Gordon Brown thinks he has "Saved the World"
Discussion
(Had a search, can't find this on here yet.)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7775139.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7775139.stm
BBC News said:
It was only a slip of the tongue... The problem is, a lot of people suspect Gordon Brown might actually believe it.
When the prime minister said "we not only saved the world", when, I think, he meant to say, "we not only saved the banks", he gave David Cameron a priceless opportunity to accuse him of being more concerned with grandstanding on the global stage than dealing with the fears of small businesses and homeowners caught between a Northern Rock and a hard place.
Today's PMQs was a chance for both main parties to showcase their determination to beat the downturn. As such, there was a lot of sound and fury, signifying, well, nothing much you haven't heard already. David Cameron tried to turn Labour's taunt that the Conservatives are the "do-nothing" party on its head by accusing the government of doing nothing to tackle the real financial concerns of business and the public.
The prime minister said the Tories were a throwback to the 1980s - and would do nothing to protect ordinary people from the ravages of likely recession. Nick Clegg for the LibDems went for the government on tax credits, saying the system for administering them was confused, bureaucratic and cruel. A bit like, some might say, life in Westminster.
When the prime minister said "we not only saved the world", when, I think, he meant to say, "we not only saved the banks", he gave David Cameron a priceless opportunity to accuse him of being more concerned with grandstanding on the global stage than dealing with the fears of small businesses and homeowners caught between a Northern Rock and a hard place.
Today's PMQs was a chance for both main parties to showcase their determination to beat the downturn. As such, there was a lot of sound and fury, signifying, well, nothing much you haven't heard already. David Cameron tried to turn Labour's taunt that the Conservatives are the "do-nothing" party on its head by accusing the government of doing nothing to tackle the real financial concerns of business and the public.
The prime minister said the Tories were a throwback to the 1980s - and would do nothing to protect ordinary people from the ravages of likely recession. Nick Clegg for the LibDems went for the government on tax credits, saying the system for administering them was confused, bureaucratic and cruel. A bit like, some might say, life in Westminster.
Absolutely outstanding rant posted about this on Guido:
Stanislav said:
Jesus f
king wept. If this was almost anybody else in the human race there would be - even among those who worship here - a twinge of sympathy: foot-in-mouth, flies undone, hit thumb with hammer and so on, it's one of those.
You can see him, praying like a doomed Jock bd to his dead, mad father: Daddy, I must not say Saved the World, I must say Saved the Banks, I must not say Saved the World I must say Saved the Banks; maybe writing it on the back of his hand BANKS NOT WORLD in red ink. And then, catastrophe, a laughing stock, everybody laughing at him, that bloke Cameron, with his two eyes and his driving license and his stationary jaw, and his fingernails, laughing at him, him the cleverest boy in the Manse. Anyone who had a heart would feel sorry.
Since it's this mad fking bd, however, the response is exultation; in dulce jubilo, Oh! happy day; Christmas come early; trouble is, it'll make him madder than ever, the horrible, snot-eating, fking mutant; a miserable humourless bigoted Jock lunatic; a cocksucking, st-eating, one-eyed madman. Save the world, fk me, the man's a walking fking catastrophe, the United Nations should lock him up before he causes any more havoc and fking mayhem; God help us they're all barking - nutters like Kauffmann and Skinner and Osblow and Clegg and Oaten, the place is exploding with maniacs - but this fking clown is out on his own, somewhere at the far end of sanity's galaxy. How the fk did this happen, a lonely, criminal lunatic, mincing and pouting, jibbering, spluttering, bad-tempered, delusional, spiteful and incompetent, running the fking country ?
king wept. If this was almost anybody else in the human race there would be - even among those who worship here - a twinge of sympathy: foot-in-mouth, flies undone, hit thumb with hammer and so on, it's one of those. You can see him, praying like a doomed Jock b
d to his dead, mad father: Daddy, I must not say Saved the World, I must say Saved the Banks, I must not say Saved the World I must say Saved the Banks; maybe writing it on the back of his hand BANKS NOT WORLD in red ink. And then, catastrophe, a laughing stock, everybody laughing at him, that bloke Cameron, with his two eyes and his driving license and his stationary jaw, and his fingernails, laughing at him, him the cleverest boy in the Manse. Anyone who had a heart would feel sorry.Since it's this mad f
king bd, however, the response is exultation; in dulce jubilo, Oh! happy day; Christmas come early; trouble is, it'll make him madder than ever, the horrible, snot-eating, fking mutant; a miserable humourless bigoted Jock lunatic; a cocksucking, st-eating, one-eyed madman. Save the world, fk me, the man's a walking fking catastrophe, the United Nations should lock him up before he causes any more havoc and fking mayhem; God help us they're all barking - nutters like Kauffmann and Skinner and Osblow and Clegg and Oaten, the place is exploding with maniacs - but this fking clown is out on his own, somewhere at the far end of sanity's galaxy. How the fk did this happen, a lonely, criminal lunatic, mincing and pouting, jibbering, spluttering, bad-tempered, delusional, spiteful and incompetent, running the fking country ? 
8Ace said:
Absolutely outstanding rant posted about this on Guido:
Id give the guy 9/10 for the rant could have been more abuse IMOStanislav said:
Jesus fking wept. If this was almost anybody else in the human race there would be - even among those who worship here - a twinge of sympathy: foot-in-mouth, flies undone, hit thumb with hammer and so on, it's one of those.
You can see him, praying like a doomed Jock bd to his dead, mad father: Daddy, I must not say Saved the World, I must say Saved the Banks, I must not say Saved the World I must say Saved the Banks; maybe writing it on the back of his hand BANKS NOT WORLD in red ink. And then, catastrophe, a laughing stock, everybody laughing at him, that bloke Cameron, with his two eyes and his driving license and his stationary jaw, and his fingernails, laughing at him, him the cleverest boy in the Manse. Anyone who had a heart would feel sorry.
Since it's this mad fking bd, however, the response is exultation; in dulce jubilo, Oh! happy day; Christmas come early; trouble is, it'll make him madder than ever, the horrible, snot-eating, fking mutant; a miserable humourless bigoted Jock lunatic; a cocksucking, st-eating, one-eyed madman. Save the world, fk me, the man's a walking fking catastrophe, the United Nations should lock him up before he causes any more havoc and fking mayhem; God help us they're all barking - nutters like Kauffmann and Skinner and Osblow and Clegg and Oaten, the place is exploding with maniacs - but this fking clown is out on his own, somewhere at the far end of sanity's galaxy. How the fk did this happen, a lonely, criminal lunatic, mincing and pouting, jibbering, spluttering, bad-tempered, delusional, spiteful and incompetent, running the fking country ?
king wept. If this was almost anybody else in the human race there would be - even among those who worship here - a twinge of sympathy: foot-in-mouth, flies undone, hit thumb with hammer and so on, it's one of those. You can see him, praying like a doomed Jock b
d to his dead, mad father: Daddy, I must not say Saved the World, I must say Saved the Banks, I must not say Saved the World I must say Saved the Banks; maybe writing it on the back of his hand BANKS NOT WORLD in red ink. And then, catastrophe, a laughing stock, everybody laughing at him, that bloke Cameron, with his two eyes and his driving license and his stationary jaw, and his fingernails, laughing at him, him the cleverest boy in the Manse. Anyone who had a heart would feel sorry.Since it's this mad f
king bd, however, the response is exultation; in dulce jubilo, Oh! happy day; Christmas come early; trouble is, it'll make him madder than ever, the horrible, snot-eating, fking mutant; a miserable humourless bigoted Jock lunatic; a cocksucking, st-eating, one-eyed madman. Save the world, fk me, the man's a walking fking catastrophe, the United Nations should lock him up before he causes any more havoc and fking mayhem; God help us they're all barking - nutters like Kauffmann and Skinner and Osblow and Clegg and Oaten, the place is exploding with maniacs - but this fking clown is out on his own, somewhere at the far end of sanity's galaxy. How the fk did this happen, a lonely, criminal lunatic, mincing and pouting, jibbering, spluttering, bad-tempered, delusional, spiteful and incompetent, running the fking country ? Matt
chris watton said:
Nothing about this in the BBC six o'clock headlines at all! Am surprised - wonder where it would be placed if Cameron made the same gaffe!
A deafening silence (but they wouldn't dare take the piss out of the government...in case they have to take a walk up the hill)
turbobloke said:
Apache said:
Trouble is, a large portion of the lazy and feckless agree with him and think he is the saviour of the world......the lumbering lunatic is even gaining popularity over CMD
Give it time. It's not too masochistic to do so either, the inevitable is going to happen.Gassing Station | The Pie & Piston Archive | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff