Gordon Brown RIP. I have just witnessed a Richard Nixon moment. Gordon Brown today put his foot well and truly in the soft stuff after talking to an ordinary person he was wearing a radio mic. In what he thought was the safety and confidentiality of his car he then was very disparaging towards the women. This was caught on the mic and immediately played back to the women. Needless to say there was a media storm and he went back to the women's house and apologised. Now I have a certain amount of sympathy for Gordon Brown over this, not because of what he said but because we all are, at times do these sort of things. I first heard about this on the radio and whilst it was disastrous and confirmed much of what I thought about Gordon Brown it wasn't a real game changing moment.
However, when I saw the footage of what happened the whole thing became 10 times worse. Hence the Richard Nixon moment. Nixon apparently won his famous/infamous debate with John Kennedy to those listening on the radio. On the TV however he lost and the rest is history. Non verbal communication is so important to humans and of course you don't get any of that on radio and what shocked me more than anything else was that the women in question was really not a 'bigot' at all but just caring grandmother and looked that way. Gordon Brown when he came out of her house after apologising to her was smiling and across with having no real sincerity. He had been found out and yet was trying to make light of it. In short all the allegations of bullying came rushing back into my mind and this time I don't think they will go away. They now have hard evidence to back them up. Gordon Brown is not fit to be prime minister.
This is not a John Prescott moment - which actually enhanced his reputation. I have always thought that Gordon Brown, whilst not being a very good prime minister, was a decent man. Now I am just not certain .
One final point. Whilst the TV debate may have been a turning point Nixon only just lost the 1960 election and went on become the 37th president of the United States so perhaps we should all just take a deep breath and reflect on this. Somehow though I think this is far more series for the political career of Gordon Brown. We will have to wait and see.
Simon Marchini LRPS
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