On Question Time last night, Do you think that Gordon Brown will make a good Priminister?

Question

One elderly man mentioned on Question Time that he hadn't dealt with the issue of Pensions which is very important.

What are his good qualities and his bad qualities?

Who do you think was the best Priminister and why?

Answer 1

1. I think that maybe a Priminister is the person in charge of Primark.

2. Having pointed out your embarrassing spelling mistake, I will attempt to answer your question. I am not convinced that Gordon Brown will make a good Prime Minister. The main reason is that his dour personality is unlikely to succeed in motivating either the Cabinet or the country. He needs to lead a successful team, and I find him uninspiring.

3. As a seasoned Chancellor of the Exchequer, I think he is better placed than most to address the pensions crisis. However pensions are not the major issue. These are the major problems:
(a) Education
(i) poor standards of English;
(ii) teachers with excessive (non-productive) monitoring work;
(iii) indiscipline in classrooms;
(iv) student debt;
(b) Health
(i) excessive (non-productive) administration;
(ii) spending on PFI contracts going beyond budget;
(iii) lack of NHS dentists;
(c) Defence
(i) too much subservience to USA;
(ii) poorly equipped troops;
(iii) excessive cost of defending distant territories e.g. Falklands;
(d) Foreign policy
(i) antagonism resulting from policy towards Middle East;
(ii) need for rebranding as European nation;
(iii) more help to developing countries / writing off debt;
(e) Home policy
(i) polarisation of communities along religious / ethnic lines;
(ii) adequacy of major incident preparations;
(iii) overcrowding in prisons;
(f) Energy policy
(i) decommissioning of ageing atomic power stations;
(ii) reliance on foreign energy sources;
(iii) suitability/capacity of green alternatives.
Where does Gordon Brown stand on all this? I have no idea. However with the control-freakery of the present incumbent, it is unlikely that we will ever know what Brown's views are until he is Prime Minister (if that ever happens).

Answer 2

Yes he will.
His qualities he is a lobour not a conservative.