“No Mandate” Brown has told us all his domestic policies:
- Education
- The NHS
- Affordable housing
- Safe, secure and affordable communities
- Building trust in democracy
Education is devolved, the NHS is devolved, housing is devolved, planning is devolved. So what’s “No Mandate” Brown going to do for Scotland – the place where he was elected? Building trust in democracy? How’s he planning to do that? Calling a general election as soon as he takes office will be a start – trying to force us to accept a foreign MP with no mandate as Prime Minister won’t do anything to build trust in democracy.
“No Mandate” Brown is also planning constitutional reform. A Prime Minister with no mandate to govern most of the country on most issues and who hasn’t contested an election as leader of the party is planning to “reform” the constitution we have had for centuries – a constitution that the Liebour Party has all but ignored for the last decade.
“No Mandate” Brown is planning to visit “every region and nation of the country” over the next 6 weeks. What regions would these be? What nations?
“No Mandate” Brown has a message for the “people of Britain”:
I will lead a new government with new priorities.
I believe government only works when it is dedicated to serving the people.
I will always try to put your concerns and aspirations at the heart of what I do.
I will work hard for you.
This is who I am.
And I will do my best for all the people of Britain.
What a crock of shit.
He will lead a government with the same priorities – the eradication of England, eurofederalism and the subjection of all English people.
He will lead a government that serves nobody but corrupt Liebour politicians and the celtic fringe.
He will ignore our concerns and aspirations – concerns over the fact that we are unrepresented and discriminated against, aspirations to govern ourselves and be rid of Federal Europe.
He will work hard for himself, for his own benefit and for the Liebour Party.
He will do what is best for his beloved Scotland and for himself. None of his policies so far have any effect on Scotland or anyone else outside of England. British doesn’t mean English.
This man really is a shit. An absolute shit. I just can’t find the words to express my utter contempt for him. The only way to express my feelings is to resort to a string of traditional anglo saxon words and there are other people who can do a much better job of stringing together sentences with more swear words than adjectives.
You said it all mate keep it up
“us to accept a foreign MP” Brown is British, he is going to be leader of the UK. He aint foreign. Not all British PM’s must be English, we are the united kingdom of Great Britian, not the united kingdom of england, where the english must rule depite there being other nations in the union. You are full of bull. I can see your arguments about Brown having no mandate, i sympathise with them, yet disagree for the most part. British PM’s dont have to be english so as to appease a coupple of nationalist nutters.
Fine, you can hate Brown, but hate him for what he stands for and nothing else. Dont hate him because he is a Scot. You talk such shit saying “ohhh, we poor english are subjicated, oppressed bla bla bla. BBC are anglophobic, Government is anglophobic, fking New labour, have we english” For fucks sake. Can you not see the hypocracy. You lombast Brown for being a “Jock”, saying he is anti-english bla bla bla, saying he will just sereve his “beloved scotland” (I think he is propbable pissed off with many scots for not voting labour, but choosing the bloody nats instead), Bull. What do you want him to do? Back to the hypocracy, you lombast Brown and Labour as being anti-english, yet you are one of the most anti-scottish and anti-british people around. You are full of Shit, sorry to say it mate, but it is true.
You are a hypocrit, and you talk a lot of bull. It isnt just a case of me disagreeing with you, i have no objection to you having different views to me, i hope to find people with different views to me, it makes life much more fun and is part of a democracy. What i object to is how most of your views are based on biggotary, not on politicial conviction.
You do know we English mugs are not supposed to know any of this right? – we should just shut up and pay our taxes to fund other countries of the FORMER United kingdom, peoples and countries that literally hate England and the English.
The MacCallum said:
“For fucks sake. Can you not see the hypocracy.”
Aye laddie, I think I can.
Gordon Brown is Scottish. Whether you class him as British or Scottish is irrelevant, I’m English and not British so British is foreign to me. I’ve already told you why a Scottish MP can’t be Prime Minister until we have an English Parliament, I don’t intend to say it again every time you post the same argument in the comments.
I don’t hate Brown for being a Scot which, if you would read what is written properly, you would see. Have I, at any point, said that I don’t want “No Mandate” Brown as Prime Minister because he’s Scottish? No, I haven’t. It’s because he’s elected in Scotland. He could be a plummy Englishman and if he was elected in Scotland I would oppose him.
The BBC are anglophobic, the British government are anglophobic, Liebour are anglophobic. What’s the point in pretending they’re not? Looks like a fish, moves like a fish – it’s a fish.
If I was a bigot I’d have deleted all your comments and banned every IP range in Scotland. In almost 3 years of blogging I have had to delete one non-spam comment – even people who disagree with me and insult me get to have their say. Is that bigotry?
Calum, are you really that stupid or just practicing? There is not United Kingdom you dumbass! Beacuse of the devolution!
Wonko, eh?! What about the numerous English PM’s who have rule the UK, was that ok? Yep. So what is so wrong about a Scot ruling the UK. Tell me, did Thatcher have mandate to rule in Scotland? Tell me does Blair have a mandae to rule in London, yet he was elected in Sedgefield. You have a mandate if you were elected in the nation you are seeking to govern. Brown was elected in the UK, and he is now the Leader of the UK, i see no problem. If you want to say he has no mandate, then say it because he didn’t win an general election as leader of his party, don’t say he has no mandate because he is an MP for a scottish constituency, because that argument doesn’t stick. Almost all PM have been english, have any of them been elected in Scotland? No. Brown is leader of the biggerst party in the UK, with most seats in England, Scotland and Wales. End of. You just can face being lead by a Scot.
Calum, you’re missing the point again – are you doing it deliberately?
Maggie Thatcher was ruling the UK, not Scotland. Gordon Brown is mainly ruling England, not the UK.
I can accept a Scottish Prime Minister, just not a PM from a Scottish constituency. An MP from an English constituency has been given a mandate for every policy area for the British Parliament. An MP elected in Scotland has a mandate only for the matters that are reserved in Scotland, not for anything that is devolved.
Calum, if Broon was an Eglishman elected in Scotland, there would be the same story – no mandate. It’s not about nationality, it’s about constituency.
Dear God, roll on Scottish independence. Alex Salmond – here’s a big wet kiss.
To illustrate further, the central planks of Brown’s policy
Health Education Planning Environment Transport all these are now DEVOLVED to the Scottish Parliament.
Gordon Brown has absolutely no say in these matters in Scotland.
Gordon Brown is a Scottish MP elected in Scotland by Scottish people over whom NONE of the above policies will have any effect.
They WILL affect ENGLISH people not one of whom have voted for Gordon Brown.
The only people that refuse to accept this ridiculous farce are the Labour party and it’s dim witted adherents because they created this obscene mess and affront to democracy in the first place with their half arsed Devolution of the UK.
The UK now needs a federal parliament with the English properly democratically represented by their own parliament on par with the Scots Welsh and Northern Irish to restore democratic accountability to these isles.
Sean, Actually the only people complaining about Brown having no mandate are people like you. Even the Tories arent going hammer and tonge at Brown for it. Most people don’t care, they see him as having authority and a mandate, which he has as leader of the largest, most popular party in the UK as decided in the last general election.
As for the Tories it is all because Call me Dave is plainly inept. He is not a leader.
The delusional Calum is living in denial of the sea change in English opinion. The Bowmen of England are rising, to throw off the shackles of the Scottish Raj. As a son of the greatest nation on Earth, I reserve the right to bung Alex Salmond a few quid, support anyone but Andy Murray and piss on Mel Gibsons DVD. Freeeeedom.
“He will do what is best for his beloved Scotland and for himself.”
The article correctly highlights how Brown’s policies are labelled as British but are really English. However you’ve got the, “beloved Scotland”, bit wrong. Brown would shit on Scotland from a great height if he thought it would preserve the Union and his career. Both being rather closely linked.
He’s still getting over the shock of Labour losing control at Holyrood, even though it was only by one seat. He disappeared from Scottish public view completely as soon as the result was known and only surfaced in Westminster at PMQ’s a week later. This from the man who’s meant to have Scotland as his personal fiefdom.
Come the next crisis at Westminster he’ll have nowhere to hide, sulk and rage without Blair to hide behind and he’ll lose it publically. It’s going to be sad for him but hilarious for the rest of us.
“The delusional Calum is living in denial of the sea change in English opinion. The Bowmen of England are rising, to throw off the shackles of the Scottish Raj. As a son of the greatest nation on Earth, I reserve the right to bung Alex Salmond a few quid, support anyone but Andy Murray and piss on Mel Gibsons DVD. Freeeeedom.”
I’m sorry Ed, are you nuts.
The Scottish raj is the biggest load of shit you people come out with. In fact if anything, British politics has and contonues to be dominated by an ‘English raj’.
How many Scottish or Welsh or Irish PM’s has the UK had? LLoyd George (welsh englishman, so no fully welsh) and soon to have Brown. Thats it. How many scottish MP’s and cabinet ministers did the Thatcher and major governments have? 1.
For years, if fact for centuries, the UK has been ruled exclusively by the English. Now other member states are having a pop at leading, and are lilley to do a damm good job. Stop the bigotary, and shut up.
Calum, do you understand the reference to the “Raj”? Don’t answer, it’s a rhetorical question.
Or the Scottish rule of England whereby the lands are under the colonial control of Scotland as part of the United Kingdom.
Or much of England was not directly ruled by the Scots but were nominally independent under euroregions who entered into treaties with their Celtic superiors.
Bravehaggis said:
“I’m sorry Ed, are you nuts.”
Yes, constantly wandering when you’re going independent is driving me crazy. There’s so much to do. Organising street parties, portaloos with plentiful supplies of saltire pattern bog rolls – the list is endless. I mean, if paying for your cancer treatments, elderly care and student fees, to name but three, while being denied the very same back in Merry England, is not taking the piss – I don’t know what is.
“For years, if fact for centuries, the UK has been ruled exclusively by the English. Now other member states are having a pop at leading, and are lilley to do a damm good job. Stop the bigotary, and shut up.”
Wellington was Anglo-Irish, Churchill Anglo-American blah blah et al. The only bigotry I have personally encountered is Scottish in origin and concerning shutting up – well you would like that wouldn’t you.
Calum,
Wonko blows your shit out of the water so you resort to plan b. Known as the red herring.
oh mummy was it okay for all those English MPs to rule the UK?
All those English MPs? You obviously think it was not okay for this to take place SO WHY ARE YOU NOW BEING A FUCKING HYPOCRITE and telling us that the opposite IS now okay? Well?
Why state:”You have a mandate if you were elected in the nation you are seeking to govern. Brown was elected in the UK, and he is now the Leader of the UK, i see no problem.”
All those nasty English MPs you waffled about had a mandate in that case AND SO DID THATCHER! Ha! ha! STOP BEING A TWO FACED HYPOCRITE YOU MUG!
“Tell me, did Thatcher have mandate to rule in Scotland?”
Are you insinuating she didn’t?
“don’t say Brown has no mandate because he is an MP for a scottish constituency, because that argument doesn’t stick”
Yes the argument does stick.
“Almost all PM have been english, have any of them been elected in Scotland? No.”
Hmmm! Do you think that’s because Westminster is in England then or what? For crying out loud get a grip. And not all PMs have been English either.
“Brown is leader of the biggerst party in the UK, with most seats in England, Scotland and Wales. End of. You just can face being lead by a Scot.”
“Biggest party”? AHA! HA! HA! HA! HA! The only reason they got back in was down to cheating and ducking and diving via postal voting you mug. New labour are thoroughly corrupt!
Just cant face being ruled by a jock? Get over yourself sonny. You jocks not important; you just want to be!
It has nothing to do with him being a sweatysock; it has everything to do with him being an anti english cunt!!!
Of course you whining about the past has absolutely nothing to do with what’s happening now. Or are you saying this whole thing is a game of scottish idiots getting
their own back? Well us English are so suprised about that, not.
Calum Says:
Wonko, eh?! What about the numerous English PM’s who have rule the UK, was that ok? Yep. So what is so wrong about a Scot ruling the UK.
Tell me, did Thatcher have mandate to rule in Scotland? Tell me does Blair have a mandae to rule in London, yet he was elected in Sedgefield. You have a mandate if you were elected in the nation you are seeking to govern. Brown was elected in the UK, and he is now the Leader of the UK, i see no problem. If you want to say he has no mandate, then say it because he didn’t win an general election as leader of his party, don’t say he has no mandate because he is an MP for a scottish constituency, because that argument doesn’t stick. Almost all PM have been english, have any of them been elected in Scotland? No. Brown is leader of the biggerst party in the UK, with most seats in England, Scotland and Wales. End of. You just can face being lead by a Scot.