The World’s First Disabled Prime Minister’s Many Mistakes

Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think that Gordon Brown, being partially sighted, is the world’s first disabled Prime Minister. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. It’s the second most powerful job in the world, after President of the United States.

I wish Gordon Brown hadn’t made so many mistakes during his time as Prime Minister. Maybe then, I could look at him with the pride that one disabled person naturally feels for another and say that he has inspired me to believe that disabled people can do anything we put our minds to, including one of the two most powerful jobs in the world.

The UK has many political parties, and prides itself on being a democracy. Yet it’s no secret that Gordon Brown only became Prime Minister because of an agreement he had with Tony Blair that he, Gordon Brown, would become the leader of the Labour Party when Tony Blair gave up the post. Ever since Gordon Brown became Prime Minister, we, the British public, have been waiting for him to call a General Election, so that we could decide for ourselves whether or not we really wanted him to run the country. Yet he has now been Prime Minister for almost exactly two years. We’re still waiting for a General Election, and  we’re no closer to knowing when one will be called than we were two years ago.

The recent MPs Expenses scandals rocked our government, and made the public lose our trust in them, and laugh in their faces. As MP after MP and Cabinet Minister after Cabinet Minister stood down, and spoke against the Prime Minister, there were days when we were left wondering whether we would even have a government left.Yet one important person refused to consider standing down- Gordon Brown.

Now the results of the European Elections have come in. Labour came third, below the UK Independence Party, an organisation which was previously almost unheard of.   Several more MPs have suggested, after this poor result for Labour,  that Gordon Brown should stand down, yet, so far, he still refuses to consider the idea.

The BNP have gained their first ever seats- two- in the European Parliament. This has only happened because the public wanted to protest against Gordon Brown. Remember that BNP member Jeffrey Marshall, who, thankfully, is not one of their MEPs, doesn’t see much point in keeping disabled people alive. In spite of his own disability, even these two successes for the BNP weren’t enough to make Gordon Brown consider standing down.

It seems that Gordon Brown doesn’t want to listen to his people. He has only ever wanted to lead the United Kingdom. He supported the war in Iraq, a war which has made Iraq into a democracy. Yet, thanks to Gordon Brown, the United Kingdom is no longer a democracy. It won’t be one again until Gordon Brown, our current leader, stops dictating and starts listening, stands down and allows  us to participate in a General Election, and fairly select our next leader.

What will it take to make Gordon Brown stand down? Does he want to be Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for the rest of his life?

With some sadness, I must put aside my own disability for long enough to admit that if this is what it’s like to have a disabled Prime Minister, the mainstream can keep that particular job.