Is he f***ing serious?

There is a word, of Yiddish origin, much used in New York that denotes extreme cheek - that word is "chutzpah". One definition of "chutzpah (from the Joys of Yiddish) runs "gall, brazen nerve, effrontery... presumption plus arrogance such as no other word and no other language can do justice to."

This came to my mind when I read The Guardian's interview with Gordon Brown, specifically this part:

"I personally have always said that modern politics, with its focus on who said what, when, how and why, is far too divisive for the problems that a country's got to meet"

I'll repeat that with emphasis so you can get a grasp of the sheer chutzpah:

"I personally have always said that modern politics, with its focus on who said what, when, how and why, is far too divisive for the problems that a country's got to meet"

So the politician who has made a career out of attacking the opposition, both in other parties and within his own, with ferocity and from dredging up old quotations from opponents at almost every PMQs says that

"I personally have always said that modern politics, with its focus on who said what, when, how and why, is far too divisive for the problems that a country's got to meet"

The word chutzpah comes to mind along with the phrase - is he f***ing serious? If Gordon Brown seriously believes what he said then he must be delusional, otherwise he is just telling yet another Brownie.