Bottler Brown to make first Commons speech since April

[Dedworth]

The missing man returns. Is this an indication that IainBusby will once again post some words of political wisdom on this forum :icon_lol: ?

Welcome back Gordon - what took you so long? Former PM to make his first Commons speech since April




Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1325243/Former-PM-Gordon-Brown-make-Commons-speech-April.html#ixzz13ygpW2ji

[Arthur Little]

He will attempt to save 1,500 naval shipyard jobs near his Scottish constituency

Let's hope and :pray: that he's successful ... Rosyth Naval Dockyard has been a major employer in the area for as long as most of his constituents can remember! :rolleyes:

[Dedworth]

Let's hope and :pray: that he's successful ... Rosyth Naval Dockyard has been a major employer in the area for as long as most of his constituents can remember! :rolleyes:

I agree. We need these carriers as we will have naff all else to project force. They should never have got rid of conventional carriers - I think that one was down to Labour in the 1960's.

Interesting after all the debate that has gone on for weeks over these carriers it is only now the Bottler is choosing to end 6 months of silence and open his mouth. Do you think delegates from the Scottish Labour Conference have been poking his good eye with a blunt stick ?

[Arthur Little]

Do you think delegates from the Scottish Labour Conference have been poking his good eye with a blunt stick ?

Oh aye :icon_lol: ... most probably!

[KeithD]

What's Gordon on about... he's the one who gave the contract to France not Scotland :doh

[Dedworth]

Browns non speech !

http://iaindale.blogspot.com/2010/11/gordon-browns-non-speech.html

Gordon Brown's Non-Speech
Iain Dale 9:05 AM

There seems to be some confusion about Gordon Brown's big comeback speech today. If you believe the papers you'd think this was some kind of setpiece speech where he will speak about defence, aircraft carriers and constituency jobs. It is, of course, nothing of the sort.

He's speaking in a 10 o'clock adjournment debate on a motion tabled by Thomas Docherty MP on the Options for maintenance of Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carriers.

Now the thing is, in an Adjournment Debate MPs can only speak with the permission of the tabler of the motion and the minister replying - in this case, Peter Luff from the MoD. And even if they are happy, it's not normally a full speech, merely an intervention of one or possibly two minutes at the most. And as you're intervening yourself, you cannot be intervened upon. So how convenient for Gordon Brown that he won't actually have to involve himself in any form of real debate.

Of course, it is always open to Gordon Brown to intervene in the Prime Minister's statement on the Brussels summit this afternoon. What's the betting he won't even turn up?

If it's possible to bottle you can rely on Brown !