"Clunking fist has become clucking chicken"

Britannist · 08-10-2007, 12:33 AM

What the newspapers have been saying about Yellow Brown's decision to avoid a November 2007 General Election:

"The clunking fist has become the clucking chicken" - Leo McKinstrey, Daily Express, 8.10.2007

"Gutless Brown has no stomach for a fight" - Sunday Express 7.10.2007.

"Brown looks insincere" - Independent on Sunday 7.10.2007.

"Brown bottles it" - Mail on Sunday and Independent on Sunday 7.10.2007

"Brown will pay a high price for his cynical game" - Mail on Sunday 7.10.2007

"We killed the General Election 2007 with our opinion poll showing Gordon Brown would lose his majority - he has squandered the political capital he has gained since taking over from Blair" - News of the World 7.10.2007

"From sure-footed statesman to nervous wreck" - John Rentoul, columnist, in the Independent on Sunday 7.10.2007

"Brown is facing a full-blown crisis and will pay for his unwise gamble" - Observer 7.10.2007.

"There will be a prompt reassesesment of the Prime Minister that will not be to his advantage" - Andrew Rawnsley, columnist, Observer 7.10.2007

arden forester · 08-10-2007, 10:21 AM

Well, well! Not a good word in sight!

Zak64 · 08-10-2007, 11:41 AM

And just you wait until the economy goes properly tits up!

Unemployment rising, groaning high street, property prices in a flat spin! It won't be good for Gordy!

arden forester · 08-10-2007, 01:33 PM

Are you allowed to say "tits up" here?

Independence Now! · 08-10-2007, 01:51 PM

If I were him, I would have gone for it. Yes, it would have been a big risk but waiting is surely going to prove to be a bigger one? If he was worried about Scotland then all he could have said to them was do you want the Labour Party or the Tories? That would probably have held off the SNP for the most part.

Phil Sheldon · 08-10-2007, 10:49 PM

Gordon Brown will end up like his predecessor Blair, more PR than PM.

Grab a headline?
"I'll visit Iraq"/ "I'll find a hospital to open"/ "I'll whip up suport for an election and try to wrongfoot the Tories"/I'll pretend I'm a statesman/ "I'll blame the media".

History will judge Brown as a ditherer-not cautious-,and hopefully he will be a short-term PM who makes the same mistake as Callaghan did.

08-10-2007, 12:33 AM	#1 (permalink)
Britannist Uber Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: London Posts: 22,896	"Clunking fist has become clucking chicken" - press comments about Yellow Brown What the newspapers have been saying about Yellow Brown's decision to avoid a November 2007 General Election: "The clunking fist has become the clucking chicken" - Leo McKinstrey, Daily Express, 8.10.2007 "Gutless Brown has no stomach for a fight" - Sunday Express 7.10.2007. "Brown looks insincere" - Independent on Sunday 7.10.2007. "Brown bottles it" - Mail on Sunday and Independent on Sunday 7.10.2007 "Brown will pay a high price for his cynical game" - Mail on Sunday 7.10.2007 "We killed the General Election 2007 with our opinion poll showing Gordon Brown would lose his majority - he has squandered the political capital he has gained since taking over from Blair" - News of the World 7.10.2007 "From sure-footed statesman to nervous wreck" - John Rentoul, columnist, in the Independent on Sunday 7.10.2007 "Brown is facing a full-blown crisis and will pay for his unwise gamble" - Observer 7.10.2007. "There will be a prompt reassesesment of the Prime Minister that will not be to his advantage" - Andrew Rawnsley, columnist, Observer 7.10.2007

08-10-2007, 10:21 AM	#2 (permalink)
arden forester Uber Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Solihull, in The Forest of Arden, Warwickshire! Posts: 2,660 Party: None	Well, well! Not a good word in sight! __________________ www.ardenforester.blogspot.com www.westminster-whispers.blogspot.com

08-10-2007, 11:41 AM	#3 (permalink)
Zak64 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Little Poland On Sea (Bournemouth) Posts: 695	And just you wait until the economy goes properly tits up! Unemployment rising, groaning high street, property prices in a flat spin! It won't be good for Gordy! __________________ If anyone complains about unlimited mass immigration we call them a racist - it's our culture!

08-10-2007, 01:33 PM	#4 (permalink)
arden forester Uber Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Solihull, in The Forest of Arden, Warwickshire! Posts: 2,660 Party: None	Are you allowed to say "tits up" here? __________________ www.ardenforester.blogspot.com www.westminster-whispers.blogspot.com

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08-10-2007, 01:51 PM	#5 (permalink)
Independence Now! Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,096	If I were him, I would have gone for it. Yes, it would have been a big risk but waiting is surely going to prove to be a bigger one? If he was worried about Scotland then all he could have said to them was do you want the Labour Party or the Tories? That would probably have held off the SNP for the most part.

08-10-2007, 10:49 PM	#6 (permalink)
Phil Sheldon Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 587	Gordon Brown will end up like his predecessor Blair, more PR than PM. Grab a headline? "I'll visit Iraq"/ "I'll find a hospital to open"/ "I'll whip up suport for an election and try to wrongfoot the Tories"/I'll pretend I'm a statesman/ "I'll blame the media". History will judge Brown as a ditherer-not cautious-,and hopefully he will be a short-term PM who makes the same mistake as Callaghan did.