DAMNED BY A FRIEND!

Labour supporting Polly Toynbee yesterday made a devasting attack on Gordon Brown and the wasted years of Labour government.
This is what this supporter and fellow traveller of the Labour Party had to say in a Guardian Newspaper article:

‘Cancel new year, put back the clocks and forget the fireworks. There is nothing to celebrate in the dismal year ahead. The Labour party is sledging down a black run, eyes tight shut, the only certainty the electoral wall at the bottom of the hill. In five months David Cameron will be prime minister and Gordon Brown will be toast. Remember him? The man who crashed his party. Remember them? The death-wish brigade that let him do it.’
She goes on to say ‘The delusional tone of Gordon Brown's new year message says it all: "I believe we can create a new decade of prosperity with opportunities fairly shared amongst those who work hard and play by the rules." Just about every word of this raises questions about his record that he can never answer: GDP has fallen by 5% in the last year, taking us back to 2005; growth in his time was profoundly unfairly shared – over half the population saw virtually no growth at all; GDP per capita is a fraudulent measure that disguises how almost all growth went to the top 10%, and most to the top 1% – while he and Tony Blair did no more than see that the back half didn't fall too far behind. Middle Britain did badly however hard they worked and "played by the rules".’

Strong words indeed from Polly Toynbee.

In ‘Gordon Brown world’ all is well. Polly Toynbee uses the word ‘delusional’ and I believe that best sums up this rotten, discredited, and ‘past its sell by date’ government.

2010 is the YEAR OF CHANGE and I look forward to campaigning hard to make sure of that Change for Brighton Kemptown and for Britain.