It's covered well in Obama's autobiography. He had been recently elected and his acknowledgement of the role Brown played internationally is I think unprompted by prejudice or partisan poli… (View Post)

This is the line that my old mucker, Richard Nabavi, used to run. In his absence it's good that someone else puts it up instead. Some of the things Brown did certainly contributed to the GFC, bu… (View Post)

Agreed, Phil. My usual line on here is that the Brown and Blair Premierships were kind of like mirror images of each other. Brown was a poor PM with one major achievement to his credit - management o… (View Post)

You underestimate the consequences of the crisis getting out of control. Brown haters (and I'm no fan) choke on the notion that he played a leading role in mitigating its worst effects, but it i… (View Post)

Oooh now, Gordon was plenty capable of creating his own brand of chaos, but I think he would have won. (View Post)