol marxist miliband and harriet harperson would be BRILLIANT for the role!
10-05-2010, 05:14 PM
xxMATTGxx

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mathew

What a sore loser for losing the election! Haha :)

Really don't care who the new Labour leader is - the majority of politicians these days speak the same words - crap.

Hardly a sore loser. He did it for a reason and a good reason at that. <_<
10-05-2010, 05:29 PM
Mathew

Quote:

Originally Posted by MattGarner

Hardly a sore loser. He did it for a reason and a good reason at that. <_<

Obviously I'm joking.
What I found most intresting was the following from Sky News. It never dawned on me the effect this politcal hype would have on the country's economy.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sky News

Moments after Mr Brown's announcement, the pound fell more than a cent against the dollar.
Sky News political editor Adam Boulton said: "There is a cabal in Number 10, basically playing politics with the country's future
10-05-2010, 05:45 PM
Wig44.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Robbie

lol marxist miliband and harriet harperson would be BRILLIANT for the role!

I'd be happy with a marxist at the helm, obviously this won't happen.
10-05-2010, 05:56 PM
Tintinnabulate

Not many people were fond of conservatives before David Cameron. Its him and the "new look" which got him so popular against a tired looking person.
10-05-2010, 08:39 PM
PaulMacC

Shame really, he has done a lot and people tend to dwell of the negatives more than the positives. Fair play to him for pushing forward the stability of the government and the policies that his party want. He said before the election he'd resign if Labour failed to get into government, but I wasnt expecting it now. I dont think Labour has anyone else that could step up to be a good PM.
10-05-2010, 09:18 PM
Neversoft

Quote:

Originally Posted by PaulMacC

people tend to dwell of the negatives more than the positives

It's because the negatives far outweigh the positives.
10-05-2010, 09:27 PM
Alkaz

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mathew

It never dawned on me the effect this politcal hype would have on the country's economy.

Yeh, the impact of a hung parliament will be pretty massive on our economy. Surely the media should have been telling people that but obviously not.
10-05-2010, 09:28 PM
alexxxxx

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alkaz

Yeh, the impact of a hung parliament will be pretty massive on our economy. Surely the media should have been telling people that but obviously not.

nah i think traders have been anticipating a hung parlament for a while
10-05-2010, 10:12 PM
PaulMacC

Quote:

Originally Posted by Neversoft

It's because the negatives far outweigh the positives.

I personally think Brown did some good things within his time. I'd like to see how you'd fare governing the country and doing a better job ;P
10-05-2010, 10:14 PM
-:Undertaker:-

Quote:

Originally Posted by PaulMacC

I personally think Brown did some good things within his time. I'd like to see how you'd fare governing the country and doing a better job ;P

Well for starters I wouldnt sell tonnes upon tonnes of my countrys gold at dirt-cheap prices and also announce a week before to the markets that I was going to sell thus causing the prices to tumble even further.
10-05-2010, 10:14 PM
Stephen

makes me giggle

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZm5cm0ZtL4
11-05-2010, 02:45 PM
Jordy

Quote:

Originally Posted by stephenHi

makes me giggle

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZm5cm0ZtL4

What a complete and utter moron Adam Boulton is, what kind of idiotic interviewer would do that? Seriously don't know why he did the election debate.
11-05-2010, 04:20 PM
Mathew

I watched the 6 minute version of Adam Boulton's "argument" (before and after) and it was getting quite heated. As an interviewer he should know when to stop and simply explain his thoughts calmly.
I actually commented on his miserable attitude while watching Sky News yesterday at about 5pm.. looks like I turned the TV off too early! :P
11-05-2010, 05:01 PM
Ajthedragon

Good, he was crap.
11-05-2010, 06:55 PM
Neversoft

Quote:

Originally Posted by PaulMacC

I'd like to see how you'd fare governing the country and doing a better job ;P

...and I'd like to see what this has to do with me. I'm neither Prime Minister nor a political leader and never will be. I'm not saying Brown is terrible, but it's general consensus that most of Gordon's decisions were received negatively and for good reason.
11-05-2010, 08:36 PM
Tintinnabulate

Quote:

Originally Posted by -:Undertaker:-

Well for starters I wouldnt sell tonnes upon tonnes of my countrys gold at dirt-cheap prices and also announce a week before to the markets that I was going to sell thus causing the prices to tumble even further.

That seems to be the only reason you hate him. You always state that point, and only that in every thread.
11-05-2010, 09:00 PM
Catzsy

Quote:

Originally Posted by Neversoft

...and I'd like to see what this has to do with me. I'm neither Prime Minister nor a political leader and never will be. I'm not saying Brown is terrible, but it's general consensus that most of Gordon's decisions were received negatively and for good reason.

Most of his decisions as PM although he was seen as the architect of the fight against the global recession. In fact he organised the G20 conference. As a Chancellor I believe he will go down in history as one of the best we have had.
11-05-2010, 09:14 PM
-:Undertaker:-
Quote:

Originally Posted by Saurav.

That seems to be the only reason you hate him. You always state that point, and only that in every thread.

I dont hate the man but heres more of it;
- Raided pensions in tax raids which has left a massive pensions blackhole.
- Handed economic powers over to the European Union.
- Did not fund our troops properly which resulted in soldiers dying because of lack of equipment.
- Did not get the banks to lend properly despite spending billions nationalising them.
- Raised taxes which put a damper on the economy throughout the boom period.
11-05-2010, 09:44 PM
Frodo13.
Quote:
Originally Posted by -:Undertaker:-

I dont hate the man but heres more of it;

Raided pensions in tax raids which has left a massive pensions blackhole.
Handed economic powers over to the European Union.
Did not fund our troops properly which resulted in soldiers dying because of lack of equipment.
Did not get the banks to lend properly despite spending billions nationalising them.
Raised taxes which put a damper on the economy throughout the boom period.
Pretty much the views of a certain far right wing party who only managed to get around 1.5% of the population to vote for them. Facts or just the views of a eccentric right winger?

And on Adam Boulton which is being discussed above, that man should be took off the air in breach of impartialy rules. It is very clear he is a Conservative supporter.

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