The ThunderDragon: Tagged With The "It's Got To Be Gordon" Meme

19 June 2007

Tagged With The "It's Got To Be Gordon" Meme

Benedict White has tagged me in the latest political meme to make the rounds, the "It's Got To Be Gordon" meme started by Matt Wardman. So here goes:

2 things Gordon Brown should be proud of:
- Giving the Bank of England independence
- Managing as Chancellor for ten years without seriously screwing over the economy

2 things he should apologise for:
- Raking money in from pension funds
- Creating lots of new and unnecessary taxes, complete with excessive amounts of red tape

2 things he should do immediately when he becomes PM:
- Scrap inheritance tax
- Announce that Britain won't be joining the Euro for the foreseeable future

2 things he should do while he is PM:
- Devolve more power to local councils
- Find a better way to fund universities than Student Loans

I now have to tag eight people, and they are: Not Saussure, Tom Paine, Theo Spark, Imagined Community, Shades of Grey, Harry Hook of The Final Redoubt, Reactionary Snob, and Tony Sharp. [Sorry!]

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