Brown-bashing: The Top 10 Political Moments of 2007

Since this will be my last day of blogging before Christmas (and maybe before 2008) I thought I would do one of those tiresome "Top 10 of 2007". Don’t worry, I’m not going to do a Personal Top 10, which would be tremendously tedious for anyone who does not know me, but rather a political one. And you may see a theme emerging in the list...

10. Good Riddance Day: Oh what a happy day it was when Blair finally left Number 10, taking his shit eating grin with him. It wasn’t as nice as him leaving in the company of the police, or after a humiliating election defeat, but it was good enough for me. Plus it allowed Gordon Brown to take control of the Nu Labour government, and lead his party into a nosedive in the polls.

9. The non-election actually creating an election – for the Lib Dem leader: Yes Ming was treated shabbily by his party and yes, the subsequent election was dreadfully tedious. But the sudden, undignified departure of Ming the Merciful was tremendously good to watch, and buried any claim the Lib Dems might have to being a nice party.

8. David Cameron’s conference speech – Now I am no fan of Cameron or of his conference speech, but I am increasingly in the minority on both. But his speech was an audacious political gamble, and worked so well in his favour. It also confirmed for many of us what we already new – namely that Brown is a spineless coward.

7. Northern Rock: Economic competence my arse. The first run on a bank in living memory, shattering any residual delusions that Brown and his puppet chancellor are capable of running the economy. It is going to cost the tax payer money, but it is also going to cost Gordon Brown dearly. And anything that costs Gordon Brown dearly is fine with me.

6. Calamity Clegg: The only interesting moment in the Lib Dem leadership campaign came when Chris Huhne, with that raw, naked lust for power blazing in his eyes, shafted the man who is now Lib Dem leader. The tag "Calamity Clegg" will not just stick, but will become a stick to beat the gormless Clegg with at every available opportunity.

5. Stalinist Brown: We now know the irony – Brown is no Stalin. As evil as he may have been, Stalin was simply more capable than Brown.

4. Donorgate: Cash for peerages was nebulous corruption, and difficult to pin down. None of that under Brown! Who couldn’t raise a smile of mild disgust but also guilty glee at the wonderful sight of senior minister after senior minister confessing to accepting illegal donations?

3. From Stalin to Mr Bean: Vince Cable not only proved himself to be the man who should be Lib Dem leader with this comment, but also gave a very potent image of our dithering, awkward PM. The only difference is Mr Bean is a more sympathetic character. And that's saying something!

2. HRMC and those discs: Like Northern Rock, it could hurt people in this country. Badly. But as a great way of illustrating the mind-numbing incompetence of Brown, it couldn't be bettered. After all, this is the department he ran for 10 years and now headed up his that skunk faced puppet chancellor of his. And it happened on his watch as PM. The buck stops with Brown, and those affected should remember this when they come to put their "x" in a box at the next election.

1. The Non-Election: Brown takes the leadership and takes a lead in the polls, and throws it away. He shows himself to be a liar, a coward and an incompetent in one easy step, at the same time as losing the support of the media. He confirms the very worst opinions of everyone, and shows he is not capable of holding the highest office in the land. This was the moment when the Labour party should have dropped Brown like a shitty stick. But in case they didn't get the message here, there have been countless other examples for the Labour party to heed since then.

You could read the above list and accuse me of political myopia because, barring a little Lib Dem baiting, most of the above events are laying into Gordon Brown. And this list is on top of another two posts today laying into the dour drip. But it is, in the case of Gordon Brown, deserved.
He has shown himself to be the worst Prime Minister in living memory. He is arrogant, aloof – in this democracy he believes he has a right to the position he has grasped without consulting anyone. And he is simply not capable of doing the job – both in terms of his skills and his personality/psychology. He is leading his government from crisis to crisis, and his party to defeat in that next election. He comes across as a bully, as a coward, and as a deeply unpleasant man. That he should be heading up this country is a national disgrace. Losing the next election and the party leadership is far too soft a punishment for this egregious cunt. The fate I would advocate for Gordon Brown is nothing short of drowining in a vat of his own rectal filth.

2007: the year Brown proved he was as bad as many of suspected he was.