Labourlist column
My latest Labourlist column is about Gordon Brown: http://labourlist.org/2014/03/gordon-brown-still-has-something-significant-to-contribute-to-political-life/
posted by Luke Akehurst at 2:04 pm
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
About Me
- Name: Luke Akehurst
- Location: Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Labour Party activist since 1988 - firmly on the moderate wing of the party. Member of Labour’s NEC 2010-2012 and since 2020. National Secretary of Labour Students 1995-6. Parliamentary candidate for Aldershot (2001) and Castle Point (2005). Hackney Councillor (Chatham Ward) 2002-2014, Labour Group Chief Whip 2002-09, Chair of Health Scrutiny 2010-2014. Supporter of Europe, NATO/nuclear deterrence, Israel, electoral reform. Guardian reader. Dad. Oxford resident. Unite union member. Employment history as a Labour Party Organiser, Local Government Political Assistant, Director at a Public Affairs company. All views expressed in a personal capacity. The rest will become evident from reading the blog.
1 Comments:
The tragedy of Gordon Brown is that he had a massive sense of entitlement to be PM. Massive pressure was put on Labour MPs to nominate him and thus prevent a contest.
He repeatedly cut corporation tax and made no effort to cut tax avoidance by the wealthy and by corporations. Indeed, his cuts to capital gains tax actually encouraged it.
He shamelessly grovelled to the Daily Mail and Rupert Murdoch.
He continued privatisation and PFI. He let the bankers run riot and wreck the economy.
He supported the Iraq War and failed to notice Blair's doubts about Trident replacement. Indeed, he endorsed Trident replacement in order to, so he thought, give Blair no excuse to stay on as Prime Minister.
Being Prime Minister was an end in itself for Gordon Brown and this is a very unhealthy state of affairs.
It is no wonder that the Labour party is not trusted on the economy by a significant part of the electorate.
It is all very tragic.
10:54 am, March 13, 2014
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