Bust Gordon Will Be Politely Ignored at G20
Gordon keeps on mumbling about the need for an “international early warning” system, some might say that the IMF already does that job. After all it gave at least half-a-dozen warnings about Britain’s over-indebtedness in the years proceeding Brown’s bubble bursting.
This morning the IMF is warning that the UK will be the last major economy out of recession. Gordon thinks he can use the G20 Summit to show his leadership, Guido suspects many world leaders will be grateful that they are not in his situation. Americans commentators talk about the UK’s currency collapse and debt crisis. The Europeans are dismissive of his VAT cut, Asians bored by his talk of global regulation - which seems laughable in the wake of the collapse of the British banking sector. The White House wants to sort Wall Street out themselves and the American voters won’t be interested in Gordon’s grandiose schemes.
The truth is that Gordon has presided over the biggest bust of any major economy. The IMF says Britain will probably be last out of recession. Gordon has no credibility as a prudent finance minister. The G20 leaders will politely listen to his ramblings in the way that you listen to the views of a slightly demented uncle who invites you over for lunch. They know he is finished and they probably won’t have to listen to him again.
UPDATE : Former Blairite Downing Street spinner turned lobbyist Darren Murphy is dismissive of the relevance of the G20. Reading between the lines, he is dismissive of Brown altogether. Expect more of this kind of thing from Labour figures.
Bloody hope you’re right.
Why the fuck cant some of our own mad mullahs organise a spot of suicide bombing to get this bufffoon
Don’t worry. All the BBC will be showing is the official photo with Gordon front and centre. Even the weather looks good for the weekend so they might even risk the snipers and go outside for the snap.
Then they’ll come out with some joint statement that will allow Brown top claim that everybody agrees with him about the way forward and that it was all his idea and that’s why they came to the UK. Not because it’s our turn. No sir. Because I, Gordon Brown saviour of the world, summoned them to eat at my feet.
He really is a Girl’s Front Bottom. (GFB)
Gordon Brown, camel hoof
Camel toe to boot.
Isn’t that tautological?
However, after reflecting on nu labour’s diversity policy, I have to admit I was wrong. Some girls do not have front bottoms apparently.
But who will save the world now?
More bollox from McMental Street…Lend money you banks…oy only thee times salary..but it wont buy any houses…ah but we got a headline..shit we need housing taxes…but you told us not to lend money…here’s some tax payers funds to lend out…but you told us to recapitalise…here’s some Quantitative easing…thanks but we sent the money to the customers who held the bonds in Baluchistan…why aren’t you lending any money out you swine…cos you keep doing things to stop us!
Until there is a General Election, we are all (in the words of the Guardian) “On the edge of an Abyss, roped to this Suicidal Mountain Climber”………
I like Gordon he has a nice personality. I’m going to get him to record a version of Unchained Melody.
Shouldn’t that be Unhinged Melody?
Correct Guido – the IMF issued several (increasingly serious) warnings in the run-up to this shambles, all of which were dismissed out of hand by McBust and his incompetent chums (Blinky to name but one). But he always knows best and will doubtless spend endless hours telling the other members. He is just an enormous embarrassment to this country, and the sooner we are rid of him the better. Parading himself on the world stage does not make attractive viewing – whenever his face appears on my screen it’s a race to find something to throw at it.
(Why am I getting a caption up stating that I am posting comments too quickly? First one today – what’s that all about then?)
I’ve been getting those warning captions
(and my typing is s**t slow)
I’m fed up with them something needs to be done as the hit count will suffer reallllll bad as I and probably others finally GAVE UP!!!!!
We here all ignore the Prime Mentalist – why should the G20 bunch be any different?
window to lick, shurely?
The curse of Gordon strikes again….
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/mar/17/nokia-mobiles-telecoms-recession
The McMentalist may have to bulk buy his favourite ammunition lest the company goes under.
I see the BBC are playing down the 2 million unemployed. No doubt the BBC will keep pointing out that it’s not as bad as it was under the bastard Tories.
Expect John Pinhead (Radio 5) and Prick Robinson to spin for Liebour all day.
They always do this.
Well on the BBC news last night there was a short piece about the increase followed by a much longer report about GLOBAL unemployment with reports from America, Spain and Dehli.
Of course the majority of viewers especially those that have joined the 2 million plus recently are thinking ‘who gives a fuck about Dehli’ but the BBC stopped representing their audience ( i.e. the ones that pay to keep them in existence ) to pursue their own agenda a long time ago.
When the Tories get in the Beeb are fucked.
I’m investing in wheelbarrows.
It will crack soon, despite the mates at the Beeb. A huge paradigm of all things ZNL and McBroon is due to lope over the horizon today when the FSA present new banking/lending curbs. No going back to 2007 now, whatever the Great Leader says. More cash reserves for banks and mortgages capped at 3 times income will not I suspect mean more liquidity out there in the branches. The greater population who do not rely on the Beeb are preparing for the worst eg House Price Crash and people will start to realise that the last ten years of feelgood was just that; we are clearly back in 1997 on a number of levels, nice try shame about the trillions it cost. Party over and hangover time for the many. I am sure some will bid their hosts a hearty farewell and may return sometime in the future but meanwhile the house is trashed, mum and dad are nearly back and the cleaners need to be called.
I’m investing in a rope factory.
Forget the rope; drip what you can weekly/monthly into a FTSE250 tracker fund with income reinvested for a couple of years. Preferably via a fee-based broker and a cheap pension wrapper; forget anything complex and remember you can’t afford to do anything but buy British because sterling is fooked for years. But stock the larder with tinned stuff too just in case…
I second that too, and make it dried food, don’t expect the Leccy to remain on, these One worlders are going to bring us to our knees and usher in their Police state New world Order, forget elections, think False flag terror and the civil contingencies.
Our only hope is that General Dannat is keeping notes.
Ex Italian PM Francessco Cosigga recently said, western intel agencies ALL KNOW that 9-11 was an Inside Job.
The Japanes parliament called the official verdict on 9-11 a ‘fairy story’ in Jan 2008 on Live TV in their Parliamemt address.
wonder why this wasn’t aired on the BBC.
We are in SERIOUS Trouble nd if you think we can get out of it by Blogging and nodding in aggreenent at a computer screen, think again.
Well, he’s definitely a leader, though unfortunately for the country rather more in the cult-tastic Jim Jones mould as opposed to some sort of latter-day Napoleon.
I just hope one of the G20 leaders has the spine to say publicly and to Browns face “Given the utter balls up you have made of your own country, why should any of us listen to a singel word you have to say?”.
But they won’t, they are all spineless.
The BBC are interviewing an “ecologist” on the unemployment figures.
Loving it.
They should interview my arse – It’s got a lot to say for itself.
You sure it’s not a proctologist ?
Brown is desperate to undermine the IMF’s credibility – he knows the repeated IMF warnings are now common knowledge. If he can do so by introducing a new ‘global’ ‘early warning’ ‘system’ then that’s exactly what he’ll do. Victory from the jaws of defeat, eh?
Dear God, yes. I’d forgotten that their first priority is to utterly destroy people or organisations which criticise them. I can’t honestly see the other leaders going for it unless they, too, need to be able to blame somebody other than themselves. Oh, right. We really are fucked then.
You have to remember not to think English.
Think Scottish which is what he is and is only.
Think moated-in Scotch socialist and then the problem gets clearer.
Ever talked with one?
Arguing with Hitler would be easier.
Isn’t that just what the IMF is? an early warning system [or is it some similar organisation that has been telling Brown that the UK economy was heading for a fall for years]. What’s the use of warnings if the guy in charge chooses not to listen? It is obvious to any openly minded person that Brown cannot be told anything.
I’m also posting too quickly, apparently. This is a first for me, being related to a tortoise. Try as I might I cannot click any slower.
I agree, Sir Reginald, that is exactly what the IMF is. It is precisely because the IMF warned Gordon that he has to destroy it. Sad.
Oh dear. If McBroon is undermining the IMF’s credibiity, it can only be because he expects its imminent arrival in Downing Street, which will only make him look bad. Getting your retaliation in first has always been a nu labour tactic of choice. (In fact they taught it the Great Unwashed which votes for them).
These are the IMF warnings which GORDON IGNORED!!!!
1) Dec 2003 IMF gives Brown borrowing warning
2) Sep 2005 IMF report warning over £1 trillion mountain of debt
3) Sep 2005 Brown besieged over growth and borrowing plans
4) Dec 2005 IMF fires new warning over Britain’s finances
5) Sep 2006 IMF warns over possible UK property crash
6) Oct 2007 IMF report UK house market is ‘heading for crash’
7) Apr 2008 IMF: UK vulnerable to US-style housing slump
This October 2008, the IMF said that the UK was worst placed of all the major economies to weather the coming recession
In March 2009 the IMF stated the UK is the WORESE PLACE OF ALL INDUSTRIAL NATIONS AND WILL BE LAST OUT OF RECESSION
Please print this everywhere you can so people know and the Beeb do not get a monopoly.
Will they listen politely?
Merkel and Sarkozy have been outspoken regarding Gordon’s obvious ineptitude (although Number 10 have twisted their arms afterwards to limit damage to Brown).
Now if Saint Obama were to criticise Gordon in any way, even the BBC would make that headline news. That would sink Brown and ZNL with no hope of a third bounce.
Obama – can you save us? Yes you can…. do the decent thing – please point out the insanity of Brown.
In other news unemployment is over 2 million for the first time since 1997. So, after 12 years of power, taxes are now higher than 1997, unemployment is now higher, our houses decreased in value by 20% last year. Repossessions are soaring. Not including bank bailouts etc we’ve more than doubled national debt and our deficit this year and for the next two or three years is reckoned to be on-target at 10% of GDP?
What was that song?
‘Thiiiiiiiings can only get bettttteeeeer’?
Well that was a lie.
It’s just over a month until Gordon will have been in office for 666 days. A one-eyed man who is addicted to his own vanity and greed having been in office for 666 days – help…..the anti-christ may be here. The bible description of the revelation meets his description as a one-eyed sinful beast – is the 666 days auspicious, I wonder ?
JL, there have been two other versions of Revelations found which variously state the number of the Beast as 615 and 665.
Both God and Gordon appear quite capable of getting the numbers wrong.
Shit!!
Travelling at the moment and in a hotel so just had to check the room number. I’m ok at least the number is 1713 phew… that was a close one.
Let’s be fair, vlad, they managed to avoid doing TOO much damage (to the economy at least) whilst bliar was in charge.
I’m uncomfortable with this. Sure, for the first few yrs, while they followed Ken Clarke’s policies, things went well.
Since then, they’ve been spending like loonies (much of it concealed via PFI), accepting impossible liabilities (public sector pensions) and flogging the family silver (ie gold).
Agreed, none of it was visible to (most of) the commentariat, so we all thought things were OK. They weren’t – trouble was being stacked up with the results we see now, and shall see for a generation.
RKPT
I have long been convined that the boosting of the public sector was for one reason to gerrymander Labour voters
1) Reliant on Labour for their job
2) Reliant on labour to keep them on dole
etc etec
what really is the point?
OUCH! the link in your update says it all…
The first paragraph lists various major summits – many of the leaders involved are mentioned, however it is interesting to note that even though the belfast/good friday meeting is mentioned – no actual mention of blairs name… because is isn’t needed, everyone knows…
Can you imagine browns name not being mentioned on every possible occasion for any possible reason?
No of course not – brown is a nothing who needs every mention possible to boost what little self-esteem he may have left…
Hmm. Investment choices…
Gold or shotgun?
Second try, Neil.
A shotgun will be of more use in the nightmare fast bearing down on us, but shotgun certificate holders are likely to find them being revoked and their guns confiscated when things get really nasty. Unless of course you’re super rich or an intimate friend of the regime? I don’t know of course, but like me I imagine you wouldn’t qualify on either count.
Murphy’s other blogpost Labour’s not dead just sleep-walking makes it pretty clear what he thinks of Brown.
Political assassination is beginning to look like a reasonable option if this numpty doesn’t fuck off back to Kirkcaldy soon.
OT, but isn’t the Jaqui Smith investigation dragging on a bit?
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Sorry this is O/T – but has anyone else found themselves almost speechless over the shambolic Stafford hospitals debacle? When Shipman killed several hundred of his patients he got life. When the hospital did the same thing the two lunatics at the top were allowed to resign and just walk away. For all I know they could still be in senior positions in the NHS, on the basis that failed staff seem to be simply recycled in this organisation.
What the hell is going on? An estimated 400 deaths and no one has been fired?? No one charged?? Didn’t these bastards ever walk round their wretched hospital to see the utter shambles they had created? Didn’t they ever listen to anyone who complained about the shortage of staff and the shit state of the place? If not, why not? Corporate manslaughter, surely?
Bad news Hugh – the surprise is it only took one woman 14 months to get a group successfully pushing for a report. I’ve know of groups in North Staffs (different Trust) who have been scrapping for the past 10 years and consistently told to eff off, they are imagining it. The main tactic is to outlive the complainants and in the meantime to imply they are mad and dangerous. At least one in a trust in the south east dealt with it by securing an injunction against the complainants rather than a proper independent inquiry.
Excellent – a fine example of transparency. I would not expect anything less. When the lunatic running our local ‘trust’ (and what a misnomer that word is!) was permitted to resign with a substantial – but reduced – pay-off following a disgustingly dirty hospital and several deaths from hospital-acquired infections her response, naturally, was to sue for more.
Utterly depressing, isn’t it?
Ah I remember ‘Crown Immunity’, those were the days.
None of this would have even seen the light of day.
Waiting lists would have been years long.
Oh well!
“Labour still have some way to go before they get the knack of this online stuff” says Guido.
… cast out first the beam in thy own eye, and then shalt thou see to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.
I can’t post any slower … honest.
Too true! My first post in weeks an hour ago was rejected and lost because I was “posting too fast”. Is there a version of the parliamentary press lobby operating here?
problems here as well?
whats happening with Jackboot, but whats happened about slimey Vaz, will he be first to stand up and ask a “nice” question
JL says:
March 18, 2009 at 10:29 am
It’s just over a month until Gordon will have been in office for 666 days. A one-eyed man who is addicted to his own vanity and greed having been in office for 666 days – help…..the anti-christ may be here. The bible description of the revelation meets his description as a one-eyed sinful beast – is the 666 days auspicious, I wonder ?
Nah! He’s just a twat! why do you think i poked his eye out?
This is the real reason for the shortage of ocular equipment – someone stole Gordon’s cork.
McDebt is increasingly rumbled: there are only a few ZaNu tribalists left who claim it wasn’t McBust’s fault. Of course, after blaming ‘America’ and the ‘global’ downturn, and getting nowhere, McDebt is now blaming ‘capitalism’, the knee-jerk Marxist response of his youth.
The problem remains for him: he was in charge of the system for a decade.
(Guido: I am getting ‘You are posting comments too quickly. Slow down.’ most of the time. What is going on?)
Apart from deregulate the mortgage market, save, save, save and a credit guarantee scheme so that firms can borrow, borrow, borrow, what plans do the Conservative Party offer to mitigate the effects of the crisis, which isn’t happening anywhere else and that has nothing to do with toxic financial instruments sprinkled with US mortgages that have clogged the globalised financial markets?
Melita 44
For 10 years McBust boasted about his ‘prudent’ and exemplary economic management, finger wagging at the opposition and even other countries. Yet now he won’t accept responsibility for the financial crisis on his watch.
It is merely a diversion to ask: ‘what would the Tories do?’ because it is ZaNu Labour that have wrecked our economy in 12 years in power. ZaNu and McDebt are still in power, not the Tories.
Until McBoomandBust admits his failures, no progress can be made.
There has never been a single sussessful socialist government in this country EVER. They have always left the country broke, the population unemployed, the pound in our pockets an affront to the cut of our clothes, and each time they have milked the system dry.
People who support Labour are too stupid to be given the vote.
What have this bunch achieved in ten years. Bankrupted the country, emasculated the Bank of England, sold our gold reserves for peanuts, killed hundreds of thousands in illegal wars, forced the Taliban out of their caves into a position where they virtually control a nuclear state that really can deliver a weapon of mass destruction, murdered at least one scientist, destroyed a generation’s pensions, obliterated the housing market which constituted the private wealth of the country and feathered their own nests to an obscene level never seen in any other western democracy.
Yes, yes there is no financial crisis it’s a BBC myth.
All the G20 members will actors.
AIG is not being supported by the US government, it’s not happening
All the problems are to do with having the audacity to give teachers a living wage and rebuilding crumbling schools, what a scandal
So that’s ‘Do nothing’
No fiscal stimulus
No help for the unemployed
Just I’m all right, so good luck you proles
Thank you
Listen to McNumpty on 5 live.
“Why are you closing job centres?”
“When will the training actually be available”
“Why can’t people stay on job seekers longer than 6 months”
“Why are you announcing policies and help that never reaches anyone”
He can’t really answer any of it. Just keeps waffling to keep the phone-ins away.
Even Victoria Derbyshire is giving him a pummel.
Just another morning, as usual, with things going crazy everywhere, phones ringing, can only answer one at a time, interuptions, the usual poor customer service, people not registering things properly, things not legally sauced, no fucking tea break, more phone calls, no one answering, mobiles flying around the office, bad tempered underlings, what the fuck am I doing here….ah, I know, getting ready for PMQs….don’t ya just love it!!!
AND I’M NOT POSTING TOO QUICKLY FOR THE THIRD/ FOURTH /FIFTH/SIXTH/ NINTH TIME HUH????? – I HAVEN’T POSTED AT ALL YET AND MAY NEVER AGAIN AFTER THIS FIASCO – CAN’T GET THE BLOODY STAFF – Here catch this Nokia ….. Bugger it, I’ve gotta go……
WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON WITH THIS SHIT
YOU ARE POSTING TO QUICKLY
FUCK RIGHT OFF HOON (Huhne)
THAT SHOULD BE DOUBLE HOON WHEN YOU READ IT
POSTED IN CAPITALS AS I TRIED EVERYTHING ELSE
AND NO ONE WILL SEE THIS AS ITS IN THE MIDDLE OF A PILE OF OTHER POSTS THAT EVERONE WONT RE -READ
FFS
TNUC
The problem with this “Nutter on the Bus”, is that he has managed to destroy this country. I use the word “Destroy”; as when you look at policies, effects dept, prospects, etc, the future looks very bleak indeed.
I read an alarming article in the Spectator. The newly nationalised banks are now subjecting their clients to political vetting!
Among the standard questions now being asked by RBS is, ‘Do you have any political affiliations? Do you know any MPs, councillors or mayors?’
Their explanation for asking these questions was that ‘political influences may be used for corrupt purposes’
If you do not answer the questions or if you happen not to be a supporter of Labour Party, would this affect your chances of obtaining credit? What do you think?
Like the German high command they were always weeks behind the dispatches
is any one reading this? doubt it
@Ron vibentrop – I can only suggest my usual solution to this type of problem – when dealing with any form of wouldbe authority – lie your socks off – give the Huhnes the answer they want & then swan off & do the opposite.
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… and while policy makers debate economics, the financial crisis is fast becoming a human crisis with a global food crisis affecting nearly 1 billion: http://bit.ly/zxKDc
Oh well look on the bright side, there will be less of them to feed and to kill each other next year unless that is they all decide to come here and demand the aid directly like a lot of them have.
Always been a fan of Brian Wilson. Phut Sounds, Gordon Vibrations, SLiME, Breakawind, Dunce Dunce Dunce. The music of a failed Labour Party.
“Bust Gordon Will Be Politely Ignored at G20″
Will someone please get a megaphone a shout this at BBC Centre, as they just don’t seem to get it.
What the bastard ought to do, since he is an historian, is see what other countries did when in dire recession or with mega inflation. Perhaps Germany in the late 1920′s early 30′s might be a model? If he doesn’t get a grip soon a certain party might mimic those times by presenting an action plan rather than just words. Bloody damn pols are too fond of words rather than doing something.