Brown’s personality defines the character of his government

Nash

If the Conservatives cannot show they are tough they will lose. The world is a dangerous place, we need a tough leader -not a sneak like Brown. Personally I believe the word" incompotent" should be used as the adjective for labour whenever it is used.

Vulture

'As the speech will be made in the back and beyond Beckton there's a chance that no-one will hear it...'

Is that why it was leading BBC bulletins this morning? Get on that ball, David!

- Hearing that Dave had actually sunk his rubber teeth into Bruin's ankle for once cheered me immensely. It's better than the vow of Omerta he has taken over most of Bruin's other sins. I don't think the great British public are going to start feeling sorry for Bruin, despite his public blubbing. So more Punch and Judy please : that's the way to do it.

Vulture

PS: Liebour have just suspended the 3 MPs who are facing charges - a definitie hit for Dave, then.

Fergus Pickering

I think I agree with Vulture. 'Punch and Judy politics' was always a fatuous phrase. I presume it originated with the Liberal Democrats. A bit of teeth-sinking there would be appropriate. Boris has the right idea in today's Telegraph. The Lib Dems are silly, silly people voted for by other silly, silly people who know nothing about politics but like to think they are 'progressive'. Faugh! and likewise Phooey! Get stuck in, lads. You don't win by dijhthering nicely. Think of the great Martin Johnson when he was the England captain. Whack 'em!

Ralph

Polling shows that people like his party much more than they like Brown so all Cameron is doing is concentrating on their biggest weakness.

It'll be fun watching all those in the media who liked Brown's ad hominem attacks on rushing to criticise Cameron.

Any Colour but Brown

PMQs, DC "Can the Right Honourable Gentleman confirm to the House that, in the upcoming screening of his interview with Piers Morgan, he will not be attempting to use his children as props for political gain?"

Lord Boyders

I object to your Neville Chamberlain / Gordon Brown comparison. There is no comparison; Brown should be in prison for deliberately shafting this country whilst Chamberlain did his best to save us from war and in doing so bought a time for us to have a better defence capability. So there.

Verity

Any Colour but Brown - Pot kettle black. A couple of years ago rare was the day when David Cameron hadn't managed to place a shot - or aat least a mention - of his disabled child with an editor. Why he thought this would resonate with the public and persuade them that this made him prime ministerial material puzzled and irritated me at the time and is one of the many reasons he will never have my vote.

Any Colour but Brown

"Verity
David Cameron hadn't managed to place a shot - or aat least a mention - of his disabled child with an editor. Why he thought this would resonate with the public and persuade them that this made him prime ministerial material puzzled and irritated me at the time and is one of the many reasons he will never have my vote."

....and one of the reasons that he was criticised for using his child for political gain........by Gordon Brown.

Constantly Furious

Verity. Name 5 different papers, on 5 different weeks "in the last couple of years" where these pictures appeared, or admit you made that up.

I'm not a big fan of CallMeDave, but one thing that's worse are these NuLab Rebuttal Unit lies.

Ivy Eileen

Constantly Furious - I hope you get a reply.

Some months ago, I was required (sic) by Verity to "give one, just one" example of a point I made and with which she disagreed. So, I gave her two examples. Result ? - deafening silence.

Don't hold your breath chum.

old fogey

"Secretive, power hoarding, controlling"...why did DC not mention deceitful,resentful and profoundly malignant, for they would equally applicable.

Sevo

Brown is mentally unstable; his condition seems to deteriorate with time; he is in denial about it; and those around him are aware of the situation yet are afraid to do anything about it. This alone should be enough to disqualify him for the highest office in the UK.

Boudicca

I always thought Clarkson's description of Brown was spot on - a one-eyed Scottish Moron. But I suppose we could extend it and agree that Brown is:

an incompetent, secretive, power-hoarding, controlling, one-eyed Scottish Moron. Mind you, that leaves out bullying .....

Verity

Constantly Furious - Can't. Didn't keep obsessive notes.

All I know is I was constantly assaulted with Dave's disabled son in a stroller, at breakfast in Dave's house with the windmill on it, and Dave's son being taken into/out of NHS ambulances.

His other children weren't promoted, just the sympathy child. (Can any of you remember what Dave's other children look like? No? Can you remember what Ivan looked like? I suspect yes, vaguely. In other words, could you recognise one Cameron child in the street? I doubt it.)

I make no apology for remembering this, which I found disquieting at the time.

Verity

Constantly Furious - Not being an obsessive, I didn't save clippings. I was repelled rather than having an interest in keeping a record.

BTW, who has a name like "Ivy Eileen" these days? No offence to your lovely communist parents, Ivy Eileen, but it's usually only Americans of a certain class who use two Christian names simultaneously. As in Mary Jo. Billy (Billie) Joe. Billy Bob. Joe Bob. Sue Ellen.

As ghastly as those names are to the outside ear, at least they scan. Ivy Eileen doesn't scan. It's clumsy. You clearly don't have an ear for fakery. (I opened a door for you here, and I am sure you will come bounding heavily through for our entertainment.) And are there really people called Ivy? I would suspect your parents had named you after a restaurant but ... nah.

Major Plonquer

I always think there's something fundamentally disturbing about people who can't even spell 'incompetent'.

Perhaps its one of the mystical universal paradoxes - like why is the word 'dictionary' in the dictionary? If you don't already know what the word means how would you know where to look it up?

Or like asking a woman, 'If a woman says "no" does she really mean "yes".' If she says 'no', how can you believer her? Does she really mean 'yes'? Good grief, is that the time?

Phil

Speaking of attacks the one on gordon's private slush fund at the beginning of pmq's last week left him looking like a cornered rat.I would suggest a follow up question this week "as the prime minister did not answer the question last week could he inform the house what he spent the continuously topped up £50,000 pot on which Peter Watt mentioned"???????

Ivy Eileen

Verity - bit late in reading your reply, have been at work so apologies for that.

However, your reply suggests my previous comment hit a tender spot. This is also the second time you have accused me (or now my parents) of being left-wing - even now communist. As I posted when you made this allegation before, you couldn't be more wrong. Why do you make wild (as in having no connection with the topic), unsupported (as in no evidence) and ridiculous (as in bizarre) allegations ? It serves no useful purpose to the Coffee House topic.