tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post3037437315195847285..comments2023-11-05T09:37:36.840+01:00Comments on A View From Rural Wales: Gordon Brown is an economic disaster.Glyn Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10442114752573417252noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-84318683480810993692008-07-21T22:45:00.000+01:002008-07-21T22:45:00.000+01:00penlan - you are right. Gordon Brown had the benef...penlan - you are right. Gordon Brown had the benefit of following Ken Carke, whose stint as Chancellor is highly regarded, while Denis Healey followed Tony Barber, whose stint is not so well regarded.Glyn Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17344589217554138315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-67862195924704338472008-07-21T10:50:00.000+01:002008-07-21T10:50:00.000+01:00I think that you're a bit unkind to Denis Healey,w...I think that you're a bit unkind to Denis Healey,who at least had the excuse of being in office throughout the oil shock and far worse financial turbulence,both globally and as a result of the ill-timed Barber boom domestically.Brown,in contrast,has had the most benign economic conditions to deal with in decades but has still managed heroically to louse it up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-3996837290008475112008-07-21T04:23:00.000+01:002008-07-21T04:23:00.000+01:00Concur with you 100% Glyn. As you point out Gordo...Concur with you 100% Glyn. <BR/><BR/>As you point out Gordon Brown was stoking up the destruction of the British economy while at #11. <BR/><BR/>Brown promoted a rapid rise in house prices to cover his over spending on public projects. But as 'you sow so shall you reap' and now the UK is reaping the harvest sowed by Gordon Brown. <BR/><BR/>Wales though has a way out, but the powers that be at the National Assembly are clearly not listening ... it's 'party politics as usual'. <BR/><BR/>We need as a nation to come together as if we were at war against a major adversary - "truth be known" we are.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com