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Britain Prime Minister Gordon Brown Says Bigoted, Sparks Fly

Gordon Brown, the British Prime Minister caused an uproar recently after a campaign trail blunder. After a short exchange with one Gillian Duffy, he called her a bigoted woman and didn't know his microphone was nevertheless on. The fallout regarding the Gordon Brown bigoted remarks has not been positive. There is a valid concern the upcoming election will result in a hung parliament. That takes a lot more than a cash advance or two of campaign funds to sort out, if it occurs.

The origin of the Gordon Brown bigoted scandal

Brown was out campaigning in Rochdale, part of Manchester (there are individuals there besides a soccer team evidently), and had a brief dialogue with 65 year old Gillian Duffy. After they finished talking, he went back to his car. According to The Guardian, he began criticizing his aides for putting him in that position, and referred to her as a "sort of bigoted woman". He practically gave opposing candidates a quick payday.

The plot thickens

First in his concerns, when chewing out his staff, was that television would broadcast the exchange. The second irony, and also the large one, is that he said all this, forgetting the microphone on his lapel was nevertheless on. Duffy had been a staunch Labor voter, which is Gordon Brown's party. She won't be any more.

Brown tries to brown nose

According to The Telegraph, the Prime Minister called Mrs. Duffy to personally apologize. She had been reported as being angered at his remarks. Prime Minister Brown offered the explanation on a BBC 2 radio interview that she had raised the issue of immigration of Eastern Europeans into Excellent Britain, and he apparently was quite sensitive to her remarks, believing she had said too many of them had entered the country.

Backfires to the hands of the opposition

A PR nightmare of this sort certainly comes at a most inopportune time. Nick Clegg and also the emerging Liberal Democrats are making the aim of Labor or Conservative parties from establishing a parliamentary majority. The last hung Parliament was in 1974, and it took 8 months to fix.Sources for the articleThe Guardianhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/apr/28/gordon-brown-bigoted-womanThe Telegraphhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/election-2010/7645072/Gordon-Brown-calls...