Gordon Brown congratulates the Albion

[Djmiles]

Very nice

 

[Lush]

Good work by the MP from Hove. I believe that you don't often get the chance to ask a question on PMQ so nice to see them putting it to good use. Although I seem to remember that the initial question is usually followed by a rather more challenging one on a different subject?

 

[Gwylan]

If that fecker Blair had still been in power he would have tried to suggest that he fondly recalls standing in the east stand when he was a boy and was there when tommy cook hit the winner against Aston Villa in the charity sheild play off final at the old goldstone ground !!!!

I have no time for Blair but that's based on an urban myth about a quote he never made.

He's still a lying git but he's not a glory-hunting lying git.


BBC NEWS | Politics | Blair football 'myth' cleared up

 

[Was not Was]

Did no one else see him on the pitch at Withdean on Saturday after the game??

he loves it

I think he looks a bit like Nicky Forster in this - that raised chin and pinched lips ...

 

[Westdene Seagull]

dont fall for it, they are prepared questions and answers. there's several such plants from loyal backbenchers each week.

Agreed. So let me see .... Labour government dead scared that they will loose the next election .... B&H with three Labour MPs who are quite likely to loose their seats .... I know lets congratulate the local football team ..... hmmmmm .... bandwagon jumping springs to mind !!!!!

 

[shaun_rc]

Like him or not, I have heard his love for Raith Rovers is genuine - he goes to see them when he's up there. Supporting a team like that does make it more likely he'd know what what was going on in the lower leagues...

He's supposed to be quite affable away from politics, but seems quite inept in how to portray himself to the public.

 

[Basil Fawlty]

I might watch BBC Parliament and watch the re-run off the PM Questions times. Wasn't expecting him to congrate us.

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

dont fall for it, they are prepared questions and answers. there's several such plants from loyal backbenchers each week.

Even the opposition submit their questions in advance so a reply can be seen as an instant riposte. The supplementary question normally has a researched answer too.

 

[Bluejuice]

If anyone's interested you can read a transcript of our Gordon and Celia Barlow here:

Engagements: 6 May 2009: House of Commons debates (TheyWorkForYou.com)

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/glossary/?gl=192 Celia Barlow (PPS (Ian Pearson, Parliamentary Under-Secretary), Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform; Hove, Labour) This weekend, I witnessed the great escape of Brighton and Hove Albion in securing its place in the first division. Its next goal of championship football is boosted by construction under way at Falmer Community stadium, which will eventually provide 66 apprenticeships, not mentioning those involved in building it. That is a stark contrast to Brighton and Hove city council—



Michael Martin (Speaker)

Order. The Prime Minister will have an answer.




Gordon Brown (Prime Minister; Kirkcaldy & Cowdenbeath, Labour)

Let me, too, congratulate the Brighton team on its success; I think that the whole House will want to do so. I saw some of the photographs of the celebrations. I understand that Brighton has delivered nearly 4,000 Skills for Life achievements, and that is helping young people. I believe that the Learning and Skills Council has provided Brighton and Hove Albion's football in the community scheme with funding, and we will continue to support that. Football clubs that are at the centre of their communities are good for every community, and Brighton has proved exactly that. It brings not only community support but football success.

 

[Don't get me started]

Now Browns got involved there will be a U Turn, the league will deduct us 10 points for the pitch invasion and we will be in league 2 next year.

You heard it here!!!!

God I hate that man more than anyone could have hated Thatcher.....

 

[fatbadger]

Like him or not, I have heard his love for Raith Rovers is genuine - he goes to see them when he's up there. Supporting a team like that does make it more likely he'd know what what was going on in the lower leagues...

He's supposed to be quite affable away from politics, but seems quite inept in how to portray himself to the public.

Indeed. I have no time at all for him, but (unlike so many MPs seeking to curry favour) he is a genuine football fan. And, yes, he does go to Raith Rovers games, although considerably less now he is PM (he's been at a couple of games I've been at).

Of course he would have congratulated Northampton Town if they had stayed up, if given the chance by a backbencher. So what? Having seen loads of relegations and promotions as a Raith Rovers fan, he knows what it means, and I am sure his congratulations (and probably commiserations for Crewe & Northampton fans) were genuine.

He's still an awful PM, mind. Not as bad as Cameron will prove to be if given the chance, of course, but shite all the same.

 

[Bluejuice]

God I hate that man more than anyone could have hated Thatcher.....

Quite impossible.

I loathe her more than Josef Fritzl's daughter loathed Father's Day

 

[Storer68]

According to t:he Hove MP we are still in the First Division.
"This weekend, I witnessed the great escape of Brighton and Hove Albion in securing its place in the first division"

Sorry but did I miss something?

 

[lighthouse]

Let me, too, congratulate the Brighton team on its success
I think that the whole House will want to do so.

Especially the MP for Northampton - NOT!

 

[SUIYHP]

It seems Gordon Brown is trying to get Brighton supporters to vote for him? , however Im Impressed that the PM talks more about us than the Daily mirror

 

[Tomo1794]

If Northampton had stayed up, he would have also congratulated them, and funnily enough, seen pictures from the game.

exactly f off brown u couldnt give 2 sh1ts bout clubs in the lower leagues

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Quite impossible.

I loathe her more than Josef Fritzl's daughter loathed Father's Day

I would have thought Father's Day would be spent above ground as he had other children to 'service'. So, in fact, Father's Day might have been some light relief.

 

[BeardyChops]

God I hate that man more than anyone could have hated Thatcher.....

Well, that is a lot of hate you have there... I hope it disperse sooner than the hatred caused by Thatcher.

 

[Golden Oldie]

If anyone's interested you can read a transcript of our Gordon and Celia Barlow here:

Engagements: 6 May 2009: House of Commons debates (TheyWorkForYou.com)

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/glossary/?gl=192 Celia Barlow (PPS (Ian Pearson, Parliamentary Under-Secretary), Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform; Hove, Labour) This weekend, I witnessed the great escape of Brighton and Hove Albion in securing its place in the first division. Its next goal of championship football is boosted by construction under way at Falmer Community stadium, which will eventually provide 66 apprenticeships, not mentioning those involved in building it. That is a stark contrast to Brighton and Hove city council—



Michael Martin (Speaker)

Order. The Prime Minister will have an answer.




Gordon Brown (Prime Minister; Kirkcaldy & Cowdenbeath, Labour)

Let me, too, congratulate the Brighton team on its success; I think that the whole House will want to do so. I saw some of the photographs of the celebrations. I understand that Brighton has delivered nearly 4,000 Skills for Life achievements, and that is helping young people. I believe that the Learning and Skills Council has provided Brighton and Hove Albion's football in the community scheme with funding, and we will continue to support that. Football clubs that are at the centre of their communities are good for every community, and Brighton has proved exactly that. It brings not only community support but football success.

Nothing to do with a desperate attempt by the MP for Hove to get some votes and hang on to her marginal seat of course... And does the (Scottish) PM actually give a toss about Brighton and Hove? He probably only knows where it is because he had to attend the party conference.

Excuse my cynicism but as for "continuing to support" etc, isn't this the same Learning & Skills Council that has had to abort promised funding to several local Colleges because they have massively overspent in the last financial year?

 

[Don't get me started]

Well, that is a lot of hate you have there... I hope it disperse sooner than the hatred caused by Thatcher.

Dont worry I am not one to harbour a grudge, it will be gone the day he gets booted out! History will then show that he was a more adept con man than anything the Beeb could put on the Hustle.