Poor Gordon Brown

It is sort of like watching a gang of seventh graders take down the substitute teacher. That isn't exactly surprising. What made Gordon Brown a great Chancellor of the Exchequer is exactly what makes him an awful PM; the man has the charisma of ground carp. That said, I was expecting a slow fade as New Labour's schtick wore thin, not this spectacular eruption.

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http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2008/05/poor-gordon-brown/3409/