Elixir Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fotbawmad Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 His single biggest failure, was like every other major politician in the UK and US he believed that the markets were self correcting and banks would restrain risk taking. His single biggest success was the first world leader to understand the scale of what was going on in 2007/8 and his rescue of the likes of RBOS and Llyods TSB became a model for preventing a catastrophic chain reaction of failing banks from accelerating. Markets are self correcting, but it's not if politicians try to interfere with the process. What most people including politicians and economists don't understand is that when most businesses go bankrupt, their assets get redistributed to the rest of the economy. However, when a bank goes bankrupt it's assets disappear from the economy (i.e. credit), and since the whole economy is fundamentally built on a pyramid scheme of IOU's. It causes a credit squeeze and leads to a domino effect to the entire system. His single biggest success was not joining the Euro, because that would have lead to us being told what to do by a bunch of Nazi bankers. I actually thought signing the Lisbon Treaty was the worst thing he ever done, but now I think what you just mentioned was his biggest failure. He took the quick and easy way out, and did nothing to reform the system. Instead, he's set us up for a far worse crisis down the line. The "too big to fails" are now even bigger. For a start we need to move away from having a few mega banks and have more smaller and local banks like they have in Germany. If you thought bail outs were unpopular, just wait till you see what happen when they try "bail ins". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim O'Grady Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Odious career politician. Grimbo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaikuHibee Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Aye ok, left of whom? Well, left of Murphy, so is Franco's right bollock. I'm not bragging likes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherrif John Bunnell Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 That's the coward confirmed that he's offski. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernLights Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 I'm sure he'll get a place in the House of Lords before too long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hampden Diehard Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 He was recently voted the Westminster Politician of the Year by the (Glasgow) Herald despite only being present for something like 11% of the votes in the last year. Just shows how much supposedly smart people can be utter halfwits. The gold and pensions debacles screwed the UK up and his "vow" nonsense helped to screw Scotland up. No time for him; bow out gracefully, do your corporate events and shut up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SodjesSixteenIncher Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 Did I not hear him say that he wouldn't allow Westminster to go back on their promies on his watch? Fair play to the boy, he sticks to his word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haters Gonna Hate Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 Goodnight sweet prince ;( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAFC Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 Wonky eyed war criminal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lex Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 STV making Gordon Brown out to be a hero for "saving the union". Tragic. Indeed, he never saved the union at all. The Scottish people did, and in spectacular and decisive fashion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecto Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 I'm sure he'll get a place in the House of Lords before too long. Sorry to interrupt your "seethe", but he wont go to the Lords STV making Gordon Brown out to be a hero for "saving the union". Tragic. Alex Salmond (heard of him) says the intervention of Gordon Brown swung the vote, so how you feeling now champ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecto Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 Yep. Terrifying old pensioners and threatening them with the billy boy brigade. Spectacular stuff. :lol: , I feel your "seethe", priceless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecto Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 Yep. Saving something that's broken on a pack of lies. What a hero. Says it all about the integrity of the union though. That it can only be saved on a pack of lies because there is nothing honestly positive to say about it, which the NO campaign proved throughout the referendum. , continuing to be priceless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecto Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 Why would I be seething? The SNP will effectively control the UK next year. If I was a unionist, i'd be outraged and in a state of complete and utter panic. :lol: , long time until May, seem to remember the same arrogance in the weeks leading up to #indyref, how did that work out for you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecto Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 6 months for Labour to trip over themselves even more. The look on unionists faces in May is going to be delicious. Replace May with September, and I seem to remember he same being said, and........... well we all know what happened there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 His press agents have obviously put out the "... Since retiring as Labour leader he has committed his time mainly to charity..." line that all the media have picked up on. Bit of a fucking insult to his constituents whose interests he was being paid handsomely to represent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 An utter piece of shit. Loved his illegal and costly wars. And a dirty Wee Teamer. Just all round dreadful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doulikefish Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 Much like when Thatcher popped her clogs,they are already re-writing Browns history Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecto Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 Hope the man enjoys whatever he does next Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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