Gordon Brown has warned that under Boris Johnson the union of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland is"sleepwalking into oblivion".
Mr Brown blamed"destructive, nationalist ideology" and said the ideal of Britishness as tolerant"could not survive" a no-deal Brexit.He also criticised the prime minister's new adviser, Dominic Cummings. It comes after Mr Johnson travelled to all four parts of the UK in his first few weeks in office, withMr Johnson travelled to meet all four leaders of the devolved nations after taking office
Mr Johnson has said the UK will leave the EU on the current deadline of 31 October, whether a Brexit"divorce" deal - which sets out how Britain leaves - is agreed in time or not.
Is that Broon who pilfered the pensions and sold the jerseys. Well, the ones with the gold buttons? We listen to him? why?
It's not nationalism, Gordon. It's the desire to undo the ßhī£ you left us in.
Better than sleepwalking into Bankruptcy like he did with our country
It was Brown afterall that promised the country a referendum on the Lisbon treaty then went back on his promise when he realised it would fail and went ahead and signed it anyway sowing the seed for Brexit
Why do these old Labour politicians who ruined the country for a whole generation keep getting wheeled out to speak like anyone cares? Brown looks like hes on day release after suffering a recent stroke.
Never a frown, with Gordon Brown.
😴
Why is it that all ex PMs are smothered in hindsight? Shouldn’t get the air time
Get Back to Fife ya numpty
Is there a secretive plan to speed through brexit, because the more they trot out these has-beens with their historic failures, the more I believe that we should leave.. Its like a crazy reverse psychology promotion of Brexit.. 😂
That is a fact but Luke I keep saying instead of going on about all bad things about brexit and no deal do something to stop it pleas.
Whatever our political views, the UK certainly does seem to be living in uncertain times and facing a very uncertain future. Gordon Brown’s words do appear (to me at least), to have a prophetic edge...
Like a lot of politicians and ex politicians they are so full of it and have no idea what the people of this country are going through.
Zzzzzzzzzzzz
Gordon who
What a tool
Our Parliament has 35 Scottish National Party MP’s who do nothing apart from opposing everything in the name of Indyref. Our democracy would be better off without them, so let ‘Queen’ Nicola lead her people down the road to economic ruin!
His premiership.... 🤡
I agree with Gordon Brown and Her Majesty the Queen ...
The UK was established for one reason only. That was to supply soldiers to fight foreign wars. Times have changed.
You mean like when you gave our gold reserves away. Yep we are all ears.
Seriously, what economic benefit is Scotland to England? Brown, who sold the UK gold for peanuts, should disappear up his own sporran!
I just can not Gordon Brown seriously, he made such a good job of things, not, while he was our none elected Prime Minister.
Remind me how you united the union? Oh that’s right, you unified them to a massive labour defeat.
More gloom and doom from the good old beeb...time to end the tv licence!!
How did this man become prime minister is beyond me !
Does that mean it's a good time to sell all the gold then?
I assume you mean McClusky's lot
is it april fools day
Gold and pensions. This man has never even tried to “understand” the feelings of those he disagreed with. He’s a hypocrite who is given far too much airtime for such a failure of a PM. He’s as intolerant as they come. Some might say that he’s a ‘bigot’.
Gordon Browns legacy was a disgrace !
Here’s our Gordon wheeled out from cryogenic storage.
Get rid of the jocks.
Maybe Brown is right.
I'm afraid the word 'imbecile' doesn't do him justice.
None so blind as he who cannot see - Hey Gordon!
Good
Won't work anymore... Boy who cried wolf
Oh dear here is another has been trying to grab the Limelight spouting the same old verbal diarrhoea
😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴 Dear GAWD Who resurrected Brown from his Crypt Is he muttering something about The VOWS😳........THE VOWS😳......🤦♀️ He is a FAILED EX PM NO Power NO influence Lead him back to his box .......PLEASE😩 LabourCivilWar
another bleating remainer the only eye he kept on Britain was his glass one
A forced union won't hold together if Brexit means the necessary bond is broken all the words in all the world won't hold it together. Infact Brexit could be looked on as a good model for the break up of the united kingdom.
Good.
Ghost of Christmas past!!
But the likes of France is great which is why you choose not to report on it? Biased media!
Lead by the Kranky and SNP.
'Dragged out again to dance on a ball like an okd abused circus bear.'
No one is interested in the deranged views of a failed PM who destroyed pension schemes, the UK’s gold reserves and his claim to have ended boom and bust ended in the biggest bust ever. Brexit is a walk in the park compared to Brown’s disastrous premiership.
Oh do piss off, you divisive ignorant so-and-so. Half the reason we are in the mess we are in, is due to how you behaved in Govt.
Remember 'The vow'?How did that work out?
No it’s not
What a sad day when people cannot see the value of the Union regardless of what you think of Brown, his time in Number 10 or him as a politician. The UK that I once knew and loved seems to have gone (for now).
Who is a nationalist, progressive Scotland who says , my country is open, or the british nationalist Brown who said 'british jobs for british workers?... Spare us, state broadcaster...
...as he sleepwalks out of the cupboard on cue.
This man has no credibility. A terrible PM who tried to smash my union, something I will never forget.
. Remaining is 'sleepwalking into oblivion' Remaining in the EU means the UK will be swallowed up by the EU super state and broken up into easily controllable pieces.
glyn1123 We are all DOOMED! Seriously, how many times can you reprise this old shit?
Blame Bojo all you like but what did John Mac say last week?
oblivion is listening to globalist traitors and war criminals
Why is the BBC giving Gordon Brown an article? Is anyone allowed an article that has an opinion?
He says 'We must recognise that nationalism is now driving British politics'. Yes, the likes of the SNP and Plaid Cymru! He decries Boris Johnson, yet it is the Labour party and the Liberal Democrats that are getting into bed with these nationalist parties, thus supporting them!
He'a right. Brexit is dividing us 👎
Show us our GORDON
There’s nothing wrong with a bit of nationalism. The British have been embarrassed of being British for far to long. We’re a nation of great inventors, thinkers, idealists and loving people. We should be celebrated.
Scotland sleepwalking into oblivion? Does it actually want to join the Euro and become the 20th country out of 26 in size & influence? Don't think the Scots are that thick. Better to be No. 2 in a team of 4 that cares for much of the 1st world's banking. Just sayin'
Worst prime minister ever
Feels like there might be a wee vow comin
Hope so
C*nt!
There are too many 'Faled Ex Priminsters' trying to run this country still - Blair, Brown, Major, and to many failed wannabe prime ministers too Hesteltine, Clarke etc. They are has-beens for a reason.
Richard Gere got more ❤️ for his comments than this failed PM
Sod off Gordon. We’ve made our decision to leave thanks. We don’t need you or Tony to tell us otherwise. brexit
Scotland will vote for independence if Brexit happens ,so the chances are they can join the EU and make a success of themselves, besides what is left of a struggling UK economy. Not far to go for duty free goods and chlorine free chicken !
Yesterday's man.
Aye...British nationalism.
Seems tht he wants to be their new leader. Patience is a waiting game u r prepared to do.
U lost Get over it u decrepid old man
Oblivion is where he and Labour nearly took us in 2009 sold everything off listen to him at your peril
Brown the man who told the police to ignore thousands upon thousands of white English Children being raped, purely because they were Muslim grooming gangs!
He sleep walked the UK into bankruptcy and we are still paying the price.
Another nut. Stole our pensions.
Join the club. The whole world is going to hell
Mass immigration of people that don't share our values, black gangs destroying London, increased violence on our streets, democratic referendums ignored, politicians doing nothing about these things .....and you wonder why some react to this by moving from the centre?
Populism and nationalism? Possibly.... Whereas Nicolas Sturgeon is......... Oh wait a minute!
The MPs had there chance and just ignored the Electorate Who Voted to leave the EU and couldn’t do there Jobs that they were Elected to do..You all caused this and now you cry crocodile tearsunfitforpurpose
Yesterday man should shout his mouth
And of course your tenure in government was outstanding , yeah you really bought the country together....not 👎🏻
Yeah because he’s totally relevant to politics. Why don’t you sleep walk in to oblivion.
What would he know? We are more angry and alert than ever before !!
We need more cooperation and less nationalism. For all its faults, the EU stands for peace and cooperation. Brexit does not
At last, another chance for the state broadcaster to hold “British jobs for British workers” Broon, to account over his indyref lies and false promises, rather than be a bi monthly platform for him to spout British nationalist pish. Will you take it this time and hold him to a/c
Great name for an album.
Strong possibility of union breaking down. Add to that Spain reasserting their claim on Gibraltar & Argentina on the Falklands.
It's funny that he mentions nationalism like it's a dirty word when the SNP is literally the Scottish NATIONALIST party, and brexit or no brexit the SNP still campaign for indyref 2. Brexit is just the new excuse for Nicola Sturgeon.
partridge1971
Just like when you were in office and did not listen to people's concerns. Remember calling Mrs Duffy a bigoted and people like her who was any asking in a polite way what was the future for her children many people share her views. You are one of the reasons people voted leave.
I wonder how fools like him will cope when the UK is Booming & Free? Having to explain their treachery on behalf of a now foreign power.
Gordon Brown sounds like an old tune stick on repeat. Fails to notice the damage experienced by Scotland from an increasingly toxic extremist Brexit obsessed Westminster Govt.
It wasn't Brown... It was Balls 👍
Yup old Gordon did a lot to stem the rise of Scottish Nationalism didnt he?
Awa hame get yer man's tea oan Maw Broon
The Broon should know, better than most, that even the Labour Party is infested with the epidemic favour culture. But their main preference is for as many voters as possible being kept at subsistence level; much easier to manipulate when relying upon 'benefits' and trade unions!
I wish he would sleepwalk into oblivion! ‘United’ K? His focus on constitutional union ignores that as a capitalist economy & society, the UK could never be ‘united’. The SNP repeat the same line with their view of Scottish Independence as little more than constitutional change!
Better than sleepwalking into yet another failed Marxist utopia.
Well nationalism certainly is strongest in the SNP!!.
What a vile turncoat. Well done on your non biased reporting again bbc🤬
So you being a Scot by birth then, sum up the SNP stance, ruling party in Scotland. Keep UK in EU but promote Scottish Nationalist withdrawal from union. Or Leave EU and promote Scottish Nationalist withdrawal from union. So are the SNP going to disband Project fear again!
Would you buy a used car from this self interested failed politician
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