Posts Tagged ‘Gordon Brown’

How about letting the dust settle?

How about letting the dust settle?

Following yesterday’s demolition of Gordon Brown here on WalesHome, another editor provides a defence of his premiership – and a damning indictment of how we remember our immediate past

A man whose reputation will not improve

A man whose reputation will not improve

The publication of Alistair Darling’s memoirs speaks volumes about not just where Gordon Brown took the Labour Party, but also the identity problems that still face it

‘The alternative to a reforming government is a regressive government’

‘The alternative to a reforming government is a regressive government’

The extraordinary events of yesterday afternoon may lay the basis for real, lasting and sustainable change in the way that politics is done in the UK – let the progressives seize the opportunity

Blogs on Brown

Blogs on Brown

HANDS up all of you who thought Gordo’s resignation at the end of the day was an attempt to keep calm a FTSE that spent all day being calmed by the promise of Euro billions to our Greek partners? I thought so, but my watch must have been fast or something. Guido Fawkes, ever quick [...]

The nasty party lost this election

The nasty party lost this election

Nobody won, but in an election where Labour should have been shown the door, the Conservatives’ pathological loathing for Gordon Brown cost them dear

There must be a price for failure

There must be a price for failure

NORMALLY at least one party leader resigns after a poor election result. Since pretty much everyone lost on Thursday, it’s quite surprising that no heads have yet rolled and there have been so few attempts at regicide from those who have won or lost. Of course David Cameron has no need to go anywhere and [...]

Forget The West Wing: it’s Radio Time in Britain

Forget The West Wing: it’s Radio Time in Britain

The leaders’ debates were bad democracy and worse television. But is it the shows or the scripts that need changing?

The men in front are more than just the front men

The men in front are more than just the front men

We love the idea that our politicians are pre-packaged front men, good only for repeating the sound bites fed them by shadowy spin doctors. Events like tonight’s live TV debate give this the lie.

The phoney war ends and battle commences

The phoney war ends and battle commences

This week the phoney war ended and the election campaign proper finally kicked off. In the first of four reviews by Assembly Members, Alun Davies gives us his frank analysis of how it’s all gone

A twist in the dragon’s tail

A twist in the dragon’s tail

Welsh Labour is fighting back after a strong conference – and their targets include Plaid Cymru seats as well as those of the Conservatives

Left reeling

Left reeling

IT MUST be hard to be a journalist and try to remain fully impartial at times. No matter how much painstaking care the BBC and others take to get the details of allegations concerning Gordon Brown’s ill-temper right, they cannot help but to shorten it to “Brown Bullying row” during news summaries. For Labour’s people, [...]

Alternative Vote is no alternative

Alternative Vote is no alternative

Last week was the story of two referendums, not one. So what would changing Westminster’s electoral system mean for Wales?