Reply to: Brown's top 3 achievements

[zeitghost]

For us older guys/gals who got a rigorous education prior to the 90s, there has been no competition from the younger generation as they are appallingly trained/educated.
Makes us look like geniuses.

Yes.

Amazing isn't it?

Some of this lot even manage to make me look quite good...

[PM-Junkie]

Interesting to see the list of PM's who came to power without an election since 1900:

• 2007 Gordon Brown Labour
• 1990 John Major Conservative (won election in 1992)
• 1976 James Callaghan Labour
• 1963 Sir Alec Douglas-Home Conservative
• 1957 Harold Macmillan Conservative (won election in 1959)
• 1955 Sir Anthony Eden Conservative (won election in 1955)
• 1940 Winston Churchill Conservative (won election in 1951)
• 1937 Neville Chamberlain Conservative
• 1923 Stanley Baldwin Conservative (won elections in 1924, 1931 and 1935)
• 1916 David Lloyd George Liberal
• 1908 Herbert H. Asquith Liberal
• 1905 Henry Campbell-Bannerman Liberal (won election in 1906)
• 1902 Arthur Balfour Conservative (won election in 1910)

So Broon is one of six who have never won an election. An interesting group.

[sweetandsour]

Has there been another PM who never won an election? Guess so....

That's already been done.

Jim Callaghan in the 1970s and also Sir Alec Douglas-Home in the 1960s.

[ace00]

Has there been another PM who never won an election? Guess so....

[Mich the Tester]

2) being blindly supportive of the USA in enforcing our kind of democracy, where peaceful protests usually end in police violence, in the Middle East.

London

[BrilloPad]

I'm sure a talented load of posters here can quickly find 3!!!

1. he made Blair look good
2. errrrrrrrrrr.....
3. andyw

[TriggerHippy]

1) Keeping everyone safe by passing more than 3000 new laws, the most worthy of which has to be the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA).

2) being blindly supportive of the USA in enforcing our kind of democracy, where peaceful protests usually end in police violence, in the Middle East.

3) Ensuring the pensions of the working population are put to a far more beneficial cause, thus allowing everyone, except government employees, to continue working until aged 70.

[Cyberman]

... and of course , freeing kids from educational interference and competitive games interference.

[HairyArsedBloke]

1. Freeing banks from Bank of England interference
2. Record levels of investment
3. Becoming the worst prime minister this country has ever had

[Cyberman]

1. Freeing banks from Bank of England interference
2. Record levels of investment
3. Becoming the worst prime minister this country has ever had

How about 1) freeing criminals from police interference, 2) freeing immigrants from border interference, and 3) pseudo-legalising drugs.

[Doggy Styles]

1. Freeing banks from Bank of England interference
2. Record levels of investment
3. Becoming the worst prime minister this country has ever had

[sasguru]

For us older guys/gals who got a rigorous education prior to the 90s, there has been no competition from the younger generation as they are appallingly trained/educated.
Makes us look like geniuses.

[BoredBloke]

NewLab have been excellent. Think back to 97 - you couldn't move without bumping into unemployed nappy coordinators or the like. If it wasn't for NuLab this would still be the case. In 97 this country was sitting on loads of gold - we had too much and lots of other countries hardly had any. Brown sold this off at a knock down price so that these other countries could have some gold too. That seems fair to me. It was obviously unfair to have a small number of students so they changed that. Our media industry struggled to find suitably qualified graduates before 97 and had to take on people qualified in English and the like. Now there are media graduates everywhere - we should have the best telly for the next 40 years thanks to G Brown and co.

[HairyArsedBloke]

1. Not getting shot by his party
2. Not getting shot by the public
3. Not getting shot by me

Yet.

[Cyberman]

Now that really is a difficult question to answer.