In a Bunker ? I don't play golf , what's he on about ?

PM Brown 'in by-election bunker'

Mr Brown has not been to campaign in Crewe and Nantwich

David Cameron has accused Gordon Brown of hiding in "his bunker" - instead of going out to Crewe and Nantwich to explain axing the 10p tax band.

Mr Brown told MPs it was a prime ministerial convention not to campaign at by-elections and he had given £2.7bn to help those hit by tax changes.

Mr Cameron taunted him by saying his predecessor as PM, Tony Blair, "led from the front" at by-elections.

It came as all parties made a final push for votes in Thursday's poll.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7412261.stm

Oh God !! Yes they are my fingers and they're on the button !!

My global moral vision

Brown reveals global moral vision

The prime minister urged nations and religions to act together to solve problems

Gordon Brown has been setting out his vision for a global society governed by a shared "moral sense".

The prime minister was addressing the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in Edinburgh.

It is 20 years since Margaret Thatcher gave her "Sermon on the Mound" at the Assembly, arguing a theological basis for her free market thinking.

Mr Brown, whose father was a Kirk minister, said he shared the church's "enduring vision of the good society".
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/7405547.stm

Oh God , are they my fingers ???????????????????????

Labour will recover !!!!

Labour will recover, says Brown

Gordon Brown: 'It's not been the best weekend'

Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said Labour "will recover" after its worst local election results in 40 years, and told the BBC he took the blame.

"I feel responsible. There are no excuses on my part at all," he told BBC One's Andrew Marr Show.

He admitted to some mistakes but said he had the "conviction and ideas" to take the country forward.

For the Tories, Liam Fox said Mr Brown was "caught in a mental rut" and should "stop patronising" voters.

Labour's poor local election results - in which their projected share of the national vote dropped to 24%, pushing them into third place behind the Lib Dems - were topped by Ken Livingstone's defeat by Conservative Boris Johnson in London's mayoral race.

In his first interview after the results were announced, Mr Brown said it had "not been the best weekend", adding that voters were worried about rising petrol and food prices and utility bills.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7382674.stm

It's bad and disappointing , I'll listen and lead!!!!

Gordon Brown says it has been a "bad and disappointing" election for Labour, as the party suffers its worst council results in at least 40 years.

BBC research suggests Labour won 24% of votes cast in England and Wales, behind the Tories on 44% and Lib Dems on 25%.

So far Labour has lost 310 councillors and key councils like Reading. Tory gains include Bury and North Tyneside.

Mr Brown insists his party will learn lessons. David Cameron called it a "big moment" for the Conservative Party.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7372860.stm

May 2nd Boris who ????

Saint Boris's Day?

Some religious calendars indicate this is the day to commemorate Boris

May 2, 2008 11:49 AM

My colleague Haroon Siddique mentions, in his live coverage of the election results that today is Saint Boris's Day. Well, yes and no.

Boris-Mihail I of Bulgaria. Photograph: WikiCommons
True, the Orthodox calendar of saints lists May 2 as the commemoration of Saint Boris (Boris-Mihail of Bulgaria) and of the translation of the relics of Boris and Gleb, princes of Russia, whose main feast day is on July 24. But the Russian Orthodox church uses the Julian calendar (though, confusingly, this does not apparently make it Old Calendarist). Consequently, celebrations at the Russian Orthodox Cathedral in London today will be for Bright Friday, it being April 19 in the ecclesiastical calendar. Saint Boris (the Russian) will have to wait until May 15 in the secular Gregorian calendar. To make things a little clearer, the Bulgarian and Greek churches follow the Gregorian calendar, though not in all things, and thus for those churches it is indeed May 2. (Unless you're talking about the Old Calendar Orthodox Church). So, is it Saint Boris's Day? It very much depends on who you ask

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/05/saint_boriss_day.html