Current Events > Honestly I never thought much of Gordon Brown but he's pretty much saved the UK.

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Who the fuck would have predicted that making the Bank of England indepedant 25 years ago would be the only thing that prevented tories figuratively burning the entire country down while screaming it's for your own good?

And he got a lot of flack for doing that too, especially in the early 21st century.

To American users and zoomers, it would be like if John Kerry made an unpopular decision in 2001 that in 2026 stops Donald Trump Jr from destroying the economy for no reason.

If only Gordon Brown didn't call that bigoted woman bigoted, if only Ed Miliband didn't eat that bacon sandwich...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9u6UkZonFwY

Annnnnd the Tories are saying their terrible budget is his fault somehow