Hi Charlie....
Like our John and many others in the country the resistance to Gordon Brown - GRHS - was driven by personality rather than by what he tried to do for Britain.
It was always easy to dislike the man as he had some VERY annoying habits and was a bit of a bully. His mannerisms, his lack of charisma, ( unlike Blair ), and his very poor ability to deal with people turned him quickly into a hate-figure.
If we are to be fair he inherited a very poor legacy from the Thatcherite, Major, and Blair days and he failed to reverse much of the damage that was done by them.
Yes, he DID make a lot of mistakes and going along with the New-Labourism, ( Toryesque ), philosphies was his greatest one but below it all he was a decent and caring man who tried what he would see as his best for Britain while he was in harness.
You can be certain-sure that NOTHING he did was based on ANY form of Socialist propaganda as the word "Socialism" during the New-Labour years was a word that "must not be spoken" because of it's left-wing connotations.
No mate, there was NOTHING Socialist about the New-Labourites and now the only true Socialists, ( the Liberal Democrats ), left in British politics have sold out to the Tories for thirty pieces of silver and a few cabinet posts.
Now THERE is something to throw your hatred at !
