UK Prime Minister drops a *******Follow

Today, Gordon Brown was faced with an (originally) sympathetic supporter who then went on to (I paraphrase) rant about foreigners coming over and taking our jobs.

He remained courteous and smiley, but left his lapel mic on when he got into his car and complained that the conversation had been a disaster and called her "A bigoted woman"

The media have ranted, he phoned her to apologise, then went to her home, spending 40 minutes 1 on 1 to apologise.

Oops! More evidence that even if some of us think he's strong on policy, he's fUcking useless with members of the public.

I won't link - just go to news.bbc.co.uk and you'll get the stuff.

Satirist Armando Iannucci (who wrote and produced "In the loop" and famously got an OJ Simpson confession ) posted this counterblast

I'm from Rochdale as it happens, she probably is a racist bigot.

Double NobbyRack TM

Gordon Brown acting like...Gordon Brown. Alas. Blair would have serviced her cunnilingly for three hours securing not only her support, but her volunteering for him for the rest of the campaign.

I submit this explains Maggie Beckett.

What people seem to forget is that he said "sort of bigoted". As insults go, that's pretty moderate. It's a qualified put-down. She wasn't completely bigoted, only "sort of". Like when you say "Oh, that guy, he's a bit of a prick". He's not a complete prick. Just a bit. He has facets reminiscent of prickness. He shares certain characteristics with the prick, but not all. Some characteristics he shares with other bodily organs, like ears or nostrils. It's not so much an insult, as an attempt to delineate the situation.



My money is still on her being the ******* child of Dracula and Margaret Thatcher.