Boat Drinks Virtual Election

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Originally Posted by Matblack

I have to say I agree with this, I think Labour handled the recent crisis as well as anyone could given the circumstances and Brown is getting a rough deal.

I agree with this to a limited extent. I do think Gordon Brown (as Chancellor) did a lot to get us into this - both in setting up the (lack of) supervision for the banks, and raiding the coffers and selling off a load of our gold (at a knock-down price) when times were good.

Credit where its due on him taking the lead with the banks (and it's looking more likely UK will make a profit on that deal). As for the Government's coffers, well the jury is still out on that one - we may never know.