Monday, 15 February 2010

Gordon Brown; tenderness, warmth and humility



Gordon Brown has shown tenderness and warmth on the death of his daughter to Piers Morgan. Baby Jennifer died aged just 10 days old after a brain hemorrhage.

This blog watched the programme with earnest and felt that Gordon showed a truly warm side of himself.

The interview was filmed in front of a live audience.
Posted by Tristan Osborne at Monday, February 15, 2010
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3 comments:

  1. Loyalty is an admirable quality Tristan, but I think even you have to admit this interview was a big mistake for Gordon Brown and the Labour Party.

    It was wrong for a Britsih Prime Minister to take part in this type of interview, and wrong on the part of ITV to show it so close to a General Election.

    There were far more worthy candidates in the Labour Party to succeed Tony Blair, and I think Sunday night's interview merely re-inforced the view that Gordon Brown should never have been the unchallenged heir.

    It will be interesting to see how the opinion polls play out, but, on the strength of Sunday night's performance, I suspect that the more Brown is in front of the camera, the worse the polling situation will become for Labour

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  2. I am hardly blindly loyal to Gordon Brown! lol... Though tightlipped I remain.

    Our political leaders need to understand that with the 24 hour political news cycle and the media-centred age that we now inhabit that if you seek leadership the public will rightly judge on your character and personality. I may not like it but its true.

    Gordon was perceived to be cold and lacking emotion. This interview for good or ill showed a human-face to the public. At time akward questions, but I do not think it damaged him at all. The polls reflect more then just people viewing the show. On a purely political point, the interview took two whole 24 hour news cylces from the Tories whilst they were talking about umm.... ive forgotten.

    Gordon was not unchallenged for leadership. The other leadership candidates failed to garner enough support from Labour MPs but they did make there intent known. I am very happy for you to have your input into leadership selection and if you want to join the Labour movement at some point, you would get a vote on this and other issues.

    A damaging leadership election at the time incidently would have considered to be immensely damaging and a gift-horse to the Tories. Remembering that a 2007 election was looking likely in June-September.

    I voted for Gordon Brown and feel that he is by far the most experienced and credible PM. His economic handling of our economy and his position on global fiscal action has proven to be a success in stopping a depression.

    All governments make mistakes, all cock up and all make enemies of once friends. But is the Country a safer, more tolerant, heathier and forward looking progressive nation then it was in 1997. Absolutely.

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  3. The poll Paul Waugh reports as having cut the Tory lead to 1% immediately after the Piers Morgan interview puts the lie to the suggestion that Brown was unwise to finally agree to this unwonted intrusion.

    Now the lead is given as down to 6 nationally, and all three Brighton & Hove seats show Labour in the lead. If the Tories cannot win any of these a Labour majority of 60 looks likely, as I have oft repeated my long held view.

    Not a shoe in, but well worth working and hoping for.

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