When Brown deposed Blair, he vowed to 'listen and learn'. Now he claims he will 'listen and lead'.
He should be taken quietly to one side and told that England want him and his Party to listen and LEAVE.

R.M., London, England

Gordon, the people, certainly those this side of the border, don't want you so please take the hint and go stand for the leadership of the Scottish Parliament.

A.Williams, Cradley Heath,

If he is listening, as he says he is, can he not hear us all tell him, in vast numbers, "it is time for Brown to go"... and will he do so?

mac, Argyll, Scotland

Never mind Gordon. Things can only get better...can only get better...can only get better etc.

Chris, Lancaster, UK

Ha ha ha! Brown's divisive, nasty, anti-English policies punted out by ZanuLabour have finally caught him out. Its taken far too long. How can it be that the 3 most powerful men in England are Scottish?? Time for change. Time for an English Parliament.

Dave Snelson, Chester, England

Go Gordon, just go.

You are a great disappointment personally, believing that leadership is tagging on behind every passing whim, and leading a party quite out of touch with either reality, the electorate's expectations, the realities of realpolitik.

Jon Quirk, Ulan Bator, Mongolia

Aw the Spin isn't working is it Gordon?
The Properganda isn't taking full effect is it.
Paying the price now are you Gordon?

Hopefully this will show you that dishonesty and manipulation is no longer working as it once did to control people's thoughts. Truth is only answer to this Gordon!!!!!!!

Andrew, North East, England, UK,

If Brown was really listening he would see the results for what they are - a vote of no confidence in him and his government. He would then do the right thing and call a general election. Of course he wont, and David Cameron will be happy not to be in power for the next 2 years recession

A Hariis, Ketteing, UK

i am an american in London and I really truly had begun to believe that the brits had lost their fighting sprit and would allow this government to tax them into oblivion. this massive defeat should be a wake up call to show the government that enough is enough. way to go!

Alex, London, England

Will he learn the lesson that everyone wants a General Election now and do the decent thing and call it? Not a chance.

Charlie, Munich,

How many more bloody noses does Labour expect from England, before they accept Gordon Brown has no moral or democratic right to rule over us? Rejected by his own country for an SNP government, it is becoming increasingly difficult to stomach a man elected by a single Scottish constituency.

Jon, Kumamoto, Japan

Payne, Honolulu, Hawaii,
I can assure you that Gordon Brown is no genius. Intelligence with arrogance does not make one a genius. I would also like to point out that in every country most citizens are average with some above and some below the mean.

Edward, London,

Labour stopped listening in 1997 and stopped leading when Blair bailed out. It's a bit late now Gordon.

Paul, Derby, UK

When you are a genius but have to govern a nation of mostly average and even deficient citizens from multicultural backgrounds, you may reassure yourself to only do what you can.

payne, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

Brown needs to start listening to the voters and focus on crime, taxation and immigration.

Hamad Lone, London, England

great article

dr. mike stoddard, san diego, ca

It will be very hard for Gordon Brown to change nu-Labour to a
decent hard working, and caring Labour party back to what it
was, it certainly has gone too far in the hands of those too selfish and very mean people in nu-labour, comparing my days
to help those who can't help them selves:Ken

Cllr Ken Tiwari (independent), Oxford, United Kingdom

In Australia, there is a saying in Politics called the "It's Time" Factor when incumbent governments being for so long is seen to lose their way .It happened in Australia with the Liberal Party losing after 11 years of good economic times and most likely will happen to the Republicans in November.

Anthony Volpi, Narre Warren North, Victoria, Australia

I promise to listen while I persecute you with my tax policy. I promise learn why the bearucracy wastes the taxpayers money. I promise to lead by punishing those who want no interference from a Labour government.
I heard this in July 07, the records stuck and it means increased taxes.

steve tea, manchester, cheshire

At last they are starting to get their come upance.

Bob, Warrington, Cheshire

I understand why people revolted against Gordon Brown, after all, he has been in government in over 11 years. Yet, what has he achieved? He was linked with the War in Iraq, stealth taxes, 10p fiasco (which he introduced and abolished). He thought that the electorate was stupid, how wrong he was!

tone, cambridge,

Speaking against the Tory party before they have had a chance to govern is prejudiced. Please, give them a chance!

Manley G, Portland OR, USA

Gordon wants to lead us throught adversity. Better not to have led us into adversity in the furst place.

D Rockingham, Everton, UK

Were Brown clever he'd call an election, loses it and let the torries dig themselves into deep troubles. Brown is in a no win situation. He will only win if the tories lose worse. Given the current situation Brittain faces difficult economical times with lots of people doing worse over the next year

Henry, Notts,

Gordon blew it big time by assuming the electorate could not see through his smoke and mirrors. 1o years of stealth taxes which ended in him introducing the 10p rate, then abolishing it without compensating the real losers has caught up with him. He will never be trusted again - he had 11 years to get this right! Unless Labour listen to the grass roots and get rid of dead wood, Gordon has no hope at the next General Election. I am no expert, but I do have a feel for the common people, and he will have to work hard to get their trust. Perhaps even doubly so as he was not elected as PM.

tone, cambridge,

Maybe Brown should be concentrating more on home issues than Zimbabwe.

chenzira, London,

To tax someone at the starting rate of £5,435 : Indicates to people
that you Brown, think this sum is sufficient to live on.
And then anything after this sum, you are now taxing at 20%.
Shows you have never been in touch with your core voter.
Add to this the ridiculous official inflation figure.

A Walton, Leicester, England

people have forgotten the last tory government which resulted in 15% interest rates and massive tax reductions for the rich. Cameron can not even stick to the highway code so do not expect a honesty there.However labour have caved into the immigrant demands over the natural population. God help them

watson, taunton, uk

It's nice to see that Europe and the UK continue to move away from Socialist policies and politicians and move toward a more free, conservative style.

It's just too bad that us here in the US and going in the opposite direction. The days of 5% unemployment in the US are over if that happens.

Ster, Denver, USA

the UK has cancer survival rates in line with Poland, with some cancers having half the survival rate as in the U.S. (that includes the people who don't have health insurance)

where on earth do all the taxes go...seriously? not to better health care, maybe to the dependent welfare class?

Alex, London, England

I should not play psychiatrist on the net, but Gordon Brown is in denial.

jon livesey, Sunnyvale, CA/USA

"The challenge of leadership is to take the country through difficult times as well as good times." That may be true, but you don't win any points for leading the country into bad times in the first place because of the incompetence of your administration.

Steve Evans, Argyll,

This is the chance that the British need to save England and keep it English. Keep London and not Londonistan, save your culture, close your borders and embrace being English not part of the EU. England for the English celebrate your great nation and reject Islamic colonization.

Joe Deats, Covina, USA

Good quote "lead through adversity" -some people might lead through ingenuity, integrity, influence, imagination.
But Gordon leads through adversity - is this honesty from the PM at last?

matt, London, UK

An odious Labour Party only won power because the Tories were even worse. Looking at its own popularity, Labour made the mistake of thinking its insane socialist policies must be right. Cameron is less vile than Brown, so the roles are reversing, but I bet Cameron makes the same mistake Labour made.

Mike, Brighton, England

Mr. Brown, at the last count over 88 percent of the people in this country wanted you to honour your manifesto promise to hold a referendum on the EU treaty. You ignore these people at your peril, Thursday night proved that. Show us you mean what you say and hold the referendum, it is your choice.

Peter, Brixham, Devon

What an absolutely disastrous result for the Tories! Extrapolation shows that 56% would STILL not vote for them!

Mike L, Chippenham, Wilts

So Ed Miliband thinks the 10p row made things difficult. He still doesn´t understand what labour did to those with income less than 18,000 pounds and doesn´t even seem to regret it (other than the timing of course). The next election will show just how much the electorate dispise Nulabour´s lies.

David, Valencia, Spain

Go now, you're not wanted. Need any more hints???

Mike, Lancaster, England

The Tory party should avoid being complacent,the electorate voted for the best of a bad bunch!Were a truly democratic party to be formed,for the people,of the people,Tories also would be trounced in any election.The general public need to be heard and I still question if anyone will listen to us !

R.B., Leicester,