Reply to: What has poor old Gordon got right?

[Doggy Styles]

It didn't stop the house debt thing in Ireland

AtW puts me in mind of someone who'd like everyone on his street to give away their houses and live in a commune.

[BoredBloke]

UK should have joined euro from start, that would have prevented huge house debt bubble and also raise in costs due to devalued pound when the rest of Europe gets deflation.

It didn't stop the house debt thing in Ireland

[BrowneIssue]

What has poor old Gordon got right?

He managed to become Prime Minister by hereditary means.

Ironic he should now be dictating to the Windsors the gender & religion of their hereditary followers.

[adestor]

**** all, that's what.

[BrilloPad]

Gordon was good at making Tony Blair look a good prime minister.

[OwlHoot]

Minimum wage.

.. If i was on the dole and was offered a job for £1 an hour what do you think i'd do?

Go straight back to it?

[expat]

UK should have joined euro from start, that would have prevented huge house debt bubble and also raise in costs due to devalued pound when the rest of Europe gets deflation.

You are just not getting economics UK style:

1. huge housing bubble is good, it makes people feel rich.
2. huge debt is good, it keeps banking profitable.
3. huge house price crash is good, it helps first-time buyers get on the ladder.
4. devalued pound is good, it helps exports.
5. price increases are good, it makes people work harder.

In Britain, everything is for the best in the best of all possible worlds.

[Doggy Styles]

The VAT Flat Rate Scheme.....that's it, nothing else!

Surely accountants benefit from Tolley's Guide being twice as big as when he started?

[Doggy Styles]

Minimum wage.

I remember the days of people getting paid £1 per hour, security guards, Hair Dressers, etc. If i was on the dole and was offered a job for £1 an hour what do you think i'd do?

Yes, that's not a bad one.

It's still not high enough for some people though. Except Poles.

[Darren@UptonAccountants]

Which made me wonder: from when he became chancellor to the present day, what has Gordon Brown actually done right?

The VAT Flat Rate Scheme.....that's it, nothing else!

[Doggy Styles]

UK should have joined euro from start, that would have prevented huge house debt bubble and also raise in costs due to devalued pound when the rest of Europe gets deflation.

Go away. That argument is well and truly lost.

[PM-Junkie]

UK should have joined euro from start, that would have prevented huge house debt bubble and also raise in costs due to devalued pound when the rest of Europe gets deflation.

So you're still a dork then?

[AtW]

UK should have joined euro from start, that would have prevented huge house debt bubble and also raise in costs due to devalued pound when the rest of Europe gets deflation.

[Drewster]

His suits are quite nice. Not sure about the red tie thing.

In a Compo after a night sleeping rough way......

[lilelvis2000]

His suits are quite nice. Not sure about the red tie thing.