Gordon Brown

Thursday, January 15th, 2009

This is our charismatic Prime Minister, well if you think that a miserable git can be charismatic. It is said that after a brief rise, his popularity is again falling because the 'great' British public do not think he is solving the present economic crisis. You have to grin at this.

First, what do most of us know about economics anyway and second, how much impact have his VAT and interest rates had? Bugger all for the most of us, I suspect. As I said before, VAT down 2.5% is meaningless to we consumers. And the lowest interest rate in 315 years ain't going to get us house buying. Third, he dithers about handing out cash to the motor industry while I'd tell them to sod off. Fourth, he is now contemplating more help to the banks who have completely failed to behave any differently after the last handout.

If this bloke wishes to recapture public adoration, he needs to do something different. Putting a few bankers in the town hall stocks and pelting them with rotten fruit and veg would be a start - and that would be cheap. Or maybe he could start wearing a kilt.