i'm not defending any labour politician who voted for illegal war (never mind the pointless tinkering around with vicious global capitalism) ..but...gordon brown? a smart guy and very conscientious but clearly lacking in the presentational skills that seem to come easily to posh boys and PR liars. (we all know what 'posh' means by the way.) had GB not bailed out the banks then would capitalism have collapsed in this country? i feel it was wrong to do it but would have expected the fans of capitalism would have been grateful. as it is, all GB ever got was abuse -some of it extremely nasty. i recall plenty of complaints a few years back there were too many scots in the cabinet - if the same people are not now complaining that there are too many people from the same class at eton in the cabinet-it's a fair bet they are anti-scottish. and fair enough-scots have no time for thatcherite posh boys or their brain dead and compassion free supporters. daily mail, sun or telegraph? - by all means buy these papers for the crossword or sport (other newspapers do have these things too, you know) but know if you are seen buying them north of watford then many people assume you are posh tories who share the prejudices of these nasty organs.