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This is a link post Gordon Brown nails his own coffin...

(I helped save b3ta! zacherynuk @echo off, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 12:46, Reply)
This is a normal post Hmmm...
It'd be interesting to hear what the woman said to him. He might have been right.
 (I helped save b3ta! Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 12:51, Reply)
This is a normal post True enough
But it was fun to see him sweating in the press conference afterwards, apologising.

Even if he was correct, I think he’s left it rather late in the day to start telling the truth and talking openly!
 (I helped save b3ta! zacherynuk @echo off, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 12:53, Reply)
This is a normal post It'd restore a lot of my faith in politics
if, just sometimes, MPs would have the balls to say to voters that they're simply wrong on something - and if that upsets them, tough.
 (I helped save b3ta! Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 12:59, Reply)
This is a normal post This
I'd rather a leader has the balls to say that a woman is bigoted rather than just think it.
 (Himjim died a little more inside on, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 13:04, Reply)
This is a normal post to her face yes
But he didn't, he said it 'in private' whilst in a huff.
Worst of all he retracted the statement when asked if that's what he really thought.
 (I helped save b3ta! zacherynuk @echo off, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 13:06, Reply)
This is a normal post But why should the fact that he didn't say it to her face make a difference?
He was talking about his conversation with her to a third party. He recounted it in slightly colourful tones. So what?
 (I helped save b3ta! Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 13:14, Reply)
This is a normal post I think a sense of perspective is called for here.
The media (Edit: Sorry, Skypert Murdoch & Sun) is foaming at the mouth making it out to be some horrific incident. It's hardly on the scale of punching her in the face like Precsott did to a voter during an election.
 (I helped save b3ta! Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 15:27, Reply)
This is a normal post I'd guess that he didn't say it to her face because it would have been rude.
He said it off the record, to a colleague. You know, like how normal people do.
 (Jimbotfu Bummed in the gob again, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 13:32, Reply)
This is a normal post It's all Nick Clegg's fault.

(I helped save b3ta! theoriginalsteve <this space intentionally left blank>, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 12:54, Reply)
This is a normal post Haha
this just makes me like him more, we've all had these mumbled conversations after meeting a pillock.
 (I helped save b3ta! Fishcat Difficult difficult lemon difficult., Wed 28 Apr 2010, 13:04, Reply)
This is a normal post Quite
I want a politician with opinions not the blank, grey, mustn't say anything bad about anything, must placate the whiney lefties, type they all are.

I want to see them acting slightly human.
 (Baj does Minecraft - http://www.youtube.com/w92baj, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 14:27, Reply)
This is a normal post
quick, let's all side with the bigot!
 (UTB, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 13:05, Reply)
This is a normal post ^ this
GB was probably right
 (I helped save b3ta! Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Wed 28 Apr 2010, 13:09, Reply)
This is a normal post he nailed his own coffin
by doing nothing about the dog with the injured nose in salisbury if you ask me.
 (I helped save b3ta! awsm! namaste bitches, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 13:07, Reply)
This is a normal post Also, he failed to stop that volcano erupting
and did nothing about the wind direction.
 (I helped save b3ta! Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 13:12, Reply)
This is a normal post Have there been any updates on that puppy?
TODAY IN BROWNS BROKEN BRITAIN: PUPPY HURTS NOSE A BIT.
 (Spleep Shit, or get off the internet., Wed 28 Apr 2010, 13:13, Reply)
This is a normal post She is such a joy
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/8649174.stm
And the media prove once again they are making the news, not reporting it. I still don't like Brown, but this is a non story.
 (I helped save b3ta! TheSundaeLunch I'm a fucking shrub, alright?, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 13:12, Reply)
This is a normal post THIS
Hard.
 (I helped save b3ta! Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 13:19, Reply)
This is a normal post Has Charlie Brooker
taught us nothing?
 (I helped save b3ta! Sn0tters 🇯🇴🇧🇧🇮🇪, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 13:35, Reply)
This is a normal post At the risk of sounding like a bigot..

In the preview picture for the interview she does look a bit bigoted, and as such I don't like her.
 (mr ruffles, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 13:21, Reply)
This is a normal post He should get Ste out to stab her for him.

(I helped save b3ta! Monty Propps, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 14:05, Reply)
This is a normal post ^ Ahahahaha

(Jimbotfu Bummed in the gob again, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 14:21, Reply)
This is a normal post justice 4 Ste
it woz slf defnce man!
 (I helped save b3ta! Peej, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 14:44, Reply)
This is a normal post ste iz no raclist bigut liek hir
if he ad jooked hir insted ov staces nan he wud ave got a medil 4 dat !!1!
 (I helped save b3ta! Monty Propps, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 14:51, Reply)
This is a normal post Poor bastard. He can't do anything right.
And this does make me respect him more..the fact that it shows that he genuinely thinks that a woman who says "send them all home" is a bigot.

Too right, silly old fuck.
 (Jimbotfu Bummed in the gob again, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 13:24, Reply)
This is a normal post except she didn't say that.
I did respect him there for a bit - but now I've seen the whole thing, he just comes across as a hypocritical twat.
 (I helped save b3ta! Fat Boab of dailyreckless.com fame, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 13:34, Reply)
This is a normal post "You can't say anything about immigration any more...but all these Eastern Europeans who are flocking in....where are they coming from?"
Has a certain flavour of the bigot about it.
 (Jimbotfu Bummed in the gob again, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 13:47, Reply)
This is a normal post true
but Brown stil came acros as a hypocritical twat.
 (I helped save b3ta! Fat Boab of dailyreckless.com fame, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 14:01, Reply)
This is a normal post Hypocritical....not really. Two-faced, arguably.
Mumbo? Perhaps. Jumbo? Perhaps not.
 (Jimbotfu Bummed in the gob again, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 14:14, Reply)
This is a normal post she's also clearly an idiot
as the answer is in her own question
 (I helped save b3ta! Mster Johnny Ekstrom, now that's a name, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 14:04, Reply)
This is a normal post Apparently she said
"you can't say anything about immigrants, all these Eastern Europeans, where are they coming from?"
I'm going to hazard a guess at Eastern Europe
 (I helped save b3ta! t0ria has forgotten how this all works, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 13:28, Reply)
This is a normal post Then she is a bigot

(I helped save b3ta! Peej, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 13:32, Reply)
This is a normal post She seems like a right meddling ratbag.
Will this be the moment when the UK decided to vote for David 'Dave' Cameron and ended up with four years of bumbling fuckwits running things.
 (pissflaps. FSPW, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 13:31, Reply)
This is a normal post I'd like to think not.
I'd like to think that the electorate would shrug its shoulders and accept that it's a non-story, like TSL says up ^there^.

But, then again, I'd like to think that the electorate would happily go for a competent but unpleasant person over a well-presented fool - but I don't.
 (I helped save b3ta! Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 13:39, Reply)
This is a normal post But Gordon Brown
isn't exactly competent is he?
 (I helped save b3ta! Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 14:04, Reply)
This is a normal post My point is fairly formal.
As for Brown's competence: I'm not so sure. Obviously, I think he's made some mistakes, but I'm not sure that he's any worse than anyone else'd've been; and, from what I can tell, there's a reasonable amount of economic opinion that's at least vaguely supportive of his handling of the recession.
 (I helped save b3ta! Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 14:09, Reply)
This is a normal post People just moan about whoever's in charge at the time.
And vote for the other bloke...forgetting that they moaned about his lot last time they were in charge.

Repeat ad-infinitum.
 (Jimbotfu Bummed in the gob again, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 14:24, Reply)
This is a normal post the first thing I've heard Gordon Brown say in years I've agreed with

(I helped save b3ta! rob, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 13:37, Reply)
This is a normal post Would you agree if he said
"David Cameron fellates Rupert Murdoch"?
 (I helped save b3ta! Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 13:43, Reply)
This is a normal post I agree with Nick

(I helped save b3ta! rob, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 13:52, Reply)
This is a normal post If anyone's interested
the entire exchange can be watched here
www.channel4.com/news/articles/vote_2010/gordon+brown+calls+labour+voted+ampaposbigotedampapos/3628887
 (MyFakeName, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 13:40, Reply)
This is a normal post How odd.
He seemed to be handling the conversation very well; it certainly wasn't the disaster he said it was.
 (I helped save b3ta! Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 13:52, Reply)
This is a normal post He's probably just paranoid that the media might pick up on any little thing that could be used against him...

(Jimbotfu Bummed in the gob again, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 13:55, Reply)
This is a normal post Hmmm.
Oh, the ironing!
 (I helped save b3ta! Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 13:59, Reply)
This is a normal post exactly
which is why he's such an odious little hypocrit.
 (I helped save b3ta! Fat Boab of dailyreckless.com fame, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 14:03, Reply)
This is a normal post I don't see how the charge of hypocricy is justified.
He's not a people person, but election-by-media forces candidates to go through the charade. The fact that he lets off steam in the back of the car is really no big deal.

There's a difference between a hypocrite and a person who's a bit stroppy.
 (I helped save b3ta! Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 14:10, Reply)
This is a normal post Well its good to hear that there is a human being out there with such unwavering surety about ever nuance of their life, you should run for office
A confrontational woman comes up to him, he politely explains his stance on issues, removes himself from the situation has a wee moan about the confrontational woman in private. Then when Jeremy Vine plays back a clip of him having a wee moan about the woman, he apologises for any offence given by his wee moan but reiterates that her comment on immigration annoyed him. What the hell is hypocritical about that?

I readily accept that Gordon Brown is going to get attacked on issues on policy, as he should. What I think is ridiculous is him getting a kicking over this (as he will) or the Elvis thing, they got an Elvis impersonator to rally the Labour activists, he comes in after all ready leaving the room after his speech to shake some people hands, Newsnight then describe it as Elvis singing as Brown's introduction before his speech. Thus making a little bit of entertainment for Labour activists into their leading story. *bursts a vessel so irate*
 (I helped save b3ta! Jorvic, Wed 28 Apr 2010, 14:31, Reply)