Brown VETOED for IMF job

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Brown refuses to even recognise the economic catastrophe he inflicted on this country by claiming to have abolished boom and bust, and running structural deficits during times of plenty, well before the credit crunch. He totally screwed up the tripartite regulation system - and of course, sold off our gold at the bottom of the market.

I am sure it didn't take much for Cameron to veto Brown, but I am glad that he has, for once, ditched the "consensus" approach which is hobbling him so badly. If only he could be so decisive against EU bailouts, ECHR judgements, and against the benefit-scrounging immigrants Labour imported!

Anyway, maybe Gormless Gord can now, you know, actually represent his constituents in Parliament? He has turned up about twice since he was given that stupendous thrashing by the great British public in May.

Cameron is making a strategic mistake by not demonising Brown, day after day after day.

People should curse his name in 50 years time. They should never be allowed to forget that Labour always brings Britain to the brink of bankruptcy.

David Cameron needs to lose his ridiculous sense of noblesse oblige, and get stuck into the fray.

I don't get the sense that Cameron utterly despises Labour, the way Osborne does, or the way Thatcher did - and he really should, after what they have done. Labour need to be reviled, to be hated, their name mud.

I do think people who've been elected to parliament, and who claim to know stuff which could help the country , should take the trouble to show up for debates and votes. Not absent themselves while writing books and pursuing other money-making schemes.

It was the Banks not Brown who screwed up, The mistake Brown made was not to keep a big boot on the necks of the financiers.

Osbourn stated that a the Banks needed even less regulation, then again Osbourne thought Ireland was a great financial example so what the hell does he know, sweet FA as he continoues to prove.

Brown's mistake was in running a 3.1% deficit which exceeded the 3% limit imposed by the EU Growth and Stability Pact; the second largest in the G7 and the fourth highest of those countries the OECD collects data for (at a time of growth when several countries such as Australia were running surpluses); there is a reason the IMF said that our recession would be longer and deeper than most.

Regarding Osborne's admiration for the Irish economy, are you referring to the interview linked to on another thread where Osborne talked about the importance of high quality education, world class research and development and taxes that attract business?

Yeah, blame the banks. It's not like they're intrinsic to capitalism or anything.

I must have missed the trouncing of Brown by the voting public. Remind me of the general election results again?

I can see why Brown doesn't show up to Parliament. You could say the same about the cabinet ministers - they don't go to Parliament to represent their constituencies, they only go for government business. In fact (and I digress), I'm not sure such persons should be local MPs.