How dare Gordon Brown use personal tragedy to justify his
staying in office. Learning to live with tragedy befalls most of
the popoulation at some time - check with the families of our
soldiers Mr Brown. And yet, the Labour Party allow him to stay.

Mandy, Cheshire, UK

One thing he has missed is that Maggie Thatcher, John Major and Tony Blair all had a mandate previously from the electorate, this custard king took it without asking the great british people, its them that will survive, not him. Gordon Just go please. (and sorry i am not with the press).

James, Southamptom, England

Somebody tell him he is not the right person for this job. Labour has had its time and now they can go back to the wilderness while others try and fix their mess.

Andrew, Melbourne, Oz

Mr Brown are you listening ?
You got it wrong in the first place when at No 11, when will you adimt it, you are not up to it !

Martin Briggs, Heversham, England

What is the additional cost - including travel, policing, accomodation and security for the Cabinet AND staff - and increase in the size of the Cabinet's carbon footprint, of this pointless gimmick of meeting in Birmingham ?

john, Oxford, England

Ben,

The country was a basket case when Labour took over in 1997. Brown won;t be the only one to leave a mesy legacy.

simon, battersea,

The one thing that could possibly pull him and Britain out of the mire is to concentrate on Britain. Not swanning around the world shaking hands and frittering money away on foreign aid.
His problems aren't abroad, there here, right now and have been neglected!

Richard , UK,

Embarrassing change of direction and it will not work. Which PR guru is behind this? How much is it costing us to have the Cabinet Meeting in Birmingham? Another gimmick. It is all an insult to the electorate and whatever direction the PM takes and whatever he says - we are not listening.

Jane, Lincoln, England

It would appear that Gordon is determined to take the ship down with him. Still never mind, Labour will only be replaced with a different band of neo-liberals, who'll continue to privatise all and sundry.

Owen, London, UK

This is not Blairs mess. Brown was not a chancellor but a chancer. And as primeminister unelected his acclaimed at the time financial wizardry has come back to haunt him. Its not how many eyes the man has at present, its the ammount of ayes he gets when the House resumes.

kenny livitt, hove,

Other todays news is that the U.S have bailed out Mac&Freddie so the pound will now start to improve - But guess who will say - There you are ! I said I'd put it right

Ron Allen, Sacy, France

Browns big problem is that he is not a born communicator, but these skills can be learnt. Less, 'resolute', 'overcome', 'confront','come thru', he needs to be more conversational like Blair was. His speeches are boring, lack conviction, and don't engage the listener. Its like morning assembly.

dudley holley, Thorpe Bay, UK

The only thing Gordon Brown has got right is to get the Bank of England to set interest rates. On all other things he has been a total and utter failure, Gold reserves, Pension raids, EU referendum,10p tax etc etc. It is a close run thing between him and John Major for who is the worst PM ever.

Keith Sloan, Nr Winchester, UK

Brown is not an economic wizard, he is an opportunist politician, the US government announce a buyout of the Fanny Mae etc which should allow liquidity back into the U.S. market and all of a sudden Brown is saying “Now, once more, I am confident that we can come through this difficult economic time"

steve tea, manchester, cheshire

Going for the sympathy vote eh?
If it's all the same to you Culpability Brown I'd rather have my stolen pension moneys back and for you to go on permanent gardening leave.

Stephen Green, Correns, France

The consequences of a Labour government were blindingly obvious all along which is why I have never and will never vote for them. Let this shambles be a reminder to all of you. Never in history has a Labour government ever resulted in anything other than economic chaos and this time is no different.

ben , london,

If Brown uses the 'poor me' angle, irrespective of his personal experiences, it will only backfire. He is ultimately responsible for the poorly equipped soldiers and the NHS postcode lottery farce to name but 2 of his messes that have created greater hardship to those concerned. He will be despised.

Raff , France,

The real villain has got away scot free in all this and that's his predecessor the artful Tony Blair.We have had to suffer the hidden true cost of the Iraq millitary coup and add that cost to a struggling economy and we have this situation.Brown is not a leader but this was Blairs mess.

Kevin, London, England

That's it then, we're all doomed.

Susannah, Hereford,

If there is one thing I cannot stand its attention seekers, pity me people, you think youve had personal issues Mr Brown ? come speak to me and most probably half the nation, yet I still struggle to pay the electric, heat the house and put food on the table, I bet you dont!, reality check time!!

Debbie, Leicester, UK

The English have been stuffing the Scots for centuries and the Scots have tried feebly to retaliate but now they've come up with a brilliant Trojan-horse master plan to destroy the English. He's right under our very noses causing more damage than William Wallace could have dreamed of !

PR, Manchester,

What about GBrown's Jan 07 statement ' Masterplan To Change The World'. Is it in tatters or is he still tinkering ?

GBrown has created our situation.

john, colchester, uk

He's playing the sympathy card again! Last week he was so sorry for getting things wrong and would try harder. Now he's taken the eye off the (Ed) ball.
Gordon, you are bereft of any idea that might help British citizens overcome the pain you've inflicted on them so, please, just go.

A.M. Williams, Stafford,

Now the social-engineering, autocratic antics of his Marxist band-wagon have been shown for what they are, Brown thinks he can fall back on cheap stunts (like stamp duty) and rhetoric. We are not fooled by a Government that has proven itself devoid of all empathy for ordinary British people.

anthony, bingham, uk

But this is the guy who is causing all the problems with his awful mis-management of the problem... are these people is stasis or something?

Marc, Singapore,

Unfortunately for Mr Brown, he betrayed us all in a very specific way, he denied us the opportunity to have our say in a referendum on the EU. Everything that he attempts to do will be sullied by this refusal to allow a democtratic voice of the electorate.

Jim, Brierley Hill,