Poll: Is Gordon Brown better or worse than Tony Blair?

[Overlord_Dave]

The Yes/No answer of this poll makes it really confusing... yes he is better, or yes he is worse???

Anyway, think he's worse, because despite his decision about the Iraq war he was actually a pretty damn fine Prime Minister.

 

[Steelfists]

He's sure as hell better than David Cameron.

 

[iain62a]

A blind monkey could run the country better then those two.

David Blunckett then?

bad-dum-tish

Acthe eyebrow guy, whatever his name is.

Alistair Darling.

Also: Fuck you, space-time continuum.

 

[Sindre1]

What is yes and what is no? :S

 

[Shoto Koto]

Well I would say he probably is worse because he might be a great politician and I'm sure he probably is, but he's had the worst luck with his timing. Tony Blair definately got out at the right time, crafty little bastard.

 

[EMFCRACKSHOT]

Tony Blair was far better than Brown. Blair could command the loyalty of his party and had some new ideas. not many though as new labour was an extention of Thatcherism. Blair was a Labour thatcherite. For that reason alone he is better than Brown

Also, i have heard rumors of a vote of no confidence next wednesday

 

[Spirit_Of_Fire]

Definetley worse, but your poll sucks, it isn't a yes or no question.

 

[Captain Pancake]

Actually, looking back, tony blair was an okay PM. the only blemish on his record was jumping on the Iraq band-wagon. but then again, gordon brown seems to be sorting shit out with this mp's expenses, reducing the costs and (finally) getting rid of the eyebrow guy, whatever his name is.

 

[Nickolai77]

Brown's unlucky. He hasn't got the image for a prime minister, nor the control over the party that Blair had- he lacks charisma. Further more, he came to power just before an economic crisis- Tony Blair government was able to enjoy the high tide of economic growth and Blair bailed out before the economy stalled, and plummeted. During the crisis Brown did his best (economic stimulus+G12 conference)- whats for sure the economic stimulus did not work. I think he should resign as PM, with the expenses scandal and the economic crisis- Labour will be doomed to defeat next year unless something radical happens.

Another problem is that when Labour are defeated and Cameron come into power- it will merely be a continuation of what Blair (and Cameron oddly looks like him to) has been doing- Tony Blair MK2's (Cameron's) only policy is to disagree with whatever comes out of Browns mouth.

 

[kaziard]

Where is the option for "They both suck and our government has gone completely to hell."?

Seriously though, I really don't pay attention to politics. All I knows is that fuel is too expensive and there aren't enough jobs. So, whoever is responsible for that is the worst one.

Kind of this.

That said, it pisses me off we didn't actually elect him.

Yes you did. Despite the way people talk about general elections, you vote in the party you want to run the country, not the PM. The party is completely at liberty to choose who they want as thier leader. I find it curious that people get worked up about the PM and not Cabinet (Who they don't get to choose either)

Ah, true. But when you vote for a party, you are given the name of the person who will be the PM if they do get voted into power. Therefore, some could argue that if they had been told straight up that Gordon Brown, not Tony Blair was running, they would've voted differently.

Also, the question of this thread is "Is Gordon Brown better or worse than Tony Blair?" and the two possible answers are yes and no. It doesn't make sense.

then that isnt really the party's fault, you shouldnt be swayed by the leader of the party, its the policies you need to look at more, this is why i dislike how the americans call theirs a "presidential" election when you are voting for the party, not the future president. We call it a heneral election because it is just that.

 

[Duskwaith]

Well he isnt great but honestly there really isnt anyone better who can replace him.

Cameroon is all talk talk then when he looks into the shitty mess that is the government and economy he'll crumble.

Id be doing a "Roosevelt" get all the banks togeater, shut down the broken crap ones, amalgamate the weak ones, boost the strong ones and get some blood back into the economy. We keeping pumping billions into banks with more holes the bonnie and clyde and they just keep failing or doing crap all.

 

[Nickolai77]

Well he isnt great but honestly there really isnt anyone better who can replace him.

Cameroon is all talk talk then when he looks into the shitty mess that is the government and economy he'll crumble.

Id be doing a "Roosevelt" get all the banks togeater, shut down the broken crap ones, amalgamate the weak ones, boost the strong ones and get some blood back into the economy. We keeping pumping billions into banks with more holes the bonnie and clyde and they just keep failing or doing crap all.

^Quoted for the Truth I completely agree.

 

[Spanner207]

his problem is that when he came into power, he just took over without any sort of election or clear confidence from other members of the party. He then almost called a general election later, but then called it off probably knowing that he would loose. He got in without being elected and most British PM's int hat position in the past would have held an election, but not doing so has made him very unpopular.

 

[Rolling Thunder]

I've lived in South Africa for three years, and I'm still entirely unsure as to why Gordon Brown seems to be so pathologically hated. I mean, the likes of Clarkson and the Telegraph have been after his blood from day one, but I've not seen any real reason why people in general have listened to them. If someone could explain to me why Brown is somehow this reincarnation of Lucifer that everybody thinks he is, then I'd much appreciate it.

All I can see is the ID cards thing...which he quietly killed by refusing to back it.

There's the selling of gold reserves....which is really not a big deal. Gold isn't as important a commodity these days as people think it is. We all go 'Ooooh, gold', but when the chips are down it's nothing more than a luxury good. The strength of currencies and economies are determined by just that - the strength of currencies and economies. Not how much of a particular metal we have.

Unelected...well, we dealt with that. The people chose Labour, and it was a good bet that Brown would be PM.

No charisma'ta - well hell, that's just low. If we, as a nation, judge our leaders by appearance and image, then we are damned, damned and thrice damned to an eternity of liars, scumbags, expense-fiddlers, public-goods sellers, perverts, misanthropes and bastards. Yes, the media hate him - because he dosen't sell papers, his wife dosen't put her foot in her mouth, and he dosen't leave a trail of effusive slime everywhere he walks.


MP's expenses - firstly, I must point out that the Tories are just as guilty as Labour. Secondly, I must point out that in the 1980s Thatcher sold off a great deal of government assets to buy votes (council housing) including hospitals given to the NHS in trust (to her husband's gold buddies) and very little was said or done about it.

In all honesty, I'm a tad confused as to this 'He's a crap PM' malarky.