Character Quote by A. A. Gill

As Tony [Blair] said in his book, Gordon [Brown] was brilliant and impossible. If he'd just been one of those things, the options are…

— Alastair Campbell

When you look at the things people are really fed up with, like the collapse of the pension system, like the failure to get…

— George Osborne

David Cameron has a different style to Gordon Brown.

— Louis Susman

As a Scot Gordon Brown will find it hard to convince people in England he should be prime minister

— Boris Johnson

“It was then that Brown took his revenge upon the world which, after twenty years of contemptuous and reckless bullying, refused him the tribute…

— Joseph Conrad

Do you think George Bush actually knows who Gordon Brown is? He probably just thinks Tony Blair's put on weight and had a mild…

— Frankie Boyle

As for Gordon Brown - I've described him and Blair as two cheeks of the same arse.

— George Galloway

Gordon Brown now bestrides politics and the media like the Colossus of Dunfermline. Whatever happened to Tony Blair?

— Austin Mitchell

The worry in Labour circles is that, when pressed, Gordon Brown instinctively moved to cut the benefits of the poor rather than upset businesses…

— John McDonnell

Mr Brown is a politician of exceptional experience and ability, and I am sure he will discharge the office of Prime Minister with distinction

— Bertie Ahern

It is now in Gordon Brown's - and the Labour party's - best interests for those seeking the prime minister's immediate departure to back…

— David Blunkett

When Gordon Brown becomes prime minister, the balance sheet that reflects his economic stewardship could look very sickly indeed. He could become Labour's biggest…

— Vince Cable