Gordon Brown 'aint going nowhere, baby...

Gordon Brown hasn't surprised anybody by announcing his plans to stay until the next election. In an interview with Sky News this morning he stated that he had plans to stay and 'get on with his job'.

For the majority of thinkers, pessimists and political gamblers the news is hardly a revelation. For others it shall bear the same ill-tidings as an unwelcome and slightly fetid house guest declaring that your living room sofa is his for another month. Or a squatter in the old house down the street. Some will no doubt be pleased by the news, and yet others will see it as another triumph of obstinacy over sense and reason in the realm of UK politics.

Brown said: "I understand people’s worries. People put me in not because I am some sort of celebrity but to do the job. To make sure that I understand the worries and hopes and anxieties."

It seems to Westmonster that Brown quite enjoys expressing his empathy towards the plights of the public. If he wants to stay in office after the general election, though, he should probably start acting on the emotional twinges that he keeps professing to be feeling.

At least he got to make his mother proud by being Prime Minister for a little while. But does the news signal the end of the Labour Party's days in the sunshine?

Written by Oli Anderson on 15 May 2008 10:12 AM. Permalink