What Went Wrong, Gordon Brown?: How the Dream Job Turned Sour |
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Colin Hughes
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Pages: 294 (Paperback)
ISBN: 0852652194
Pub: Guardian Books
Pub date: 2010-01-07
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 28715
Reader Reviews:
The answer is in the question. (20/38 people found this helpful)
OK, OK, so this book is from the Guardian stable, and so you expect a few typos. But, honestly, surely the title of a book should be right? Are the Guardian proof writers too busy saving us from ourselves not to be able to press F7 in Word?
Because the title of the book, of course, was meant to be "What Went Wrong? ... Gordon Brown!"
Weak jokes aside, this is quite a good read, as a bunch of loons (aka looters - hat tip to Ayn Rand & Atlas Shrugged) initially revel in Red Brown acceding to the top of the pile. And then the inevitable disasters happen. One by one the Guardian hacks start to turn against him.
What's amazing about this particular process is that the journos seem genuinely surprised by Our Glorious Leader's demise, as if they really believed Red Brown would be somehow better than his despised predecessor.
If ignorance is bliss the Guardian / Observer hacks (Simon Hoggart aside) must be in nirvana. Seamus Milne is especially hilarious, at least until the penny drops and you realise he is serious. Then he is not funny at all, not even in a "Christ-lock-this-loon-up" kind of way.
Haven't got to the end yet but then again, neither has Red Brown, or this country. If I time it right all three could happen at the same time. Hopefully shortly. Let's start over.
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