For the past few weeks, CoffeeHouse has been asking its readers to shout out about Gordon Brown’s lies – or Brownies, as we call them. The response has been superb. Congrats to CoffeeHouser James, for providing an almost comprehensive list:
“As for GB’s lies…where to begin: The Constitution/treaty. The state of the economy when he took over in 1997. Comparing RPI in the 1990s with CPI now. Constantly pretending that unemployment is now low, and youth unemployment almost abolished – when over 4million are not in proper work. The scandalous New Deal. The scandalous failure of the Tax Credit system. The lie that defence spending has gone up in real terms (inflation in the defence sector runs at around 8%).”
But there are others. Cat mentions one:
And, personally, I’d like to see Ted Telford’s question answered:
“Does anyone know whether he actually wrote that ‘profiles in courage’ book himself?”
Now’s the time for Coffee House to go through your suggestions and fashion them into extended blog posts.
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