Rethinking Gordon Brown

摘要

Long before he became prime minister of the U.K. in 2007, Gordon Brown saw himself as a great leader-in-waiting and didn't care who knew it. His self-regard didn't diminish as the crash flattened the economy and made a mockery of his plans. In 2010 he was voted out of office after clinging on too long. You could say Brown, a charmless bully and notoriously incompetent manager, had it coming. As Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1997 to 2007-in effect, Deputy Prime Minister to Tony Blair and, in Brown's own mind, co-leader-he was in command of economic policy as the conditions for the collapse formed. He can't deny responsibility. Even in his own Labour Party, few are willing to defend him.