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Originally Posted by Mr K
He's alright, has flaws but so do most politicians. Doesn't give a toss about being media savvy or being presentationally aware, which mostly did for him in this x-factor/celebrity/self obsessed vacuous society. He does have a genuine belief in social justice. All went pear shaped, but that was mostly down to the war criminal that preceded him, the banks and the worldwide recession.
He probably just meant he wasn't in the frontline of politics any longer; never was great at quotes, and we don't really know the context in which it was said. People should just leave him alone and stop trying to kick him again and again. I'd far rather have someone who genuinely believes in what he says, than the New International sponsored clones that are Cameron/Clegg/Bliar.
He could have chosen to take a nice cosy seat in the Lords, as is traditional for ex-PM's, but chose to remain as an MP and represent his constituents. Up to them if they want to re-elect him, or if he wants to stand again. (I'd love Nick Clegg to fight a by election in Sheffield at the moment, don't think he'd get his deposit back).
Unlike his predecessors, he gives all the earnings he makes from things he does as a former PM to charity. You can't say fairer than that.
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I believe Gordon Brown (in his position as Chancellor of the Exchequer) was involved in the committee that approved the various changes in the international banking system that allowed the banks to act as they did and lead to this recession. Even if he wasn't, he was Chancellor back in the early 2000s, while they were doing it, so could have acted to put the brakes on the banks then.