I didn't vote for him but I obviously applaud his deportation record. I wish our current gutless PM had the balls to do the same. However we know that will not happen because Starmer had a lucrative career as a human rights lawyer, no doubt striving to keep many of them in the U.K. Brown's performance as Chancellor was highly rated according to an Ipsos poll of nearly 300 academics in the PSA. Brown Most Successful Chancellor, Say British Political ScientistsGordon Brown has been rated the most successful post-War Chancellor in an exclusive Ipsos poll of nearly 300 academics belonging to the Political Studies Association (PSA).PSA members rated Gordon Brown's performance on average as 7.9 out of 10 -- his nearest rivals were Kenneth Clarke (Conservative Chancellor between 1993 and 1997) and Stafford Cripps (Labour Chancellor between 1947 and 1950), both rated as 6.1 out of 10. Norman Lamont (Conservative Chancellor between 1990 and 1993) was rated as the least successful of the UK's 20 post-War Chancellors, with an average score of just 2.3.https://www.ipsos.com/en-uk/brown-most-successful-chancellor-say-british-political-I have to say though that my most vivid memories were of him at loggerheads with Blair.
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