Poor Gordon Brown, he almost went blind, he lost his daughter and his son is sick. He has had his share of pain. Hope life has some happiness left for him.
@@elliotsodergren2270 Brown has a good political mind but doesn't have the persona needed to carry it across as leader. He made some mistakes but as chancellor he was probably overruled by Blair on a lot of things, like the tuition fees.
@@jimmynich4791 Agreed, one thing that he did wrong as chancellor was charge quarries for money for the environment then after 2 years he put it into the governments pot of money instead of the environment.
I wholeheartedly agree. It's such a relief to see a humane, kind and supportive comment on Brown; too often he seems to attract nothing but cruel and ignorant contempt and unmeasured condemnations from hateful people.
post-leadership image reconstruction: George Bush is doing the same thing and Tony Blair is trying it as well, probably because there is still money to be made for them... but the reality is that they are all men who supported foreign policies that lead to the destabilization of the entire planet.
My enduring memory of his premiership was of a Prime Minister who seemed very weak and out of his depth. But when he intervened in the Scottish independence referendum he came across as very strong and authoritative.
Gordon Brown is a very intelligent man. Always criticised about the financial crash that was actually global yet people think it was solely related to the UK. Far more intelligent than Cameron / May / Johnson.
Matt Silverbridge had David Cameron been one power during the financial crisis this country would have been finished. He and George Osbourne were possibly the worst and most embarrassing combination British politics has ever seen. I can’t believe that people actually voted for them morons.
I think, had Gordon Brown been a PM before 1960 he would have lasted longer. Unfortunately he had the bad luck to be the incumbent in an era where style mattered over substance. The Media treated him disgracefully.
Gordon Brown became PM just before the 2008 crash. That's why he lost the election. He was unlucky a bit like Theresa May in that sense; both took over power from somewhat disliked PMs and had to lead two storms. Both lasted 3 years.
If the 2008 crash did not take place it's very likely we would have had Gordon as PM until 2015 at least. He is a good man and was a pretty solid PM. Flawed yes but we are not all perfect.
Media has only ever treated one Labour leader nicely and that was sell out Blair. They've been awful to Brown, Milliband and Corbyn. Will have to see how they are to Starmer in the long run
@@ItsSpecialHands lmao "sellout Blair," arguably the best PM in the past 40 years? Passed devolved governments, oversaw Good Friday agreement, reenacted Greater London Council, had Britain see some of the best years in living standards, all the while retaining a centre-left government that the tories just couldn't win against? If anything, Britain needs a new Blair
Gordon was a decent PM. Don’t know why history would treat him harshly. Jimmy, on the other hand, while a very decent man and a unique president in that he was pretty ahead of his time in terms of foreign policy and putting forward things such as a universal healthcare system, is often remembered by the economic problems he inherited in the 70s and his perceived exacerbation or inaction of/on those problems.
@Bessie Hillum worked well under pressure after the Glasgow terrorist attack and flooding . Dealt with the economic crisis as well as he could after the 2008 world wide crash . Bailed out the banks to protect people's money instead of taking the Conservative way of letting them fail , He made mistakes and wasnt perfect by any means , but he is a decent man .
He was fairly conservative: he cut corporation and capital gains tax. He did, however, help the less fortunate with working tax credits. I like him too, though.
I wouldn’t say I like him necessarily, I disagreed with a lot of what he believed and despite not starting the economic crisis we found ourselves in, he didn’t do a lot to help it. Despite this compared to Blair he had integrity, and he got fucked over by Blair a lot during Labour’s time in power. Got backstabbed in the leadership election in 94 and then got left with turmoil in 2007. Tony knew what he was doing.
Your point being ? Had we gone into the Euro we would not have any control over our monitory and fiscal policies. We would not be able to change the interest rate. We would not be able to to QE. We would be a vessel state like Greece.
He also prevented a second Great Depression from occurring in Britain and helped to save the world economy after the global financial crisis; introduced in-work benefits (tax credits), kept average incomes rising throughout the recession.
Humble, intelligent and brilliantly candid man. Good man, good politician and especially importantly - very intelligent and prudent economist. He practicaly saved UK from the worst of the financial storm of the late 2000s. Studied him very thoroughly. Definitely one of the top 5 politicians of the UK. UK People should be more proud with him than they are.
I remember being a student when he came to power. I was naïve and narrowminded (like a lot of voters!). I saw the charismatic Blair replaced by this grumpy looking Scottish dude who struggled to smile and he just didn't win me over. Instead I swung to voting smooth talking Nick Clegg. But looking back across historical footage in hindsight, now wiser in my later 30's, I think it was a tragedy he couldn't win the public mandate because he was likely more a competent a prime minister than Blair was! Probably the last competent PM we had. But the Murdoch press were against him. I remember when the Sun newspaper announced their support for the Tories....
The MSM should be out on trial for what they did to him and for misleading the public with lies and deceit to put the public off Brown and have them support Tory crooks.
never had any time for gordon brown, but i think he has mellowed an i'm warming to him, i think history has been un-kind to him, wish he had won the election tho
Brown had Blair and the banking crisis to contend with. He was kind of unlucky with the timing of him becoming PM. I don't think he had the personality to win multiple elections though.
@@jimmynich4791 its a shame elections are based on personality. That's democracy though I guess. If people knew johnson's real personality he certainly wouldn't get many votes, but saying that so much has come out about him and get he has been beloved up until now
Brown is I think the polar opposite to Boris Johnson in that he isn’t showy and won’t attract voters with his personality, but he has a head for policy and an eye for detail. There’s definitely something to be said for having a dull yet broadly competent man like him in charge. I wasn’t a huge fan of his when he was PM but would swap any of the subsequent PM’s for him any day.
Preferred Cameron to Brown. Brown was someone who didn't have the balls to stand up to Tony Blair in 1994. There's a reason they lost in 2010, and it wasn't the recession. If it was the recession, Major would have lost in 1992. Brown went in to the 2010 election with a promise not to cut spending at all and instead raise taxes to reduce the deficit, as well as failing to rule out joining the Euro. That was never going to win votes, especially when the Lib Dems pledged to raise the personal allowance (and did when they got in).
Gordon Brown was an outstanding Chancellor and brought in many positive changes including the change in the way interest rates are announced. He had a sure touch in handling the nation's finances which worked very well during his 10 year period as the man who managed the country's finances. His handling of the Banking crisis 2008-10 was equally sure-footed then as Prime Minister. Sadly he never received credit for his work in either capacity.
@Bessie Hillum , fast forward November 2022, in the last 6 years we have had imposed on the country 4 PM’s who were never voted in which they became leader, May, Boris, Truss and Rishi, at least when Brown became leader it was well known that he was to become leader in the 2007 election, the same cannot be said about any of the Tory PM’s. Worse still Truss decided to change tack from the Tory 2019 manifesto so never had any mandate, in doing so trashed the economy!
@@vanmantalks and yet it all started when he was voted out in 2010. It's been rather downhill since then, with each prime minister being worse than their predecessor. Starmer isn't great either. Was willing to give him a chance but he doesn't seem to be anything special, if anything he seems like a puppet being fed lines
For all his perceived flaws please do not forget that this man through his eloquence and determination saved the very existence of the UK at the culmination of the Scottish Independence Referendum. When a serious and respected voice was required to reiterate the benefits of the union he spoke and the ordinary people of Scotland listened. It made the difference. For that he will always have my thanks and my deepest and most profound respect.
Rovert Seivad not really. The value of assets is known as capital. The value of cash is also capital. So he swapped a limited resource for something which grows on trees. He sold off the state's assets for cash to fund what? Buying commercial banks that were losing money? I hope he understands the error of his ways and can now listen to new ideas such as building the council housing he never built, building the infrastructure he never wanted, etc.
This mumbling idiot also robbed private pensions , these pensions were paid for by the hard working self employed Tony Blair and Gordon Brown what a comedy act ,
@@allpoliticsnoeconomics4186 We wouldn't need so many new houses of any kind if it wasn't for greedy business people's reckless use of cheap work agencies. They make most of their money from accomodation, so they advertise positions abroad, as those people will need somewhere to live. #CapitalistWetDream
Only just watching this but the media are keen to bring the relationship up between Blair and brown. It’s sad really that media can’t find something else that is more important than if brown liked Blair or not.
Brown was no Blair, he's far superior in his character and beliefs compared to them he just didn't believe in Corbyns policies being successful, which is entirely different to disagreeing with him as Blairites do
Brown has always held those stances, which is why i don't understand why the Corbyn wing is so against him. They'll find more in common with brownities than they have against them
It's sad that there's almost a pattern of Labour PMs who are vilified by the media and its only years later that the public realise they weren't so bad. A lot of our media is right wing. I'd like to see impartiality and decency in our media. It would help to make sure the good politicians
@@Matt-kq3ks I’d say the media tends to be left wing in the US and UK. They don’t like Trump, Boris, Thatcher, etc. The US can’t go 2 minutes without screeching about Donald Trump.
The Blair autobiography reading was nonsense, those words quoted are ambiguous at best, they don't suggest that the idea was all Blair's, even if he didn't explicitly contribute the whole idea to Brown.
Gordon was never given chance shouldve been PM but stood aside for Tony Blair "optics" nonsense By time given opperchancity Blair screwed it up Shame our loss Even Piers Morgan respects Gordon Brown !
Preferred him to Blair but not rock n roll enough for"new labor".Could have been a great Prime minister if allowed to govern earlier. Stitched up by the evil one!
noticing his tie at around about the 8:00 mark, after watching a documentary where peter mandelson says he "gave up" on him specifically referring to his tie
American here. And even I understand the terrible hand that Brown was dealt in the GLOBAL financial crisis and his unfair treatment by the gossipy, sensationalistic media. And that's not taking into account his becoming PM after ten years of Labor government. As far as public opinion, the price of political longevity is an open-mindedness for something new, sometimes regardless of what that "something" might be.
this man was and is a realist and good man they did good domestic reform on the whole but new labour loosen end financial rules causing turmoil..they never nationalised rail..tacked electricity and utility companies..and they could of built houses and homes for council and budget purposes...they are judged on what they didn't do...
however Golden Brown may invite criticism. - However, the merit of decisions is not always based on the visions in hindsight. If this was true each gambler would be a genius for a brief moment.
I like Gordon Brown a lot, but he's pissing in the wind suggesting the Tories should get a grip of tax havens. Most if not all of their sponsors are balls deep in them.
Today, thanks to Gordon Brown, public bodies are committed to paying a total of £170 billion to contractors in more than 800 PFI schemes up to 2031-2032.
He was the last great statesman we had as Prime Minister, Cameron and May were awful Prime Ministers and put themselves and their Party before the country. Brown put the country first Sadly none of May's replacement look any better.
Gordon brown should consider he took power after tony Blair but should have remained Canceler of the exchequer because that where his expertise would have complemented the labour party and if tony Blair competed for Prime minister he to would be a credit to labour.
Yeah I think the tide of populism is slowly changing. People caught up on the wave of the supposed values and forms of expression that social media can offer these last few years. And then more and more people stumble across politicians of 15-20 years ago and look on with envious eyes.
How many years has Merkel been in charge? Poor old Brown a decent enough chap but ruled by events not a ruler of events. Blair wanted independence for the BOE because he knew his party would have screwed things up too fast for him to establish himself and his wealth. Brown was one of the crowd surrounding Blair without the vision or leadership to reform and build on Thatchers achievements or to see the impending crash of an out of control financial system used by Blair for his own ends.
After hearing him now, it brings it home that he was never a leader. Also no more boom and bust, and sell my gold. Keep selling council housing. Privatise large parts of UK plc. Should have been on the Tory benches.
sounds really reasonable. just shows what one does for power. labour sold out under blair, to corporatism and globalisation, and would never have been supported by the sun unless nnod and wink to the city had been given.
Shame he bullied David Miliband out of running for the Labour leadership in 2007. He could have won an election, we'd have had no Cameron, and none of the chaos we currently have.
Brown was a genius a great thinker and even now he writes and has handed us the answer to brexit on a silver platter - citizen's assembly. but he never looked like a leader and the shame is Britain now values people who look 'fit to govern' rather than people with the brains and innovation to govern - people like JC
Love the way he describes Murnaghan as a CELEBRITY at 8.15. brown knows the score and he also knows it won't end well for Britain unless it tackles it's psychopathy problem. Murnaghan is as mad as a bag of hammers.
Gordons as chancellor was way more unaccountable than any previous holder, His bitterness with Blair was an unsightly image while in office He bullied and bellowed his way into no 10. And he reaped the whirlwind of his backstabbing of Blair I say this as fact not favor
Ed Balls did draw up the plan for the independence of the governance of the Bank of England in 1994 at Labour conference. He now regrets it. It was a terrible decision and was the hallmark of what New Labour got wrong. Deferring responsibility to unaccountable bureaucrats such as this, housing trusts, academy schools, PFI etc. has done nothing good for the economy, has limited democratic accountability and has only widened the gap between the most well off and everyone else in society. I respect Brown but let's hope he can see how this part of his project just didn't work
So when will he shine that mirror of perspective back upon himself for the role he too has played in this country's fall from grace into the EU clutches? Or is it deflect and dodge time for these unpunished traitors?
The fact her drive back up there to apologies to her personally was interesting for me as it showed he did not want to damage her publicly and showed repentance for his actions
