Gordon Brown. What happened to him...

[Martin Keene]

Since he wasdriven away from Downing Street, and had to wait for somebody getting out of a cab, there appears to have been not a sight or sound from him.

There have been lots of rumours, but does anybody know what really happened?

[Bing o]

Martin Keene said:

Since he wasdriven away from Downing Street, and had to wait for somebody getting out of a cab, there appears to have been not a sight or sound from him.

There have been lots of rumours, but does anybody know what really happened?

He's dead.

[thinfourth2]

He's bonkers

[Mr E]

He's not exactly representing his constituents.

[Zod]

Look how busy he is.

[Greenie]

He's written a book on prudence, removing the normal economic cycle and saving the world from economic ruin.

In summary he's become a satirist. Expect weekly appearances on Mock the Week and Have I got News for you.

[FourWheelDrift]

"Do you want.......(chin drop breath)..............fries with that, you are of course getting....(chin drop breath)..... less fries under the coalition government than you would......(chin drop breath).......under Labour."

[whitechief]

Wibble.

[theaxe]

Here's what he's been up to as an MP. Basically nothing since April 7th.

TheyWorkForYou said:

Has voted in 3% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs.

I bet the people of Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath are pleased at the amazing level of representation he's offering them.

[The Black Flash]

theaxe said:

I bet the people of Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath are pleased at the amazing level of representation he's offering them.

Sad thing is, they probably are, and will probably vote for him again.

[nelly1]

theaxe said:

Here's what he's been up to as an MP. Basically nothing since April 7th.

TheyWorkForYou said:

Has voted in 3% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs.

I bet the people of Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath are pleased at the amazing level of representation he's offering them.

Isn't this the bloke of such high moral standing that he was going to work tirelessly to put the country back on it's feet?

Or was there an election to be had?

[G_T]

The Black Flash said:

theaxe said:

I bet the people of Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath are pleased at the amazing level of representation he's offering them.

Sad thing is, they probably are, and will probably vote for him again.

To be fair most people in Kirkcaldy lack either the inclination or cranial capacity to vote.

The lucky few that aren't inhibited in this way have to run the gauntlet of either being mowed down by some in a modified corsa or get mugged outside the church on the way to participate in the democratic process.

I wager there's just a couple of die hard labour supporters who happen to reside at the polling station.

I fking hate Kirkcaldy.

Edited by G_T on Wednesday 27th October 13:50

[FourWheelDrift]

UK Elections 2010 - 62% turnout in Kirkaldy (that's seems quite low compared to other parts of the country especially as it's the Labour Leaders seat), Brown's financial backers accounted for 64.5% of the voting.

[thatone1967]

He's still a tt then

[DieselGriff]

His local Social Services have admitted that their "Care in the Community" experiment has failed and he's back under lock and key.

[Greenie]

The Black Flash said:

theaxe said:

I bet the people of Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath are pleased at the amazing level of representation he's offering them.

Sad thing is, they probably are, and will probably vote for him again.

So course they will vote for him. They are well aware the the aircraft carriers that the previous government made impossible to cancel will keep many of them employed for years to come.

They don't care if he votes in the commons or not.

[colonel c]

Word is that he's after the top job at the IMF. However as I understand it from the papers that would need a nod of approval from the boy George. So he may be disappointed on that one, unless some horsetrading come into play.

[tvrolet]

FourWheelDrift said:

UK Elections 2010 - 62% turnout in Kirkaldy (that's seems quite low compared to other parts of the country especially as it's the Labour Leaders seat), Brown's financial backers accounted for 64.5% of the voting.

Greenie said:

The Black Flash said:

theaxe said:

I bet the people of Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath are pleased at the amazing level of representation he's offering them.

Sad thing is, they probably are, and will probably vote for him again.

So course they will vote for him. They are well aware the the aircraft carriers that the previous government made impossible to cancel will keep many of them employed for years to come.

They don't care if he votes in the commons or not.

I'll throw in my tuppence-worth on both these posts. The boundaries of GB's constituency are such that while it does include some affluent areas (and I’m one of said constituents), any right-wing vote would be swamped by the labour representation from the old mining towns and similar formerly industrial areas. To name towns – even if every soul North Queensferry, Dalgety Bay and Aberdour, for example, voted Conservative (or Lib-Deb) Labour would still get in. On that basis there is a low turnout as many folks [like me] think what’s the point? It also means folks who have no real truck with independence vote SNP (of course there is solid SNP support too) being the only possible alternative to labour. Certainly in this constituency the general feeling I encounter is if you want conservative/lib-dem representation, you’re wasting your time, so why bother voting. If you absolutely don’t want Labour representation then you vote SNP…who might just pull something off.

As to the previous government’s actions re Rosyth or indeed anything else being a motivating factor in voting Labour then I’d beg to differ. And that’s quite apart from the fact Rosyth is in the neighbouring Dunfermline and West Fife constituency, not Gordo’s Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath constituency And in any case, the carriers issue is rather less farcical and cynical than moving the nuclear refits from Rosyth (which had the pens, gear, equipment and expertise) to Devonport, which didn't, to support Conservative votes down South some years back. As I die-hard Conservative even I found that move fairly hard to take. But I digress.

The Labour vote is simply very deeply entrenched – it isn’t floating [see what I did there ], the bulk of the support would vote-in a monkey if it was wearing a red rosette – indeed they pretty much did….and will do so again. It really doesn’t matter what Labour does or did, or what the current Government does, there is a huge Labour vote there that will never reconsider or question their position. Gordo’s constituency isn’t unique in this respect, it’s just another of the always-has-been/always-will-be sure-fire Labour seats…unless someone actually changes the boundaries.

[Hedders]

theaxe said:

Here's what he's been up to as an MP. Basically nothing since April 7th.

"272 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks "

Out of that 272, i wonder how many actually support him? Lets be generous and say 50%.

Pretty revealing numbers!

[s3fella]

I heard he won "Britain's Daftest " award.