Gordon Brown's competence as PM has come under fire during heated Commons exchanges following the donations row.

David Cameron said there had been "disaster after disaster" since Mr Brown took over, and asked if he was "cut out for the job".

 

Lib Dem acting leader Vincent Cable said Mr Brown had gone "from Stalin to Mr Bean" in a matter of weeks.

:lol:

Mr Brown said he would be judged on his record for delivering low inflation and investing in the NHS and education.

 

It has emerged that property developer David Abrahams has given Labour more than £650,000 under other people's names over four years - something Mr Brown has described as unlawful and "completely unacceptable".

'Beggars belief'

 

Labour's treasurer Jack Dromey repeated the phrase "complete concealment" when he was asked by reporters if he knew about the arrangement, or whether he was kept in the dark.

 

The party's general secretary Peter Watt has already resigned after admitting he knew about it and Mr Brown has announced an inquiry.

 

Labour's chief fundraiser Jon Mendelsohn said he was told about it last month and was unhappy about it and determined it would not continue, but did not tell anyone else as he wanted to sort out the matter with Mr Abrahams personally.

 

Mr Brown has said he had "no knowledge" of the nature of the donations - but during heated exchanges at prime minister's questions, Mr Cameron said his explanation "beggars belief" and "goes to questions of the prime minister's own integrity".

"We have had 155 days of this government. We've had disaster after disaster. A run on a bank, half the country's details lost in the post and now this.

 

"His excuses go from incompetence to complacency and there are questions about his integrity. Aren't people rightly asking now, is this man simply not cut out for the job?"

 

 

Source: BBC news

 

 

It just keeps getting worse for Broon, one disaster after another, something fishy going on here.

ok hes pm now.... but these donations made under blair...

 

its pretty disgracefull though and brown is wrong, he wont be judged on low inflation and investment, people are used to that.... (mind you, how is he going to deliver low inflation when a) fuel prices are soaring, and B) the population is soaring?)

Totally undignified end to a Labour administration, its pathetic watching them grubbily cling to power when the country wants Cameron in charge, the longer Brown clings on to power with gaffe after gaffe and corruption scandal after corruption scandal the bigger the beating at the hands of Cameron at the next election, the game is up for Labour now, Brown should just call a general election and leave office with a bit of dignity intact as the longer he clings on the more damage he is doing to Labour and its chances of reelection in 2 or 3 elections time

 

The people of this country want Cameron in charge so come on Brown do the right thing

nonsense craig... cameron will not win, the people arnt that interested in cameron..

........ besides you talk as if sleaze is only rampant within this labour administration.... your memory is very selective as it was rife when thatcher was in power. you forget the slimeballs like aitken and archer who where actually convicted! let alone more who 'got off'... like hamilton.

Most of that stuff happened in the later stages of the Major administration and likewise that is one of the big reasons why the public tired of Major and wanted a change, Major was a competent guy totally out of his depth and likewise the Brown administration feels very much like the dying days of the Major administration

 

Unless Cameron totally f***s up or Brown pulls an amazing rabbit out of the hat I really don't see any way that Labour will win the next election

nah...it had been going on for years... thatchers administration was proped up by donations made by big business. i cant remember the exact details now but her administration was rife with it.

 

what pissed me off is that when i bought a loaf of bread, a few pence of that went to tory coffers, so i was proping up an administration that i didnt support!

 

i cant see cameron winning, even now... remember the 92 election when all the polls suggested a labour win?... well it didnt happen.. why? because dispite all the moaning and groaning about 'this useless government' when push comes to shove voters still back the 'in house' team until the opposition is overwhelming..... the tories arnt overwhelming, apart from cameron they are a bunch of...' who's? ' faceless, nameless, entities with nothing new to offer the electorate.

What in my opinion cost Labour the 92 election was that nauseating Sheffield party rally where Kinnock made a complete tit of himself and also The Sun's "will the last person to leave britain please turn out the lights", those 2 things cost Kinnock victory I reckon as many floating voters were scared by what The Sun said or hated Kinnock's arrogance at the Sheffield rally

The police are investigating labour again, once you might say was unfortunate, but twice you have to ask yourself. :lol:

Alexander struggles in Labour donor row

 

Wendy Alexander, the Scottish Labour leader, was last night fighting to save her political career as pressure mounted for a police investigation into an illegal donation to her leadership campaign.

 

As the Electoral Commission announced that it would examine all donations to her campaign, senior Labour figures held crisis talks to try to save the career of Alexander, who is a key ally of Gordon Brown. 'Discussions are ongoing,' one senior Labour source said of her position.

 

Alexander, the sister of the UK International Development Secretary Douglas Alexander, ran into trouble when she wrote a personal thank you letter to a businessman for an illegal donation.

 

Her campaign team broke strict election laws when they accepted a cheque for £950 from Paul Green, a businessman based in the Channel Islands. Donations from outside the United Kingdom are banned in Britain.

 

The Electoral Commission, which has written to Alexander requesting details of her campaign contributions, will announce within days whether to refer the matter to the police

 

If Labour's Scottish leader has to resign, would Harriet Harman, the party chairman who also received an illegal donation, have to consider her position? The Conservatives will surely say she should. And where would that leave Gordon Brown?