Comrade Brown: Onward!

The near schizophrenic ramblings of a certain free 'urban national newspaper' today actually showed our esteemed Dear Leader in a rather favourable light, follow the running score to see how they did it!


The front cover (well, front behind a desperate BA, "Honestly we're not completely useless" ad) had a large, almost flattering portrait backed by a rather un-ambiguous red background. The article freely quoting Comrade Brown was pretty much mirroring the BA slogan (see above) but still had CB coming out on top. (CB score total +1)

The next article attacked his pointless policy of suspending stamp duty for houses that cost about the same as a tin of beans. Unless of course he predicted that house prices would fall so far that it would apply to houses in areas people actually want to live. (CB score total 0)

A rather pithy (euphemism for crap) cartoon follows with a couple picture walking away from a curiously Evening Standard billboard (subliminal advertising by Associated Newspapers perhaps?). The billboard reads, "I'm the right man for the job," Brown. The couple comment, "Just as I feared his judgment's completely gone." (CB score total -1)

'Treasury to borrow £90bn' screams headline. Follows provisos on the government 'coffers' collapsing and ridiculous speculation. Still us heading towards the largest budget deficit in the West must fall at the ex-chancellors feet. (CB score total -2)

Turning to page 5, we see a raft of cliched socialist policies bought out, and supported!

'Volunteer force to tackle yobs.' (CB score total -1)

'Tax rich at 45%, says left winger.' Quite why the feel the need to point out it was a left-winger or even quote it at all is a little odd. It was hardly going to be Mr Vacuous was it? It also describes the policy as radical, how on earth is it radical, who writes this stuff. It does provide a possible unattributed quote of the week though, 'The Labour conference would seek new policies, not a new leader.' Sense at last! (CB score total 0)

'Free nurseries for two-year old.' The editor's decision to put this below the tax story made about as much sense as a McCain speech, but there it is. It's this sort of liberal policy that the Scandinavian countries have long been famed for. This definitely gets a point. (CB score total +1)

If we're going to deduct points for his countless mistakes as Chancellor, I feel we must also give credit where it's due. It a turn that is so refreshingly un-Cherie, Sarah Brown has called for greater action on deaths in childbirth. You go Sarah. (CB score total +2)

As always predicted in the secretive HQ of innit24 the tide of public opinion is turning back in favour of our Dear Comrade. If the sister paper for The Mail can have a day of positive opinions then the world is once again the rational persons oyster. (Premature perhaps but we can hope.)

This can conclusively prove my much voiced conviction that no-one really wants to vote Conservative and certainly no-one wants to vote for Mr Vacuous himself. However people find themselves unable to support CB in his near fit of bad polices. With only the un-electable Libs to turn to instead, the choice, which was not a choice but a lack of options, was a done deal. Now CB's stopped having an aneurysm or whatever it was, people are going to jump on the rational person's bandwagon faster than you can say, "In Brown we trust." Franklin