December 31st, 2009

Quote of the Decade

Gordon Brown said

“What you as the City of London, have done for financial services, we as a government intend to do for the economy as a whole.”

Mansion House speech, June 2002


9 Comments

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    Terrible But True says:

    Never have so few done so much to so many.

    And it only took a decade.

  3. 3
    Andrew Efiong says:

    I don’t know my medieval history. But has there ever been a worse Chancellor?

    Brown surely makes the elderly nostalgic for Dennis Healey.

  4. 4
    ThousandsOfMilesAway says:

    Awesome.

    It would appear he is kept his word for once…

  5. 5
    David B says:

    At least he kept his word

  6. 6
    Down with Brown! says:

    “And we will never return to the old boom and bust.”

    Gordon Brown, Budget Statement, 21 March 2007

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    Down with Brown! says:

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    oldrightie says:

    Well, very prescient wasn’t he!



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DisgustedOfMitcham2 says:

Maybe if they really wanted to “decontaminate the Labour brand” with business people, they shouldn’t have totally buggered up the economy?

Just a thought.


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