Why labour have to defend the failure that is Gordon Brown

Gordon Brown might not have been the one who pulled the trigger on the “gun” that caused the recession but he is the one who supplied the bankers with the gun supplied them with the ammo and gave the nod wink that they could run riot with the economy without personal repercussions. Gordon Brown is economically short sighted and was happy to get small immediate gains in exchange for a recession that was going to happen as a result of his failed policies. Labour would have had no reason to try and defend Gordon Brown legacy if they had had the guts the honesty and the competency to get rid of him. But they acted like craven politicians rather than leaders and the weakest prime minister in living memory managed to fend of the feeblest of leadership challenges.
If you throw a drowning man a life ring and you where the one who pushed him in the first place you are no hero, Gordon Brown is as much a villain in this as the Bankers.

I have edited this to include and excellent comment made by John Williams on the BBC website. "Although a lifelong supporter of the labour party, I fully agree with David Cameron in that Gordon Brown should have known the risks he was taking with the British economy, but obviously did'nt. His attempt at the premiership was woefull and he shouldn't be let near a position of power or responsibility ever again."

we need to end super injunctions

The telegraph reports that John Hemming, a back-bench Liberal Democrat MP has revelead that Fred Goodwin the disgraced former boss of RBS has obtained an in juction. John Hemming said: "In a secret hearing Fred Goodwin has obtained a super-injunction preventing him being identified as a banker.

"Will the government have a debate or a statement on freedom of speech and whether there's one rule for the rich like Fred Goodwin and one rule for the poor?"

As a result of this west of westminster has started a pettition to David Cameron to us his full poweres to stop this injunction and remove hir rewards for failure. The text fo the pettion is below click it to go to the petition.

We the undersigned ask the government to strip Fred Goodwin of his Knighthood as he has damaged RBS and the economic welfare of this nation. Remove this gross injunction against telling the truth and if it is within government power remove his £200000 a year pension there should be no reward for failure especially the degree to which he failed creating hardship and suffering for many in this nation. This is important for the financial welfare of this country there should be rewards for success not failure. Fred Goodwin failed yet he still keeps his reward of a knighthood and 6 figure pension. This sets a terrible precedent and encourages incompetent behaviour from executives.