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”
David O'Regan
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Lady J
Thank you Gordon Brown for putting up with an unpresidented bias media. The BBC does not deserve the public funds they used to support Cameron and the Conservatives.
Bye Bye Gordon
Thank you Gordon for hiding the public deficit from us for all these years. Thank you for ending boom and bust. Thank you doing the decent thing now that you have run out of other people’s money.
Pam Lorenz
I am so sad this evening. Gordon Brown is a remarkable man who did so much for Britain, and remained dignified to the end with his wonderful speech. I wish him & his family well for the future.
Fat Bloke on Tour
Thank you Gordon Brown for getting the country through the worst recession in 80 years, and thank you for showing leadership to the world when times got really tough.
Thank you for building the foundations of the economic recovery which should see us through to better times without the usual Thatcherite mass unemployment, poverty and civil disturbance.
Finally thank you for your courage and stamina over the past 5 weeks where you offered a vision for the future that will be fondly remembered all through the dark days of neo monetarist / Orange Book dog boiling still to come. History will treat you well.