EMM News Explorer: Gordon Brown

Cameron [said:]: He [Mr Brown] has delayed the debate [on the Wright reforms] to effectively stop these changes taking place. I just don't know how he has got the nerve to talk about cleaning up politics. What did he do last week?... He came up with a plan for a new voting system. I think that is crazy.

independent 07-FEB-10

Francis Maude [said:]: Gordon Brown continues to burn taxpayers' money on a quango gravy train, making a mockery of his claims to deliver a new politics.

24dash 05-FEB-10

Francis Maude [ said]: Gordon Brown continues to burn taxpayers’ money on a quango gravy train, making a mockery of his claims to deliver a new politics,

sundaytimes 05-FEB-10

Osborne [said:]: Under Gordon Brown's PPP we get the worst of both worlds. We get all the downside of expensive and inflexible contracts, but the taxpayer is still left on the hook if it all goes wrong. We need a new approach to PPP that's transparent and puts value for taxpayers' money first.

telegraph 04-FEB-10

Liam Fox [said:]: On the day when Labour ludicrously tried to portray themselves as being the champions of defence, we heard a horror story of the serial hatchet jobs carried out by Gordon Brown on our armed forces during his time as chancellor.

independent 02-FEB-10

William Hague [said:]: Gordon Brown avoided a leadership election, bottled a general election, and wants to fiddle the electoral system.

sundaytimes 02-FEB-10

Clegg [said:]: Despite Gordon Brown’s claim that he has ‘nothing to hide’ this has all the hallmarks of a cover-up.

telegraph 28-JAN-10

Sarkozy [said:]: I support without reservation the commitment of Gordon Brown, who was one of the first to defend the idea.

independent 28-JAN-10

Hague [said:]: When he announced the inquiry Gordon Brown said unequivocally that ‘no British document and no British witness will be beyond the scope of the inquiry’. It would be unacceptable for the Government to backtrack on that clear commitment.

sundaytimes 28-JAN-10

Nick Clegg [said:]: Despite Gordon Brown's claim that he has

dailymail 28-JAN-10

Osborne [-said]: After this great recession, any signs of growth are welcome but these very weak growth figures show that Gordon Brown’s government left us badly prepared for the recession and badly prepared for the recovery,

thetimes 27-JAN-10

Osborne [-said]: After this great recession, any signs of growth are welcome -- but these very weak growth figures show that Gordon Brown's government left us badly prepared for the recession and badly prepared for the recovery,

news 27-JAN-10

George Osborne [said:]: Gordon Brown's legacy will be the Great Recession.

thesun 26-JAN-10

George Osborne [ said]: Gordon Brown's promise that Britain would lead the world out of recession lies in tatters,

cnn 26-JAN-10

George Osborne [said:]: After this great recession, any signs of growth are welcome. But these very weak growth figures show that Gordon Brown's government left us badly prepared for the recession and badly prepared for the recovery.

guardian 26-JAN-10

Cowen [said:]: I think we are in a serious situation. I'll be working with (Gordon Brown] in the coming days to get this matter resolved.

TheScotsman 25-JAN-10

Elfyn Llwyd [said:]: I am glad to hear that Gordon Brown will now give evidence at the inquiry before the election, rather than afterwards as had been originally expected.

icWales 23-JAN-10

Nick Clegg [said:]: It is well known that the Prime Minister was a key figure in Britain’s decision to invade Iraq. It is only right that Gordon Brown should explain his role in this disastrous foreign policy failure before asking the British people for their vote.

icWales 23-JAN-10

Osborne [said:]: The argument that is always deployed against me when I’ve made these proposals in recent months, often by the banking community themselves and, indeed, by Gordon Brown, who is wholly opposed to this, has been, ‘Ah well, you’ll never get America to agree’.

thetimes 22-JAN-10

Osborne [-said]: He (Brown) now looks very isolated as a defender of the old model of finance that he presided over for years and that went so catastrophically wrong,

finanznachrichten 22-JAN-10

Nick Clegg [said:]: It is well known that the prime minister was a key figure in Britain's decision to invade Iraq. It is only right that Gordon Brown should explain his role in this disastrous foreign policy failure before asking the British people for their vote.

peopledaily 22-JAN-10

Edward Davey [said:]: Once again we can see Gordon Brown's fingerprints all over this, but no sign of the man himself.

dailymail 20-JAN-10

Nick Clegg [said:]: Gordon Brown has done little or nothing to change his position.

independent 20-JAN-10

Edward Davey [said:]: Gordon Brown is now the only major government player missing from the line-up at the Iraq inquiry before the election.

bbc 19-JAN-10

Davey [said:]: Once again we can see Gordon Brown's fingerprints all over this, but no sign of the man himself. The Prime Minister should appear before the Iraq Inquiry before the election to give voters an informed choice.

belfasttelegraph 19-JAN-10

24dash 18-JAN-10

Theresa May [said:]: This is yet more evidence of the damage done by Gordon Brown's recession. Britain's cities are paying the price for Labour's incompetence, and it looks like the recovery will be long and hard. 'Young people are bearing the brunt of the current jobs crisis and we need to do much more to help them into work. 'Conservatives have a big bold plan to get Britain working, including hundreds of thousands of new apprenticeships and training places for young people to prevent a generation being written off by this re

dailymail 18-JAN-10

Theresa May [said:]: This is more evidence of the damage done by Gordon Brown's recession.

thesun 18-JAN-10

Hammond [said:]: One minute Gordon Brown's a class warrior, the next he is a friend of middle Britain. We can't go on like this with a weak Prime Minister being ordered around by a divided cabinet.

telegraph 16-JAN-10

Philip Hammond [said:]: One minute Gordon Brown's a class warrior, the next he is a friend of middle Britain.

skynews 16-JAN-10

Philip Hammond [said:]: If the recession is finally over, then this is very good news. 'But NIESR's analysis shows just how badly families and businesses have been hit - and gives the lie to Gordon Brown's claim that we were

dailymail 14-JAN-10

Campbell [-said]: Gordon Brown would have been one of the key ministers that he would have spoken to regularly,

dailytimesPK 13-JAN-10

Campbell [ said]: Gordon Brown would have been one of the key ministers he spoke to regularly,

irishtimes 13-JAN-10

Campbell [said:]: I would say certainly Gordon Brown would have been one of the key ministers he spoke to regularly.

thesun 13-JAN-10

Museveni [-said]: When I was at the Commonwealth conference, what was (the prime minister of Canada) talking about? The gays. UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown... What was he talking about? The gays. (US) Assistant Secretary (of State Johnnie) Carson, what was he talking about? Somalia and the gays,

allafrica 12-JAN-10

Museveni [-said]: When I was at the Commonwealth conference, what was (the prime minister of Canada) talking about? The gays. UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown ... what was he talking about? The gays. (U.S.) Assistant Secretary (of State Johnnie) Carson, what was he talking about? Somalia and the gays,

eastandard 12-JAN-10

Alexander [said:]: This was not my view then and is not my view now. 'I am working hard to get Gordon Brown re-elected as Prime Minister.

dailymail 11-JAN-10

Alex Salmond [said:]: It is an extraordinary situation, weeks before an election, to have this degree of disunity and lack of confidence from people who, until quite recently, were Gordon Brown's close colleagues.

sundaymail 09-JAN-10

Hoon [said:]: I'm not quite sure why this matter is such a dramatic issue... If they think he [Mr Brown] has this support, what are they afraid of?

bbc 08-JAN-10

Johnson [saying:]: Gordon Brown is the best man to lead the Labour Party.

wsj 07-JAN-10

Philip Hammond [said:]: This report from the Labour-dominated Treasury Committee is yet more evidence that Gordon Brown's deficit reduction plan entirely lacks credibility. The Government urgently needs to listen to these warnings, show some leadership, and set out a credible plan.

telegraph 07-JAN-10

Shaun Woodward [said:]: What happened yesterday was without question unfortunate, it was a distraction... But what we know this morning... is that this is a party that wants Gordon Brown as leader.

channelnewsasia 07-JAN-10

Philip Hammond [said:]: This is yet more evidence that Gordon Brown's deficit reduction plan entirely lacks credibility. The Government urgently needs to show some leadership and set out a credible plan.

dailymail 07-JAN-10

Betty Williams [said:]: I regard the letter and the call for a secret ballot as wholly irrational and counterproductive...I need no secret ballot – my support for Gordon Brown is absolute. He is without doubt the best person to lead us into the next general election and beyond.

icWales 07-JAN-10

Harriet Harman [said:]: We're all united in our determination to do what's best for the country, which is for Labour, led by Gordon Brown, to win the general election.

channel4news 07-JAN-10

Douglas Alexander [said:]: Gordon Brown has shown he can deliver for the British people.

channel4news 07-JAN-10

Douglas Alexander [-said]: I do not think there is an issue about the direction that Gordon Brown and the Cabinet and the Government as a whole are trying to lead this country.

channel4news 07-JAN-10

Nick Clegg [said:]: Gordon Brown isn’t Labour’s only problem: they’ve been in power for over a decade; they’re tired; and they’ve lost sight of the reasons why they wanted to get into power in the first place.

icWales 07-JAN-10

Shaun Woodward [said:]: What happened yesterday was without question unfortunate, it was a distraction ... But what we know this morning ... is that this is a party that wants Gordon Brown as leader.

smh 07-JAN-10

Robinson [-wrote]: However, those who want to see Gordon Brown go might look to Australia where Bob Hawke was installed as leader of the Labor Party and faced an election 25 days later,

smh 06-JAN-10

Ben Page [ said]: The bottom line is...this is just another nail in the coffin in any credibility that Gordon Brown has and it diminishes his likelihood of winning a general election,

wsj 06-JAN-10

Green [-added]: This is another sign that [Prime Minister] Gordon Brown's 'British jobs for British workers' was a meaningless soundbite,

HindustanTimes 05-JAN-10

George Osborne [said:]: This interview confirms Gordon Brown has absolutely nothing new to say at the start of this year for change.

ananova 04-JAN-10

George Osborne [said:]: This interview confirms Gordon Brown has absolutely nothing new to say. 'Indeed it's worse than that: he has slipped back into repeating his dishonest nonsense that Labour will go on spending, when his own Treasury figures reveal Labour cuts. No wonder senior members of the Cabinet are in despair.

dailymail 04-JAN-10

Wallace [said:]: Gordon Brown is grasping at headlines if he thinks buying a couple of scanners will make us safer. It is too little, too late. Under his leadership, he starved the defence research budget that could have funded a comprehensive solution while at the same time he has weakened our border security.

independent 03-JAN-10

Wallace [said:]: Gordon Brown is grasping at headlines if he thinks buying a couple of scanners will make us safer. It is too little, too late.

guardian 03-JAN-10

Cameron [added:]: We can't go on with an old-fashioned left-wing class war on aspiration from a government that has seen the rich get rich and the poor get poorer. We can't go on in these difficult times with a weak Prime Minister and a divided government. We can't go on with another five years of Gordon Brown.

independent 03-JAN-10

Cameron [said:]: we cannot go on for another five years with Gordon Brown

javno 03-JAN-10

Theresa Villiers [said:]: Gordon Brown is scrambling to catch up on this issue. Labour have serious questions to answer on their slow response to the security issues which were apparent long before the Christmas Day bomb plot.

heraldscotland 02-JAN-10

Cameron [added:]: We can't go on with an old-fashioned left-wing class war on aspiration from a government that has seen the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. We can't go on with the old style of politics that divides our country instead of uniting it. We can't go on in these difficult times with a weak Prime Minister and a divided government. We can't go on with another five years of Gordon Brown.

ananova 02-JAN-10

Caroline Spelman [said:]: Gordon Brown has intentionally engineered the system of council tax to hike bills and rake in more money, leaving councillors to take the blame when bills hit the doorstep.

YorkshirePost 02-JAN-10

Grayling [said:]: Gordon Brown has spent money like there is no tomorrow yet the gap between rich and poor has grown wider than ever.

bbc 30-DEC-09

Chris Grayling [said:]: This backward-looking New Year message shows that despite warnings from his own Cabinet Gordon Brown remains intent on waging a negative and pointless class war.

independent 30-DEC-09

Clarke [said:]: In Parliament and elsewhere an overwhelming majority of Labour opinion believes that... Labour's chances would be significantly improved if Gordon Brown were to stand down.

ananova 30-DEC-09

Chris Grayling [said:]: This backward-looking New Year message shows that despite warnings from his own Cabinet, Gordon Brown remains intent on waging a negative and pointless class war.

telegraph 30-DEC-09

Philip Hammond [said:]: Over the past decade, Gordon Brown has systematically undermined Britain’s savings and pension system.

telegraph 28-DEC-09

William Hague [said:]: It is becoming clearer and clearer why Gordon Brown delayed setting up the inquiry for so long after it should have begun work.

YorkshirePost 24-DEC-09

Edward Davey [said:]: This looks like a deal cooked up in Whitehall corridors to save Gordon Brown and his ministers from facing the music.

TheScotsman 24-DEC-09

Elfyn Llwyd [said:]: It looks very suspicious that Gordon Brown and others won’t have to give evidence until after the election – it makes you wonder what they have to hide.

icWales 24-DEC-09

Taylor [wrote:]: Under this scenario Gordon Brown remains Prime Minister until the election but the Labour Party chooses a new leader to fight that election. In this way the internal contest within the party for its next leader is not about foisting a new Prime Minister on the country, but about choosing someone about whom the voters can make up their own mind.

independent 24-DEC-09

Dominic Grieve [said:]: This is simply outrageous. It is bad enough that Gordon Brown lost control of our borders and has let thousands of foreign criminals into the country. 'Now we learn that foreign prisoners are being given cash cards loaded with hundreds of pounds of taxpayers

dailymail 23-DEC-09

Dominic Grieve [said:]: It is bad enough that Gordon Brown lost control of our borders and has let thousands of foreign criminals into the country.

icWales 23-DEC-09

Dominic Grieve [said:]: This is simply outrageous. It is bad enough that Gordon Brown lost control of our borders and has let thousands of foreign criminals into the country.

telegraph 22-DEC-09

Theresa May [said:]: The growing skills gap in the economy is one of Gordon Brown's biggest failings. Once again we see more evidence of Labour's failure to fix the roof when the sun was shining. 'Labour need to ensure that everyone claiming Jobseeker's Allowance can retrain immediately instead of having to waiting six months. We don't want platitudes from this government. 'We want action. You have to judge Labour not on what they say but on what they do and sadly at the moment they have been found wanting.

dailymail 22-DEC-09

Osborne [said:]: In the run-up to Christmas, Gordon Brown is maxing out on the nation's credit card and doesn't care how we are going to repay these debts in the future.

independent 19-DEC-09

George Osborne [said:]: In the run up to Christmas, Gordon Brown is maxing out on the nation's credit card – and doesn't care how we are going to repay these debts in the future. The record public borrowing figures equates to almost £1,000 for every family this month alone.

guardian 19-DEC-09

Sinclair [ said]: It is absolutely incredible that Gordon Brown is still pledging ever more extreme and expensive emissions cuts on Britain's behalf,

TheScotsman 19-DEC-09

George Osborne [said:]: In the run-up to Christmas, Gordon Brown is maxing out on the nation's credit card – and doesn't care how we are going to repay these debts in the future.

TheScotsman 19-DEC-09

Phil Bloomer [said:]: Lets give credit when credit is due:Â Gordon Brown and Ed Miliband have worked tirelessly this week to give space for the negotiations to proceed. However, the talks have been dogged by short-term self-interest, especially from other rich countries that should have shown leadership.

alertnet 18-DEC-09

Theresa May [said:]: Labour have had 12 years to introduce radical welfare reform. Now, in the dying days of Gordon Brown's government, they are rushing out a series of policy announcements aimed at grabbing votes as the election looms.

dailymail 16-DEC-09

Osborne [added:]: There was nothing in the PBR to reassure international markets about the sustainability of our public finances or the Government’s willingness to get a grip on the deficit as we saw from yesterday’s negative market reaction. Gordon Brown is playing politics with Britain’s economic reputation.

heraldscotland 15-DEC-09

Fox [added:]: Gordon Brown told us in parliament … that the Treasury reserve is covering the cost of the war in Afghanistan. But today we see that the government is trying to fight a war from the core defence budget.

guardian 15-DEC-09

Graham Sharpe [said:]: An early general election could happen if Gordon Brown believes the opinion polls are showing a relatively positive and improving situation for Labour in the short-term.

sundaymail 14-DEC-09

Osborne [said:]: It is the many, not the few who are suffering under Labour. 'The more you look into the small print of their pre-election con, the more you realise what a cruel deceit it was - now thousands more families are going to be caught in the poverty trap. 'In the 1970s Labour put a 98 per cent tax rate on the rich; under Gordon Brown they have put a 97 per cent tax rate on the poor.

dailymail 13-DEC-09

Osborne [added:]: There was nothing in the PBR to reassure international markets about the sustainability of our public finances or the Government’s willingness to get a grip on the deficit – as we saw from yesterday’s negative market reaction. Gordon Brown is playing politics with Britain’s economic reputation.

heraldscotland 12-DEC-09

Osborne [said:]: If Gordon Brown has overruled the advice of the Treasury in order to put his own political interests ahead of the economic interests of the nation, he has betrayed the responsibilities of the office he holds.

independent 12-DEC-09

Sarkozy [-told]: It would be very difficult for Gordon Brown to say he was the only one to do it. It would have been impossible to say I was the only one to do it, so we do it together,

arabtimes 12-DEC-09

George Osborne [said:]: If Gordon Brown has overruled the advice of the Treasury in order to put his own political interests ahead of the economic interests of the nation, then he has betrayed the office he holds.

guardian 11-DEC-09

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