Man in a Shed: Gordon Brown is the new Ted Heath !

Friday, April 20, 2007

Gordon Brown is the new Ted Heath !

Just watching this weeks Blogger TV from 18DS - as I finish of the work for this week.

On at least two occasions Paul Burgin ( Mars Hill blog ) has likened Gordon Brown to Ted Heath, and he gives the impression to me of this being a good thing. Iain Dale tries to spell out why the Conservatives are rubbing our hands with glee at the thought of Gordon Brown as the next leader of the ~~opposition~~ Labour party - but Paul disagrees.

All I can say is keep up the good work Paul ;-)

Words are now failing me .... (ok that happens a lot Ian here you saying)

PS Paul always strikes me as a good person and I don't mean to be cruel here. Though I find his Christian Socialism to be a contradiction in terms, its a circle he no doubt honestly believes he can square.

1 comment:

Sir-C4' said...: I have picked up on this too:

http://conservativemindblog.blogspot.com/2007/04/labour-blogger-paul-burgin-condemns.html

http://conservativemindblog.blogspot.com/2007/04/paul-burgin-in-laa-laa-land.html; 10:09 am

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