Does this explain a lot about Gordon Brown

Not exactly news but I think worthy of repetition:

"Gordon Brown published a scrounger’s charter while at university, offering students tips on how to freeload and claim benefits. His 200-page survival guide, Alternative Edinburgh, openly encouraged students to “use and abuse” the Welfare State.

“If you’re British and can give an address, free money is available from social security, basic £5.80 per week,” he wrote.

Social and medical benefits are your right, not charity hand-outs, so never be reticent about claiming them.” Mr Brown, who wrote the guide when he was 22 and a student leader at Edinburgh University, also tells students how to obtain a free meal at a hotel: “Con your way to asking for a glass of water or sit beside drinkers and they will feed you for nothing.”"


The above comes from The Times in April 2007 and the comments that follow the article are also worth a read. I enjoyed Derek of Bembridge's "A shame the man never had a proper job and had a dose of being on the receiving end of his childish, misguided left wing idealism, but unfortunately for us he has been a Labour parasite all his life and remains firmly wedded to the principles he so proudly espoused in his university days - no matter how hard the Labour PR machine tries to pursuade otherwise"

and

Finbar Bryson of Nottingham's "What is interesting is that we can now be guaranteed that the asylum 'system' in this country will not be attended to by Mr.Brown as these people are just exactly the type of folk Mr.Brown can relate to and vote him in again and again.The reason for uncontrolled mass migration becmes clearer by the day-more votes for Labour to replace those like myself who have been betrayed.History will damn you and BLiar"