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The only PM I actually liked, and the press were unrelenting on him
I appointed this cunt whom I knew was a cunt at the time to do cuntish things and now people have found out he is a proper cunt I am shocked! Shocked I tell you!
Gordon Brown, 2026
The real issue here is that we seem incapable of electing / appointing utter fuckwits to run the country. There was literally no more suitable than this snake of a bastard Mandelson that Brown could have made a Lord?
This is a well written article with many sensible recommendations. Almost revolutionary as far as MPs go, let alone an ex prime minister.
However, he still supports Starmer within it. He talks about justice for the victims and yet gives his full support behind one of the people involved.
Mandelson betrayed Brown, this is personal for him, but he was and still is within the New Labour anti-left cabal.
Lessons need to be learned, absolutely, but he's not taking his own advise and wishes to keep the current corrupt management still in place.
Many are supporting Starmer because they fear that Starmer falling could start a sequence of event resulting in PM Farage.
I personally think if Labour actually used it to pivot, and then follow through on the "change" they promised at the election, it could be a blessing in disguise.
The chances of getting PM Farage are even greater the longer Starmer stays in.
Gordon Brown jumpscare