Gordon has never been given a chance. I am tired of all the criticism against him. For goodness sake will everyone just shut up and let him get on with managing the country and our economy. Do we really want a Tory govt ? Don't forget the damage Mrs T did to this society?

Joy Lawley, London, UK

The sooner Labour start to admit the failings of Brown as PM the better. He is unengaging, devoid of any type of personality and appears to lack the ability to dress himself in the morning. The sooner this poor excuse for a leader leaves office the better for us all.

John, Bedford,

Brown may not be over impressive, but as far as I can see he is not a liar.So the obnoxious and dissimulating Blair should keep his nasty little nose where it belongs - out of British politics, which, if he has forgotten, is where we put him, because we despised him.

eric campbell, harrogate, uk

the old Labour party , love it or hate it wwas at least distinguishable from the Conservative party, but Blair did away with all that and now they wonder where their voters have gone. Brown, Httton, Purnell, Milliband et al are all neo-Tories now

peter c, devizes, wessex

The seventh principle of Public Office, important in Tony Blair's case :-
Accountability

Ommitted earlier.

Melanie, Cheshire, UK

rajan mathew, BIRMINGHAM, uk, united kingdom

Get your facts right, old chap - it was c25% of the world and the world's population (at its geographic extreme in 1921). Though I'm guessing you don't really know much about it.

Stuart, Leicester,

The 7 principles of public office - per the Committee of Standards in Public Life :-
Selflessness
Integrity
Objectivity
Openness
Honesty
Leadership

I can't think of anyone with these qualities, certainly not Tony
Blair.

Melanie, Cheshire, UK

Tony Blair damns Gordon Brown and his errors. What do they say about Pots calling Kettles black?

Neil, Gloucestershire, England

Having served proudly in the services and now pensioned out (cast aside) due to injury, I can safely say that for the first time in memory, troops have developed a hate of a serving and ex Prime Minister (Tony Blair), specifically as a result of his lies and scheming at the expense of others.

K L Simpson, Portishead,

Yo! Blair!!! Go for it Tony - who'd have thought that a year on we'd be wishing you never went. Even your spin doctoring and relentless showmanship and economies with the truth was better than Eeyore with a Scots accent and his indecision and micromanagement. Come back TB - we forgive you!!

David Taylor, Brighton, UK

Labour lost any chance that they had of winning an election when they sold the country over the Lisbon treaty. Their performance to that point was dire - enough not to be elected. The in fighting now shows that they never hung together. A new leader and admitting they got it wrong won't work either

Alan, Houghton-Le-Spring, Durham

rajan mathew, BIRMINGHAM, uk, united kingdom

Typical, whenever someone talks about feeling british, we can always be guaranteed some bright spark like you will start harping on about the days of the empire.

All the people that built it have been dead for quite some time you know.

Alex, London,

Brown managed to realise his life time dream to become the PM of Britain, but sadly, he failed to embrace the job the way he should have. Or maybe he did embrace it really well, but it could be the case that Britain is fed up with the Labour and any action taken by them is seen as a fiasco!

Kreshnik Hoxha, Prishtina, Kosovo

Dress it up how you want, Labour Governments believe in a
big state, with lots of government spending (alot wasted)
which is paid for by borrowing at first, then heavy taxes. It has
always been like this and this Labour government is no
different, it always ends in tears.

Roger, Weymouth, England

"stripped most of us of any wealth by taxation"

Are you for real? I agree that this country is overtaxed but the idea everyone has been thrust into poverty is a nonsense.

Lets keep a sense of proportion.

Mike S, London,

Brown is a clever man and is not 'empty' as Miliband. He has two kids, one of them needs additional love and care the Browns can give. My suggestion to Brown is to give up this PMship which is built of New Labour project of lies, half-truths and spin, take an early retirement to his Kirkaldy home

James, LONDON,

maybe we should go to the good old days when we owned half the world, then you might feel british.

rajan mathew, BIRMINGHAM, uk, united kingdom

Any new policies should be for the good of the country and not just to win the next election. All the parties are afraid to do what is required to stop this endless sale of vital assets and the decline of the uk. Tax the rich and the super rich and no offshore nonsense. No other system works.

kenny livitt, hove,

QUOTE: The Labour MP Khalid Mahmood, a loyalist, said: “Tony Blair should tell his friends to stop causing trouble and let Gordon get on with the job.”

Bit rich, no?

Seems that what goes around comes around.

Col, London,

Brown, and Blair before him, have stripped this country of nearly all its assets, stripped most of us of any wealth by taxation and handed control of this country to the rest of the world. Energy is owned by the French, banks by the Far East and Spain etc. I don't feel British any more.

Robert Kingsbury, Leeds,

This is yet an other indication that in Broken Britain, nothing works as it should. Government of any persuasuasion, seems to be full of "world statesmen and women" when the real politics are required in the UK. There are no longer any signs that there is a raft of complimentary policies operating!

Paul Irving, Bergerac , France

It occurs to me that politics is about plotting and back stabbing and the types it attracts are obviously well suited to the task.

John Lewis, London, UK

I suppose it must be nice to have a well-paid job in which one can indulge in these petty antics and scheming rather than doing proper work. I would be embarrassed to be in that position, but there again I'm a person of integrity, honesty and experience, i.e. not MP material.

Chris, Cheltenham, UK

New breed of politicians desperately needed. Qualities?
Honesty, truth, talent, specialist skills, vocation not careerist,

Judged by these kind of qualities most of today''s MPS would fail. Sadly, it won't get better.

Leigh Vernier, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

If these people put as much effort into doing their jobs as they do back-stabbing,plotting and trying to line their pockets just maybe the country wouldn't be in such a mess.
The relationship between this Government and the British Public appears to be one of mutual contempt,and that's not good.

Dave, Devon,