Gordon Brown Boo-Boo

[JerryBaumchen 1,468]

Hi all of you UK types,

NOTE: Hoping to keep this out of SC.

So what is the general 'talk' over there about this latest open mike fiasco?

JerryBaumchen

[BillyVance 35]

He called some woman a bigot.

"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban

[shropshire 0]

You'll find it hard to keep Politics out of the SC - so good luck with that

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Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

[Zep 0]

Brown opens his mouth labour loses a vote.
I just hope he keeps up the good work

Gone fishing

[Andy9o8 2]

Forgive me if you already know this, but it's being discussed in SC here:
http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=3851321;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC;forum_view=forum_view_collapsed;;page=unread#unread

[JerryBaumchen 1,468]

Hi Andy,

No forgiveness req'd.

I stay out of SC although I did click on your link.

SC is just too vile for me,

JerryBaumchen

PS) I was hoping to have some discussion without the 'SC-type' of discussion.

[skyrider 0]

So the guy is guilty of having an Opinion? not sure I see the outrage!

[MikeJD 0]

We actually quite like it when our politicians drop their guard. It humanises them.

Witness the similar John Major gaffe from the early 90s when he was overheard calling cabinet colleagues 'bastards' and saying he would crucify them. That instantly turned his image from this notoriously grey, limp character to someone who actually had a bit of passion.

At the end of the day, politicians are human beings and things like this are just little chinks in the armour of spin. I doubt Brown is much more outspoken than Clegg or Cameron in private - he just happens to have been caught out. It should remind us that it's all about image management, regardless of the party.

[NickDG 23]

Politics aside for the next few years when you look up "campaign gaffes" in politics 101 there will be this photograph . . .

NickD