In the good old days, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown were watching a John Wayne western together when Blair said:

“Look. I bet you £10 (Ed: or in today’s money, £10 billion) that John Wayne is going to ride his horse over that cliff!”

Brown said: “You’re on. I bet he isn’t …”

Then Big John did ride his horse over the cliff ……

Brown held out a wad of notes to Blair … “Fair enough, ” he said. “You were right again.”

Blair replied: “Well, you’d better keep the money; I was playing a trick on you; I’ve seen the film before.”

Brown replied: “So have I. I just didn’t think he’d make the same mistake twice ……”

PS Yes, why kick a man who is down (and out), but the supposedly-clever former British Chancellor and then hapless Prime Minister Gordon Brown has left Britain with a £170 billion debt burden that will – according to the new government coalition – take a decade of pain to put right.

And his party STILL has the gall to complain about the danger of “cuts”. You couldn’t make it up. They just don’t get it. There is NO WAY to avoid a GREAT DEAL of SELF-INFLICTED pain.

By Chris Snuugs