The PM Debates

[Summerof69]

I see Broon, after his cock-up yesterday, says he's going to highlight the economy.Oh, the economy that is now £900bn in the red, and increasing.

And by the way, when Broon talks about 'halving the debt', he doesn't mean 'I'm going to halve the debt from £900bn to £450bn' like any sane person would but halve the ANNUAL debt, from £180bn to £90bn annually, meaning it continues going upwards.

[stfctownenda]

The continued referral to him as Broon is as funny as Aljokefree.

[thedarkprince]

Bookies are offering odds on the number of times Clegg and Spray Tan Dave mention "bigot" tonight.
I'm going for 12-15 times between the pair.   

[Nemo]

Mention with reference to the incident or just drop the word into conversations about other things to watch Brown squirm? The latter might actually be amusing the first time it happens, although I suspect it'll be done to death.

[Jamiesfuturewife]

I feel a bit sorry for Old Gordon!! I mean who hasn't done that classic thing where your in the toilets slagging someone off and they walk out of the cubicle once?  

To me it makes him seem more human?

[Colin Todd]

I see Broon, after his cock-up yesterday, says he's going to highlight the economy.Oh, the economy that is now £900bn in the red, and increasing.

And by the way, when Broon talks about 'halving the debt', he doesn't mean 'I'm going to halve the debt from £900bn to £450bn' like any sane person would but halve the ANNUAL debt, from £180bn to £90bn annually, meaning it continues going upwards.

"Lets not talk about yesterdays minor fuck up, lets talk about the massive fuck up that has been the last 13 years"

[Arriba]

I feel a bit sorry for Old Gordon!! I mean who hasn't done that classic thing where your in the toilets slagging someone off and they walk out of the cubicle once?  

To me it makes him seem more human?

yep you're right.we all do it.
for him though it's just another nail in his coffin.
god i wish it was cameron who did it instead

[thedarkprince]

To me it makes him seem more human?

More human, yes but do you want a two-faced PM?  And what was with that damn creepy smile when he was trying to worm his way out of it? 

Clearly they all do it but if anyone was going to be caught doing something this stupid it was bound to Brown.

[Arriba]

you'll have an impossible job finding a pm who isn't two faced.good luck with it

[pauld]

I feel a bit sorry for Old Gordon!! I mean who hasn't done that classic thing where your in the toilets slagging someone off and they walk out of the cubicle once?  

To me it makes him seem more human?

Having seen the whole storm in a tea-cup on the news last night, I kind of thought the same thing  - once I'd listened to it properly, it seemed quite mild. I'd lay good odds there's very few politicians in this or any other country who actually wouldn't have been caught saying far worse stuff in the same circumstances "Fuck me I hate those peasants" or "Christ what a bunch of idiots, did you see how ugly that one's kids were" etc.

As arriba says, though, it'll still hurt him. If nothing else, makes him look accident prone.

Surprisingly little attention has been focused on Sky's behaviour in all this - it was their lapel mike he was still wearing and which was left on recording what was by then a private conversation. Wonder if they'd have broadcast it if they'd caught Cameron or the idiot Osborne out the same way?

[townforever]

My 2 pence worth on the "Bigot" gate affair

Why if Gordy though she was a bigot, can he not have his point of view and defend it, rather than pander to the PR machine and appologise to he for a off the cuff remark.  If he had of stood his ground and backed his comments so what, at least he's a man of his word.

and I agree with Colin Todd, lets not worry about yesterday, but how about the last 13 years of crap that he and old Tony have dealt us or should that be US

[thedarkprince]

you'll have an impossible job finding a pm who isn't two faced.good luck with it

Absolutely agree but you do tend to hope, however unrealistically, that the leader of the party that you put the cross next to does have some basic common values... as you can tell I'm going to spoil my ballot paper

[thedarkprince]

My 2 pence worth on the "Bigot" gate affair

Why if Gordy though she was a bigot, can he not have his point of view and defend it, rather than pander to the PR machine and appologise to he for a off the cuff remark.  If he had of stood his ground and backed his comments so what, at least he's a man of his word.

But he didn't stand his ground, he said he mis-heard her.  Er, no he didn't. 

If he had stood by it and defended his point then he may well have gained some support from it instead.  To be fair to him, he must meet a lot of nutjobs so comments like this are to be expected.

[Jamiesfuturewife]

[quote author=pauld link=topic=38552.msg815818#msg815818 date=1272554137

Surprisingly little attention has been focused on Sky's behaviour in all this - it was their lapel mike he was still wearing and which was left on recording what was by then a private conversation. Wonder if they'd have broadcast it if they'd caught Cameron or the idiot Osborne out the same way?
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yeah I agree Plus ref the old biddy I don't wish to see her selling her story now not if she's accepted his apology - if she didn't accept it fair enough - but don't accept it then continue going on about it!!

[Lumps]

What do you think our mate Dave might have been saying when he climbed into his car the other day after that bloke hijacked him and harangued him about schooling for his disabled kid?

Would he have been happy to have every word he said broadcast to the nation?