Brown Misquoted
Gordon Brown is facing another controversy today after allegedly referring to a member of the Rochdale public as a "bigoted woman".
"Did you see the size of her shoes, they were enormous, she was at least a size nine, possibly a nine and a half," explained the visually impaired PM.
"I simply stated that she was a big footed woman," he went on.
"I was halfway through a packet of Toffo's at the time, so it's entirely possible that you may have misheard me, but that's definitely what I said. You have my word on that, and you can put my word in the bank," he finished.
"That big they were mate, bloody enormous things, like that Yeti thing you lot have over there she was, what do you call it?"
Headline Of The Day?
From the BBC - "UK recession likely, says Brown" - Britain's economic downturn is likely to cause a recession, Prime Minister Gordon Brown has warned.
Well I don't know about you but that's a shock to me, the first I've heard of it in fact.
What other pearls of wisdom can we expect next?
"Iceland no safe haven" - Prime Minister Gordon Brown has advised Britons to think twice before putting their money into an Icelandic savings account as he's not convinced they are 100% safe.
"Noah hears rain forecast" - Prime Minister Gordon Brown has heard that Noah has opened a sizable account with Jewsons and is buying wood and nails like there's no tomorrow. Advises Brits to consider moving to higher ground.
Gordon Is A Moron
In possibly his most stunning piece of hapless mismanagement yet, Gordon Brown has agreed to sell British Energy to the French.
Éléctricité de France has agreed to buy British Energy for £12.5 billion, the companies confirmed Wednesday, in a deal that gives the French company a dominant role in the British nuclear power industry.
The French utility EDF will gain control of eight British nuclear plant sites with potential for building new reactors.
EDF said it was also in discussion for Centrica, the owner of British Gas, to take a 25 percent stake in that as well.
What's next Gordon? Why not sell them the Isle of Wight and be done with it?
Gordon Brown: Stop wasting food
(Daily Telegraph)-- Gordon Brown is urging British consumers to stop wasting food amid growing concerns over the sharply rising cost of basic necessities.
That's rich, get your own house in order Gordon. You can start off by telling that to Johnny "three lunches" Prescott, he's wasted more than most methinks.
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Gordon Brown - about as popular as piles
In a hilarious move, supposedly designed to ease the pressure on just about every sector of the market by containing oil prices, the Government yesterday announced the go-ahead for two new oilfields, West Don and Don South West, which together would bring an extra 50,000 barrels per day ashore when the oil begins flowing next year.
To further attempt to boost output Gordon Frown announced a tinkering with petroleum tax revenue that would help carve out new oil and gasfields from existing fields, ensuring that the new developments would not be affected by the old tax. The changes to the PRT regime would enable the investment that could add 20,000 barrels per day, the Department of Business said.
Wooohoooo! 70,000 barrels a day more that's going to make a massive difference isn't it?
Erm, how much do we produce per day I hear you say. Don't bother Googling for it I've done it already, 2.8 MILLION barrels per day. Don't bother getting the calculator out either, thats a WHOPPING 2.5% increase we are looking at.
That's one in the eye for OPEC. Go Gordon, Go Gordon. Yes, GO GORDON.
Gordon is a moron
Gordon Brown’s first electoral test turned into a nightmare tonight as Labour lost an astonishing 331 council seats.
In London, Boris Johnson appeared to be ending the eight-year reign of Ken Livingstone, delivering one more body blow to the Prime Minister as Labour lost a quarter of the councillors who stood for the party on Thursday.
The bloodbath consumed victims across the country, including the North and Wales, leaving Labour’s local government and campaigning base severely weakened.
Ministers now fear for their chances of surviving the next general election and Mr Brown’s authority was further damaged.
Today’s huge reverses make it almost certain that the next general election will take place in 2010 rather than next year. Mr Brown has an electoral mountain to climb to get his party into a position to win it.
