Gordon Brown Facepalm

 

i lolled when i saw this today. gordon brown on radio 4 earlier, when they played the unbeknown to him recording of him calling some woman a bigot.

bigoted old woman called "bigot" in shock pm truth outburst. more at eleven.

email you get if your a labor party member

 

As you may know, I have apologised to Mrs Duffy for remarks I made in the back of the car after meeting her on the campaign trail in Rochdale today. I would also like to apologise to you.

 

I know how hard you all work to fight for me and the Labour Party, and to ensure we get our case over to the public. So when the mistake I made today has so dominated the news, doubtless with some impact on your own campaigning activities, I want you to know I doubly appreciate the efforts you make.

 

Many of you know me personally. You know I have strengths as well as weaknesses. We all do. You also know that sometimes we say and do things we regret. I profoundly regret what I said this morning.

 

I am under no illusions as to how much scorn some in the media will want to heap upon me in the days ahead.

 

But you, like I, know what is at stake in the days ahead and so we must redouble our campaigning efforts to stop Britain returning to a Tory Party that would do so much damage to our economy, our society and our schools and NHS, not least in places like Rochdale.

 

The worst thing about today is the hurt I caused to Mrs Duffy, the kind of person I came into politics to serve. It is those people I will have in my mind as I look ahead to the rest of the campaign.

 

You will have seen me in one context on the TV today. I hope tomorrow you see once more someone not just proud to be your leader, but also someone who understands the economic challenges we face, how to meet them, and how that improves the lives of ordinary families all around Britain.

 

Regards,

 

Gordon

this will be played to death on the debate tomorrow. pointless.

  On 4/28/2010 at 8:42 PM, margaret thatcher said:

this will be played to death on the debate tomorrow. pointless.

 

its going to be horrible.

actually, im sure you could bring up stuff clegg (30 women) said in the past and the same for cameron, he likes thatcher.

everyone likes thatcher

good one, gordon... I was hoping he wouldn't fuck this up

 

  On 4/28/2010 at 8:50 PM, funkaholic said:

actually, im sure you could bring up stuff clegg (30 women) said in the past and the same for cameron, he likes thatcher.

The 30 women quote is nothing really, and a couple of years old.

So what did the old biddy say, and is she really a bigot?

  On 4/28/2010 at 9:49 PM, chenGOD said:

So what did the old biddy say, and is she really a bigot?

She said there were too many eastern europeans... To be fair she was going to whinge about her personal disagreements and it wasn't going to go any other way, so I see why he thought it was ridiculous to be asked to talk to her on camera. An annoying belligerent old macunian battleaxe, if she's a labour supporter as she claims I don't know why she wants to try to embarrass Gordon on TV.

i just lolled at his facepalm gesture - i don't give a fuck about the bigot calling thing.

  On 4/28/2010 at 10:03 PM, Coalbucket PI said:

  On 4/28/2010 at 9:49 PM, chenGOD said:

So what did the old biddy say, and is she really a bigot?

She said there were too many eastern europeans...

 

oh my god this is epic shit

 

don't think i've ever given a toss about politics as much as in this election. the drama has been gold

whoops, i meant

whoa there EZkilla, you almost emoted there.