April 4, 2008
Another tantalising rumour about the prime minister
I’ve no idea if this one is true. It came to me from a Labour MP who is no fan of the PM.
But apparently Gordon Brown recently got through three mobile phones in one week by hurling them against the wall in anger.
Could be nonsense. However, the fact that it seems even remotely believable is a sign of the times.
It would send anyone round the bend: knowing you are the cause of all your problems; knowing you were the one in charge of all the money stuff for the past ten years. He has to square this unholy circle: attack Iran, keep Britain’s forces at war in THREE countries, keep the UK safe, manage a catastrophic economic meltdown, flood the country with migrants, and herd the incompetent cats of the Labour Party.
Worse thing of all, since he was hyped as the second coming of Christ for the progressives and the left, looking a right Charlie really does the ego a blow.
Posted by: Bob Macdonald | April 4th, 2008 at 12:21 pm | Report this commentBrown would know what angry person was like, if he met me. I would throw him against the wall.
Posted by: Robbed by a Sub-Prime Minister | April 5th, 2008 at 1:15 pm | Report this commentThis is be the man who can tell our armed forces to bomb stuff and launch nuclear missiles?
OK.
Posted by: Peter Mc | April 5th, 2008 at 2:20 pm | Report this commentthe man’s clearly not up to the job. Is he really the best teh Labour Party have?
Posted by: dablox | April 5th, 2008 at 3:34 pm | Report this commentGood grief. I didn’t realise April 1st lasted so long. Expecting a juicy morsel of scandal and finding this bit of tosh was rather disappointed. Like any sensible person GB was just trying to rid himself of mindless prattlers calling up incessantly. If this is the best the FT can do I’ll go back to the News of the World.
Posted by: Wish\'t-I-hadn\'t-bothered | April 5th, 2008 at 3:53 pm | Report this commentAll you need do is launch two very expensive wars (one probably illegal, the other on dubious grounds) and then wonder where all the money went that you had hoped to use for schools, public transport, health, etc.
Posted by: Matt | April 5th, 2008 at 6:32 pm | Report this commentUnfair! He was simply testing the structural integrity of the wall.
Posted by: william willis | April 5th, 2008 at 6:52 pm | Report this commentActually four phones — but who’s counting?
Posted by: RCS | April 5th, 2008 at 8:03 pm | Report this commentSooner or later someone will be standing between Gordon and the wall. PR Week might run a sweepstake on who it will be who achieves that position.
Posted by: David Heigham | April 6th, 2008 at 4:24 pm | Report this commentGet him a rubber one….
Posted by: Watervole | April 6th, 2008 at 5:02 pm | Report this commentDon’t worry, he probably missed! He couldn’t even do that correctly.
Posted by: William Moore | April 7th, 2008 at 1:16 pm | Report this commentdid he claim for the three phones on expences?
Posted by: rob | April 8th, 2008 at 4:09 pm | Report this comment