So, was Gordon Brown the worst prime minister...

[TheCarpetCleaner]

Since, lets say, the 1940's?

Short lived, arrogant, nasty and petty.

Unelected and no charisma.

Being only 30, I have a very short life view of politics, what do the more experienced (old ) here think?

[grumbledoak]

Not sure about PM, but he was certainly the worst Chancellor the country has ever seen.

[isee]

I despise him for what he has done to this great country and I am not even English!

[Smiler.]

No, Tony BLiar was.

Brown was just the fall guy (as PM).

Brown was equally detestable for his part in Nu Labia.

[ZOLLAR]

grumbledoak said:

Not sure about PM, but he was certainly the worst Chancellor the country has ever seen.

the only success he had was creating the illusion of wealth.

[Dogwatch]

Edward Heath was at least as bad, if not worse in some ways.

I didn't like him when he was PM (Sold us out to the EU)
I didn't like him afterwards (when we found out about what hadn't been made public at the time)
I still don't like him even though he's been dead for a while




Curiously (or not) I don't feel that way about the Labour politicians of the time.

[Shaw Tarse]

Awaitng sombody to say Maggie the milk snatcher. She shut the pits, etc!

[Summertime]

Maggie the milk snatcher. She shut the pits, etc!


Brown was a

[thatone1967]

Summertime said:

Maggie the milk snatcher. She shut the pits, etc!


Brown was a

Still is... (or has he died?)

[zakelwe]

Smiler. said:

No, Tony BLiar was.

Brown was just the fall guy (as PM).

Got it in one

[thatone1967]

Summertime said:

Maggie the milk snatcher. She shut the pits, etc!


Brown was a

I actually think MT was a good PM... I was a little too young for politics at the time, but looking back....

[dreamz]

blair

brown just made a worser job of something that was rotten already.

blair time was just purposeful deceit

[TVR Sagaris]

Quite the opposite. Under the circumstances, he did an excellent job.

[grumbledoak]

TVR Sagaris said:

Quite the opposite. Under the circumstances, he did an excellent job.

You mean despite his obvious psychological problems and towering incompetence he managed to what, dress himself without Sarah's help? Get a grip.

[TVR Sagaris]

grumbledoak said:

TVR Sagaris said:

Quite the opposite. Under the circumstances, he did an excellent job.

You mean despite his obvious psychological problems and towering incompetence he managed to what, dress himself without Sarah's help? Get a grip.

Can't say I remember him having any psychological problems. Most people agree he handled the recession well and it was the recession that dominated his time as PM.

[Johnnytheboy]

Callaghan, Wilson. Take your pick.

[ellroy]

TVR Sagaris said:

grumbledoak said:

TVR Sagaris said:

Quite the opposite. Under the circumstances, he did an excellent job.

You mean despite his obvious psychological problems and towering incompetence he managed to what, dress himself without Sarah's help? Get a grip.

Can't say I remember him having any psychological problems. Most people agree he handled the recession well and it was the recession that dominated his time as PM.

You mean the recession that he had singly handedly prevented due to his eradication of boom and bust, that one?

The man was an incompetent buffoon, and his previous boss a snake oil salesman.

[Mazda Baiter]

TVR Sagaris said:

Quite the opposite. Most people agree he handled the recession well.....

Oh my.

Wow.

Just wow.

[Jasandjules]

TVR Sagaris said:

Can't say I remember him having any psychological problems. Most people agree he handled the recession well and it was the recession that dominated his time as PM.

Do you mean Most people with psychological problems agree he handled the recession well?

[Johnny Drama]

ellroy said:

TVR Sagaris said:

grumbledoak said:

TVR Sagaris said:

Quite the opposite. Under the circumstances, he did an excellent job.

You mean despite his obvious psychological problems and towering incompetence he managed to what, dress himself without Sarah's help? Get a grip.

Can't say I remember him having any psychological problems. Most people agree he handled the recession well and it was the recession that dominated his time as PM.

You mean the recession that he had singly handedly prevented due to his eradication of boom and bust, that one?

The man was an incompetent buffoon, and his previous boss a snake oil salesman.

Couldn't have put it better myself and yet it's utterly bewildering how many people think Blair did a great job. Talking to a family member post-election and was staggered when he remarked "it's such a shame that all Blair will be remembered for is taking us into Iraq". When I pressed him further on what he thought it was that Blair had achieved during his 10 years as PM he couldn't elaborate