From Stalin to Mr. Bean? Now that’s an insult!
Gordon Brown’s competence as PM has come under fire during heated Commons exchanges following the donations row.
David Cameron said there had been “disaster after disaster” since Mr Brown took over, and asked if he was “cut out for the job”.
Lib Dem acting leader Vincent Cable said Mr Brown had gone “from Stalin to Mr Bean” in a matter of weeks.
BBC NEWS | Politics | Brown under fire over donations.
Uh-oh! When your opponents start ridiculing you, the game is up.
When Blair was criticised for his arrogance and his brass balls, there was an element of compliment in the insult.
When someone calls you ‘Mr Bean’ it gets pretty hard to hold on to your reputation.
Alas, Mr Brown has discovered what it’s like to have one of the shortest honeymoons in the history of British politics – and boy has the tide turned fast.
I would be more sympathetic if it wasn’t for that ‘no election’ shambles. It was obvious that he was considering it, and by not going ahead when the polls turned, he demonstrated a kind of weakness that is very unattractive.
Blair, one of my political heroes, would certainly never have done that – and I always knew that people would begin to miss him…
Being likened to Stalin at least has some positive overtones in terms of one’s control of events, people and things. But being called Mr. Bean in the House of Commons has just got to hurt.
It will be interesting to see if he can recover. I suspect he still wishes that he was Chancellor!
However, he has considerable intellect and good political instincts so watching his fight-back will be fascinating - politics just got interesting again!