Tributes have poured in from across the twittersphere to Gordon Brown following his sudden announcement last night that he would resign as Labour leader.
Tributes have poured in from across the twittersphere to Gordon Brown following his announcement last night that he would resign as Labour leader, and the mounting realisation this afternoon that, as of tonight, he will no longer be our prime minister.
Here are some of the best:
@samgoodby: In other news, economic growth figures are revised up from 0.2% to 0.5%. #thankyougordon for securing the recovery.
@Bexleyheath: #thankyougordon for 10 years of economic growth and saving the economy in the recession
@Emmadas: #thankyougordon for protecting the vulnerable & the undervalued. You will be forever remembered as our best PM and chancellor.Labour forever
@lukedolan: #thankyougordon and the labour party for making it a fairer country!
@gallifreygrace: #thankyougordon for everything you have done for the country. i will be sad to see you go.
@Sean_Lab: “This Labour party – best when we are boldest, best when we are united, best when we are Labour.” #thankyougordon
@labourmatters: #thankyougordon for sure start, tax credits, minimum wage, the ban on cluster bombs, record NHS and education spending, & saving the economy
@UKLabourParty: #thankyougordon You are a remarkable man who has put the country’s best interests before your own. Lib-Lab #ukelection
@katenorgrove: #thankyougordon for your record on international development
@cjmckeon: My take on Mr Brown’s announcement: An Honourable Man Who Did The Honourable Thing http://bit.ly/aqe3us #thankyougordon
@BevaniteEllie: #thankyougordon for not flinching in the face of economic meltown,but instead leading us through with courage.
You can pay your own tribute to Gordon in the comments below or by using the hashtag #thankyougordon.
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88 Responses to “Thank you, Gordon”
Lady J
ALERT, ALERT, ALERT,
Welcome Cameron, whereever he goes with chorus of,
TORIES OUT, TORIES OUT’
just like we did today outside No:10 and during Hague’s statement outside the cabinet office, to the point that he had to hurry off. The media did not report it of course and tried to drown the Boos Cameron got when he got to Downing Street, by the old trick of adding high volumes of extra cheers on their reports.
The Tory activists followed GB all round the coutry. lets do the same. THIS IS A CALL TO ACTION.
Sara R
Farewell to the more honourable man in NuLabour. Enjoy your retirement and your family and thank you for all you have done for all of us and for all around the world.
Mark Thompson
Poetic social commentary
The death of the Liberal left
The hoops jumped through by you are contortional,
But thanks to first past the post,
While your representation is far from proportional,
Brown’s a priministerial ghost.
Things may have stopped getting better,
They may even get a bit worse.
Your cardboard spine could not get much wetter,
As you watch a dead rose leave in its Jaguar hearse.
Don’t get me wrong, you didn’t kill it,
Tony did that with Iraq,
The blood spilt here, you didn’t spill it,
But thanks to you the right-wing nightmare is back.
The first cut of the snatchers – was that nights Eastenders,
Such a shame that it won’t be their last,
When they’re taking good care of the brokers and lenders,
Remember just how your X was cast.
You said ‘I could never vote Tory,
As I hate all that party stands for!’,
‘I’m a lefty’, well was your story,
But I’m afraid that you failed to keep score.
The yellow stain on your face, well that’s egg,
Your party’s principles have taken a hammerin’,
Cos, although you thought that you voted for Clegg,
The result was you elected Cameron.
Tory
Hoorah! Congratulations to David Cameron, this bloke will do our blighted nation a great justice.
Doesn’t matter how progressively leftist you are, Gordon put us in a mess, hiding behind the wall of “it was a global recession” his lack of regard for the spending of public finances meant this country struggled a great deal more than most well off countries as we climbed the steep hill out of recession.
Tory
@Nicola
Justice and fairness? Do you know who Gordon Brown is?
GBrown is the bloke who thought it was acceptable to steal the role of Labour leader because he had an agreement with his predecessor. GBrown is the same fellow who then usurped the role of PM from the electorate by refusing to hold a snap election. Same guy again who lost the only General Election he had to face and still begged the party that lost worst then his to team together to outnumber the overall winners. Finally same bloke who only fell on his sword because he thought it would keep his losers in power.
Those words you grace him with, he is not fit to receive!