Gordon Brown: Child poverty in the UK reaching 'obscene levels' | Politics Hub

Former prime minister Gordon Brown has told Sky News that child poverty in the UK is reaching "obscene levels".
Mr Brown warns there are 4.3 million children in poverty, three million of whom will miss meals "at some point during the course of this month".
Meanwhile, on the topic of the current Labour leader, Gordon Brown tells Sir Keir Starmer to "stick to his principles".
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[@brianferguson7840]

The poor "WILL" never have enough. Because the rich "CAN" never have enough.

[@SmokeroftheFuture]

@brianferguson7840 The poor will always blame the rich and the rich will always blame the poor.

[@davidcooks2379]

The poor can never have enough until they destroy the rich's wealth. See: communism in Soviet Union, Cuba, Venezuela, China before capitalism

[@cccumberr572]

@SmokeroftheFuture that's our political system

[@duxberry1958]

labour always go on about the 1% the socalled rich but what is classed as rich in the UK we nr 4000 Millionaires including labour mp,s and 40+ billionaires ...

[@vietashroffoliver2521]

Sadly accurate statement

[@Gamer_Sebby]

The UK is steadily slipping into a 3rd world country, and it's terrifying.

[@Gert-DK]

Probably not 3rd world, perhaps sick man of Europe. I know it is Utopia, but a change in the political system is urgently needed.

[@roseanncampbell3168]

​@@Gert-DK and before the UK entered the EU, it was classed as the sick man of Europe back then, now because people have voted against their own interests, it's gone back to that again with most people unable to leave the UK for a better life

[@Gert-DK]

@@roseanncampbell3168 Yes I know it. I was born in 1961 and remember our EEC vote. I also remember there was talk that the UK might introduce rationing again. Fortunately, it didn't come to anything. It was completely incomprehensible, as we had plenty of food ourselves. Our agriculture was also afraid that it would come to rationing in the UK. They were also then a major supplier of food to the UK.

[@Gert-DK]

@@roseanncampbell3168 Want a job in DK? We need a lot of different skills. nyidanmark DOT dk/en-GB/Applying/Work/The_Positive_Lists

[@lestrem11]

Not at all. Normal people are doing just fine, but then they work for a living…..👍

[@denisburgess2966]

A record 3 million food parcels have been handed out in the past year.

[@user-wj4yk8ly1d]

Too few . Too littlle !!!!

[@balazsendrodi8762]

How can people listen to these news and then vote the conservatives. They screwed an entire generation if not 2, why not let them cary on?

[@happydace6991]

Of course they have ! It's free food FFS ! Whose not going to go for it ???? 😂

[@T5Zplayer]

@@user-wj4yk8ly1d get a job then

[@maryjones4029]

@@happydace6991 Yeah, and it keeps the Trussell Trust in business to keep giving out food parcels, and it is a business, it's top earners earn between them over 1.5 million and they sit on millions in donations. Their Annual accounts are online. And they push for donated food from the public by handing out 'shopping lists' in a certain supermarket.

[@squid4104]

The gap between Gordon's focus and that of our current government is simply jawdropping...

[@savannahglebe5165]

Yet they can afford lip fillers,nails done, nights out….. Gordon needs to take a good look around!!

[@jerryorange6983]

@@savannahglebe5165 Yes and no. We have 3 kinds of them - pretending to be poor to get the money / housing from the state. 2) Too stupid to make own leaving. 3) Genuine guys sick or whatever else. We have 3 groups at least and one system which does not split them and treat them in a different way.

[@savannahglebe5165]

@@jerryorange6983 3 types isn’t good enough!! Because the ones that aren’t genuine are the majority! The whole country is riddled with scammers and opportunists which is why we can’t just throw more money at it!

[@edcoad4930]

​@jerryorange6983 agreed. Too stupid to make a leaving (sic).

[@TimComley]

We know his game same as it always was

[@emmabrooker166]

Obscene is exactly the right word. These are our future adult citizens, what physical and psychological problems will they carry forward? 😢

[@Tiny-One]

Don't worry, the Tories will still find them fit to work - so they can get a dead end cleaning/warehouse/delivery job on zero hours.

[@giacogiaco5540]

And Mr Billionaire Sunak dont give a Toss...

[@SelvaduraiSounthararajah]

Why should he.he tried everything with British people.now he is fed up He is leaving.lf his wife take all of her Investment out of the country Lots of poor people going to be more Poorer .

[@cccumberr572]

@@SelvaduraiSounthararajah labour's front bench are all millionaires they are champagne socialist the whole system is corrupt

[@nickerrison-davey9099]

Neither does Mr Brown

[@localreviewking134]

He`s too busy buying Gucci sleepers, to care about the poor.

[@cccumberr572]

@@localreviewking134 which politicians do the poor are always forgotten

[@patriciadrury8557]

But there,s money hotels etc for those immigrants ??????????

[@BiigMiikey]

Whilst immigrants get free accommodation in our fully booked hotels with personal shefs and cleaners with manned security...

[@leea2112]

yes and our disabled are becoming destitute no one is giving a toss about them!!!

[@Kelsyg]

Caught on microphone by sky moaning about a racist woman it changed the course of history

[@localreviewking134]

The right wing press jumped on it!

[@charlytaylor1748]

Yes they jumped on it but why did brown say that even "in private"? His comment sounded very disfainful of the class he's now fighting for

[@localreviewking134]

@@charlytaylor1748 The poor would have been less in number, than under the Osbourne shadow of cuts, cuts and more cuts though?

[@GonzoTehGreat]

​​​@@charlytaylor1748 His momentary carelessness pales in comparison to Johnson's mistakes while in government. Even after Blair's illegal war, the UK still didn't realise at the time how low politicians can stoop! Regardless, poverty is no excuse for racism.

[@Jay92925]

Talking about shampoo and toothpaste being a luxury item to people in the UK and it almost not being shocking because this kind of thing now has become so normalised, is what is so shocking

[@unsalbulent]

Send more money for Ukraine because Ukraine girls need Hermes YSL and Gucci.

[@phildavies6020]

Lots have no shampoo or toothpaste but will probably have a 55" TV, Netflix & Sky subscriptions and the latest iPhone.

[@maryjones4029]

@@phildavies6020 And a dog to feed.

[@xfloydiex]

To be fair, it does make me feel kinda rich and superior to know i own luxury goods now.

[@n.listeeb1955]

Corporate welfare, anyone? Getting rid of obscene poverty could be easily fixed with the government insider trading that bring millions per politician EVERYWHERE

[@savannahglebe5165]

Or the parents could get jobs and stop sponging off the tax payer! 16 hours a week is not working

[@quadnumber]

​@@savannahglebe5165they might work more if childcare wasn't obscenely expensive and underfunded

[@KiloKnog]

10 million day spent on adult men in hotels so why give this men air time

[@greentroll9326]

more like 20 million

[@gorgu08]

Interesting that since leaving government this guy has devoted his time to poverty home and abroad and the others have been on the speaker circuit cashing in, enough said really

[@emmabrooker166]

Yes it speaks volumes doesn’t it. He has genuine concern and care for our country’s people, unlike the corrupt sociopaths we’ve been stuck with for 14 years

[@MaxHallam-te2np]

Forgotten about the gold giveaway have we?

[@gorgu08]

@@MaxHallam-te2np no, just insignificant, it was sold deal with it, but anyway was worth 25BN in today’s money so less than 1% of todays UK economy per year so what is known as a rounding error but feel free to keep on playing that broken record

[@rafezetter8003]

@@gorgu08 IS the hundredfold increase of migration under blair and brown also a "rounding error?

[@mycatspethooman5590]

​@@emmabrooker166yes so concerned about the poverty he helped to create

[@eriktopolsky8531]

After Rishi Sunak many UK families know where the nearest FOOD BANK IS

[@user-ey6rz3fv5y]

The poorer are getting poorer and the rich are getting richer we'll said Gordon Brown people in Scotland are struggling

[@seamuspadraigsanders431]

A trend since 2007 no less, who was it that deregulated the banks and used the same economic models in their recent manifesto pledges, oh yeah it was the Labour Party.

[@viper_fan]

Brexit means Brexit.

[@reggiesmith3866]

Scotland has been ruled by left wingers ever since devolution yet people are struggling? Surely not..

[@phildavies6020]

@@viper_fan I agree.

[@davidnope8653]

Scotland voted socialism..then blames everyone else..socialism

[@karlosthejackel69]

He literally imported millions of poor people

[@Ireniicus]

14 years of Tory misrule brought us here and a difficult subject to listen to. Also huge contrast in the quality of political oratory compared to the likes of Sunak.

[@OnlineEnglish-wl5rp]

The media have allowed this situation to get so bad because they don't explain the facts properly to the public. There is so much rancour about the welfare system precisely because no one ever explains the amounts that can be claimed and that there are more people needing work than there are jobs

[@T5Zplayer]

Brown?? 🤣🤣🤣

[@kate-yk8gv]

Tories picked up from what Labour left & continued to run with it. None of the above. They can't even run a bath or a piss up in a brewery

[@Silver-st2zq]

​​​@@kate-yk8gvTo be fair they got their act together during Covid with parties at number 10, over 100 well 99 because the one BoJo went too was the cake's fault 😆

[@kate-yk8gv]

@@Silver-st2zq 😂

[@Sigma.6]

Just use some of the countries gold reserves. Oh, wait. I forgot Gordon sold half of it off cheap for his rich friends to profit.

[@knobfieldfox]

Britain has the sixth largest economy in the world, with a smaller population than the USA, China or Germany. This really shouldn’t be happening in the twenty-first century in the country that gave birth to the Industrial Revolution. Does anyone at Number 10 have a conscience?

[@viper_fan]

In a few years "great" Britain will be poorer than Poland.

[@jbob34345]

GDP lies propped up by silly property prices . We're as poor as anything, shouldn't be a surprise as we make nothing. Fun fact: Poland is set to overtake UK GDP by capita by 2030. We're screwed.

[@west5828]

The guy who sold gold reserve for peanuts !

[@paulhinkley11]

Stole

[@kieranclossick2938]

Biggest mistake this country ever made was putting Cameron / Clegg in instead of this man.

[@jakel8627]

They gave us the £12.5k personal allowance 🙏🥹

[@bertiescunsbutch9323]

Ask your hero about our gold.

[@JamJam0189]

@@jakel8627 And thousands of food banks.

[@JamJam0189]

@@bertiescunsbutch9323 Nothing compared with £2 billion wasted on PPE and widespread austerity and corruption since Blair every PM seems to have got worst.

[@eckie4679]

@@bertiescunsbutch9323what gold?. Thatcher had already wasted that

[@NicksSupremePicks]

The poor gets poorer and poorer, again and again. The rich gets richer and richer. Harsh reality.

[@NicksSupremePicks]

@@peterholden3672 Yes, it's a political choice; but that's the reality we are living.

[@user-wp5gu2sy3f]

Act against Sky smear-journalists news punishing them with fighting them to hospitals.

[@drunkengamer1977]

​@@NicksSupremePicksSame old Tories doing what they do best destroying the country

[@unsalbulent]

Send more money for Ukraine because Ukraine girls need Hermes YSL and Gucci.

[@drunkengamer1977]

The plans working stick to the plan...

[@spanners42]

Now, that's the type of 'GB' news I could watch and respect all day. A good man.

[@viper_fan]

"Great" Britain...

[@colinpumpernickel2605]

Years trapped inside the European Union led to this situation.

[@MaxHallam-te2np]

A good man who sold half UK gold reserves at the lowest possible price.....

[@localreviewking134]

@@colinpumpernickel2605 Rubbish talk.

[@alikhan-oz7gb]

They let afghan asylum in and put them in nice hotel but their own British people are in poverty.

[@scott5319]

Exactly 👍

[@TheLucanicLord]

Yeah, we really looked after our own during Cameron's austerity didn't we?

[@chrish7975]

After bankrupting the country and then inviting in the entire third world to stretch resources to breaking point.. all I can say about this man's self awareness is... dumbfounding.

[@chickedee1085]

But the rich still want to take more money from the poor.

[@user-wj4yk8ly1d]

The System

[@user-wj4yk8ly1d]

I treated HIM with contempt , Because that s the way it works - Francis Urqhart

[@user-wj4yk8ly1d]

The System .

[@gavinsmith9564]

Life in Brexit Britain is Nasty, Brutal, and Short.

[@viper_fan]

This is the sovereignty the 2016 vote was all about.

[@andrewpaulogrady2681]

Sold the starving babies gold for a sweet song.

[@anthonywilson8998]

Wecould have used some our gold stocks to finance help but some fool. Sold half of it off. at the bottom of the market. Did he hate us soooo much ?? Now we are skint we could have used. that gold now at highest levels. UGH!!

[@drunkengamer1977]

The Tories really are burning everything to the ground before they're ousted.

[@Mrratongthailand]

Brown your hero 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@wormthatturned8737]

Remember that letter the New Labour Party left the last time they were in power. They should all have been imprisoned for that!

[@MelOBrien-12]

My theory exactly.

[@jasoncooper9391]

TORIES ARE NOT CALLED LOWER THAN VERMIN FOR NOTHING

[@cherryseptember8697]

This smacks of hypocrisy. Gordon Brown sounds like he cares in this Sky News interview but it is all very easy to point to the terrible state of Britain today (and I agree, there is a huge amount of suffering and poverty amongst ordinary Britons now and we've sunk to just about a third world state) but what about the damage he caused when he was Chancellor of the Exchequer and Prime Minister.? Yes, I despise the Conservative government for not caring one jot about the British public, throwing away billions of pounds of our money on idiotic and wasteful projects (net zero, for example, or housing illegal migrants in luxury hotels). However, I can remember what Blair and Brown did to our country. They initiated the massive increase in migrants coming into the UK, thus making our housing shortage even worse, increasing the pressure on the struggling NHS and education system, plus diluting our own culture and traditions .In addition, Gordon Brown stole our work pensions that many of us were relying on to avoid poverty in old age. He was also stupid enough to sell much of Britain's gold reserves at a very low price on the market., so impoverishing Britain even more. And does he really care about the ordinary people? Don't forget what he called 65 year old pensioner Gillian Duffy from Rochdale (who was a Labour supporter) when she politely asked him a question about immigration and the economy. Her question was in no means aggressive or challenging and was a fair one, given her circumstances. Thinking the microphone was switched off, Brown expressed rage to his aides saying "Who let this bigoted woman in?" There was no way that Gillian Duffy was a "bigot" but it seems that Brown doesn't like us ordinary people disagreeing with him. He's also a Global ist, and like Tony Blair and most of our politicians, supports such elitist organisations as the W E F and the W H O. who are out to destroy the nation state. There's much more I could say, but this comment is too long already! Basically, do not trust him.

[@mycatspethooman5590]

He talks about the poor working class after he abolished the 10% tax bracket impacting the poorer working families more than anyone else.

[@cherryseptember8697]

@@mycatspethooman5590 Yes, very true, I had forgotten about that.

[@matthewburns7989]

@@mycatspethooman5590living standards for the poorer end of the public spectrum was higher under Labour between ‘97 and 2010. The Duffy episode was also a long time ago and during a time when frankly the country was relatively respectable compared to the mess that it is today in 2024. Who knows why he said it? Maybe he made mistake and apparently he did later apologise and admit his error.

[@mycatspethooman5590]

@@matthewburns7989 so doubling thier tax burden in 2008 was OK then?

[@eileenjames9929]

thankyou for for that id forgotten all the damage he and Blair did when in power

[@knockschool]

Gordon helped put the UK into poverty taxed pensions and sold UK gold , but told everyone he was going to do it and the price crashed. Praised the UK banking system and allowed deregulation, banks then crashed. The first food bank opened in the Uk when T bliar was pm, but strange how they will always blame someone else. ?

[@gerardhampson9089]

Spot on with that one.

[@markrogers630]

It's pretty crazy that this guy has more credibility than Sunak and Starmer combined. I am a Tory too.

[@user-wj4yk8ly1d]

David Cameron Has more credibility

[@cag88]

It's pretty crazy some people still admit to being Tory.

[@user-wj4yk8ly1d]

@@cag88 as , the conservatives , once being thought as the naturel guoverning politikel party of BriTain 🇬🇧

[@user-wj4yk8ly1d]

@@cag88 the naturel guoverning party with such figures , such as Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill , Harold McMillan , Chris Patten , Douglas Hurd , Malcolm Rifkind , Michael Howard etc

[@user-wj4yk8ly1d]

@@cag88 The Conservative and Unionist s politikel party of Great BriTain , Wales and Northern Ireland : the ninethee twenthy two committee chaired by William Raague

[@fillyfresh]

He sold the gold. It's his fault.

[@paulhinkley11]

Stole

[@REX4340]

Maybe if Brown hadn't turned the UK into a property profit paradise, we would be living in a more just society.

[@ryp6627]

He didn’t

[@REX4340]

@@ryp6627 property investment shot up when Brown made pensions less attractive.

[@MRmUIREND1]

Gordon Brown single handedly triple the cost of house by deregulating tne banks and allowing tne to issue 5 times salary mortgages with no checks of applicants true earnings. Result reckless gazumping and extortionate house prices.

[@denzel270]

@@ryp6627 He did. He is the reason Amazon don't pay tax to be here amongst other huge multi - national companies.

[@reggiesmith3866]

Also it was Brown who sold off the UK`s gold reserves cheaply.

[@brianferguson7840]

And..... The highest level of infant mortality in the developed world !!!! Honestly W.T.F.

[@funny7]

that's not true. 2 second google search shows that isn't the case, the US for instance is worse

[@gburns671]

Starmer will do nothing he's said so with his refusal to remove the benefits cap

[@mr.pastry779]

Probably immigration 😢

[@Conii-vc8ef]

"Nobody is safe until everybody is safe" ..gordon brown...during the covid pandemic!

[@jackspring7709]

If only he had been prime minister - he would have sorted all these problems out. Oh! Wait a minute!!

[@anty66]

If only he hadn't sold that gold at around £200 per ounce and now nearer £2000 per ounce.

[@edwardwynroberts-ug4yw]

Poverty is real & conservatives choose to ignore the JRF research, if only they went to see these poor areas where poverty is in plain sight - it’s the role of the gov to see that policies are balanced to reduce poverty levels, but they have failed & have let people down. How is it that working people are destitute & visiting food banks? Clearly the way out of poverty is not employment now is it? Gas lighting & blaming individuals to cover up failed fiscal policies & they are powerless to regulate private corporations such as energy, phone, supermarket chains who insist on greedflation paying CEOs obscene bonuses whilst pushing up inflation… its grotesque in the simplest term

[@Lucky-wt6fg]

They have no idea of balance……….As far as the P.M. is concerned he has already doing the “levelling up” as he calls it. Levelling up for the rich and levelling down for the poor…..🥶

[@ganrimmonim]

Articulate, principled, intelligent, and even at the end managed to be genuinely funny. Oh, for his like back.

[@VL-qy4fc]

Except that he flogged off the gold

[@MaxHallam-te2np]

​@VL-qy4fc .....at the lowest possible price. Funny how so many folk seem to have forgotten that uncomfortable truth. Gold spot price is now nearly 6 x the price he achieved (manipulated down to). I dare say his City mates made an absolute fortune....

[@denzel270]

He led us into recession and sold our gold at rock bottom prices.

[@deborahlea5669]

Shame Gordon and his Chum Tony caused this tragedy. Strange how the perpetrators shout the loudest. I support Dr David Starkey and his analysis of this travestry.

[@davidcooks2379]

He sold our gold at the bottom of the market and told everyone in advance he was going to do this. This says everything about his competence

[@susanwestern6434]

And ruined the pensions for people.

[@forlatagate1]

How about stop giving money away to wars

[@JamJam0189]

Yes let's give up and let Putin win and take over an invade other countries too like Poland. Nothing compared with £2 billion wasted on PPE and widespread austerity and corruption since Blair every PM seems to have got worst.

[@unsalbulent]

Send more money for Ukraine because Ukraine girls need Hermes YSL and Gucci.😂😂😂

[@juliettaschoenmann8749]

Housing costs are the biggest expense …….house prices tripled from 1997 to 2007. Well done Gordon for addressing this poverty problem, but please take into account what happened under your watch ……..

[@unsalbulent]

Send more money for Ukraine because Ukraine girls need Hermes YSL and Gucci.😂😂😂

[@davidcooks2379]

The guy eho sold our gold at the bottom of the market and deregulated financial services to the point of half of large banks needing a bail out...

[@jjrider6758]

Agreed, but sadly there are a lot of nostalgic 'New Labour' voters commenting here who seem to have either chosen to forget that traitorous atrocity or even deny it ever happened.. It's all very middle-class champagne-socialist with rose-tinted goggles - a bit like the pro-Hamas supporters who are currently denying the atrocities of 7th October ever occurred..

[@willbee6785]

Take some responsibility Gordon. Mass immigration has squeezed out indigenous people. There is no more room in this country.

[@skrich9690]

I walked down my street earlier....... loads of room.

[@susanwestern6434]

​@@skrich9690Not for long.

[@AtheistEve]

350,000 long term empty properties, 100,000 long term unhoused people (migrants and non migrants alike). The UK could house everyone three times over. It chooses not to.

[@michaelfoulkes9246]

And yet sunak doesn't talk about this much I wonder why 🤔🤔

[@emcg.9655]

Anyone remember the EXACT moment we were all doomed? Remember Gordon being caught calling the woman a biggot. They just pounced on that one.

[@AtheistEve]

No, we were all doomed when the tory lying liars started smearing Corbyn because he was so popular and principled.

[@jcanyiam8309]

Super-Man Sunak ''We are better off now than ever before, Stick to the plan- It's working'' He said

[@samuelmelton8353]

Tbh, the average person in this country opposes things that would increase productivity.

[@raymondhill8973]

pity we didnt have a gold reserve to help us out ..

[@mickywalters7439]

A decent man compared to our modern politicians.

[@stanionman8178]

Indeed, I've heard that he's going to donate half of his £12 million fortune to charity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NOT.

[@stanionman8178]

@@wulfhere83 What's childish about a fact ? In fact your comment is the childish one !

[@drunkengamer1977]

@wulfhere83 It's a year old profile. It's just a troll account

[@ALADDIN22091978]

Probably best prime minister in my life time ,I am aged 45.

[@davidcooks2379]

He was a chancellor and a PM already. I think we know what he is capable of. Remember, his government brought us EHRC and unlimited Muslim migration, financial crisis, -30% on property prices, bailouts of 3 banks, huge increase in the national debt, all inflicted by deregulation brought by the chancellor.

[@anthonywilson8998]

This is the bloke who produced more rules than anyone . SICK.

[@MegaPaulamay]

This man was the best pm for the last 25 years

[@techtinkerin]

Absolutely 👍

[@bertiescunsbutch9323]

Did he vote for the attack on Iraq and war?

[@Crucialrobbie08]

@@bertiescunsbutch9323he did but at least he’s admitted it was a mistake unlike Blair

[@Crucialrobbie08]

He’s also carried himself with dignity since leaving office with charity work, unlike Blair who’s bought more misery upon the Middle East acting as a PR man for the ‘good dictators’

[@ryszardluty4857]

Many of us just didn’t know or appreciate it at the time

[@linedwell]

This is what Tories and their voters want. Let's hope it doesn't get worse under Labour

[@stanionman8178]

@@SaltyGamer-xs6pr Everyone will be taxed to the hilt as usual, has anyone heard any Labour shadow minister saying the poor will pay less tax than now ? I don't think so !

[@moomin7461]

​@@SaltyGamer-xs6pr100% won't.

[@emmastyles6936]

​@@moomin7461100% will labour and tory are WEF puppets..wake up

[@totalvoid6234]

@@moomin7461 100% will.

[@marumaru6084]

15 Million immigrants has raised housing costs increasing poverty! Net zero increasing energy costs increasing poverty. So basically Labour policies increasing poverty.

[@Clydeb_9994]

Meanwhile we got Abduls living in 4 star hotels with our tax payer money.

[@markwilkie3677]

Gordon Brown made a vow to the Scottish people in 2014, when he was in no position to make it, He lied British ministers lie and they wondeer why Scots want out. He may be shocked and ashamed and so he should be. Thanks for nothing Gordy!

[@ryp6627]

He’s not in power

[@markh1759]

The country would be a better place if Gordon Brown was in power Due to the fact he has a heart, compassion, empathy , intelligence & Experience Unlike the incompetent , callous amateurs we have running the country now !

[@johnburrows3385]

💯

[@julielawlor5482]

And blwd the people of uk to help the rich banks out

[@viper_fan]

The so-called "united" kingdom is not a country.

[@gburns671]

I do despair Sunak useless and Starmer as well.

[@MaxHallam-te2np]

Brown gave away half the UK gold reserves, obviously nobody made a fortune out of that, did they? The government ALWAYS serves 'the city' first, and the sooner folk open their eyes the better

[@sarah-kk4om]

If there weren’t so many absent fathers this would help

[@allyweir]

Has the PFI debt been paid off yet?

[@merlin7766]

Great comment and good point. Left the debt for the Tories to sort out.

[@ruckandmaul5018]

Deliberate distortion. Without defining exactly what poverty is makes the debate meaningless. Having worked in the poorest London borough for over 20 years Brown's comments do not ring true. Dickensian type poverty does not exist. Problems that need solving certainly do exist but not wholesale Dickensian poverty by any means.

[@Inmyroom-1204]

Mr Brown 👋👋👋👋👋

[@stanionman8178]

Yep, Mr Brown the multi-millionaire preaching to us what it's like being so poor 😂😂

[@James75479]

tory presenter who respects Cameron is concerned about poverty. She's probably on 200 000k

[@erkananil620]

right pm in wrong time

[@denzel270]

The man who 'ended boom and bust' but led us into a recession; the man who sold our gold reserves at eye wateringly low prices, should not be commenting on anything to do with Politics. Worst prime minster we ever had, and that's saying something.

[@Zaradean698]

I find it hard people can't afford shampoo and soap. I don't have money but i go to poudland wher uou can get shampoos and conditioner just as good as the brand names.

[@thequestioner5916]

Even though gordon brown has one eye he can see way more issues in this country than rishi sunak

[@julielawlor5482]

Shame he spent billions of tax payers money to banks

[@moomin7461]

​@@julielawlor5482 Well Rishi Sunak was one of those "bankers" responsible for the financial crisis.

[@advisorsandy2068]

Ban online gambling now.

[@denzel270]

Which Labour relaxed the rules to allow to be brought in.

[@nickerrison-davey9099]

I stopped giving to #Foodbanks when I learnt that "workers" get first pick.....AND....Those named as Charity CEOs get to cream off the top 😡

[@martinranalli8572]

I stopped donating to Cancer Research when I found out their CEO gets £400 thousand a year.

[@virtualunreality8326]

ahhh yes Gordon Brown... the guy who sold our gold reserves at an all time low, and taxed pension funds massively. Notice he says how he has "observed" poverty and not "experienced" poverty. He is merely campaigning for the labour party.

[@hon1962]

listen to that.....common sense that our government are sorely missing. well said sir

[@rufustfirefly7389]

growing up in the 60s I used to miss meals because my dad went to the pub with the money

[@unsalbulent]

Send more money for Ukraine because Ukraine girls need Hermes YSL and Gucci.😂😂😂

[@merlin7766]

@@unsalbulent bot

[@elainekerslake6865]

Oh i forgot this. The 50p rise he gave to the pensioners. Yes some of us have memories gordon.

[@luislourenco6720]

Yeah, hire more security, so stupid. How about take care and pay a correspondent salary to people who likes to live here instead of giving subside to terrorists????

[@envoy888]

The real face of the World beating UK

[@von-ep1hc]

Come back Gordon' brown ( if only) this ex primi ester actually get s it and cares 😮 I think life was better back when he was in power ! 💪

[@stanionman8178]

But will it ? Will your taxes go down or up ? The answer is in the spaces between the lines ! I have yet to hear any labour shadow minister say they will cut taxes for the poor ! I may be wrong, but personally I haven't heard a word in the direction !

[@philipbrackpool-bk1bm]

Why are we supposed to listen to someone who failed miserably.

[@oojimmyflip]

Labours spend spend spend attitude made people richer in the Labour years but did nothing to pay down the national debt.

[@worldmilitarystats]

@@oojimmyflip they didn't triple debt like the tories

[@aileenhindley5964]

We need people like him in power.

[@chrishilbilly]

I like brown

[@stanionman8178]

I like Brown as well, but I find it hard to swallow a multi-millionaire preaching to me what's it's like to be poor. stinks of hypocrisy ! He's welcome to donate half of his £12 million fortune to charity, maybe then I will smile and say he's a great man.

[@derekrobinson5554]

This is the man who sold all the gold reserves of this country, no wonder the country is in this state.

[@familycompactthegrange7014]

Well, if his buddy Tony hadn't opened the borders, the country might be in a better financial position to do something about it. But if so much of the welfare bill is going to housing migrants, what on earth does he expect? Agreed that little has been done about this in the last 14 years, but Tony's ruination of the constitution and the poltiticisation of the civil service put the boot into any efforts made.

[@basicconcepts1d]

The cost of housing immigrants comes from the Overseas Aid Budget not the Welfare Budget. But I agree that this is getting out of control.

[@muckraker7942]

Let me guess. Donations will be made to the charity of choice, who will take 90% of the money in “administration costs” including paying consultants to go out and ring the alarm bells for the media.

[@JamJam0189]

No no mention of this donate to a parish or local small charity or food bank run by volunteers.

[@Jo-fm4nq]

This from someone who sold off half of Britain's gold reserves ... one of the worst financial decision of all time .....

[@chrisbremner8992]

The corruption of the Tories is mind blowing , the theft through the energy and utilities and financial sector means the elites will face retribution .

[@terryliversidge5290]

His mate Blair will make it worse

[@j.x.x.r3645]

Our most recent good prime minister

[@stanionman8178]

Far better than the one we will have later this year !

[@jjrider6758]

@@stanionman8178 To be honest, that wouldn't be much of a challenge to achieve would it ?.. But never fear, it will be Gordon and his equally despised crony Tony B who will really be pulling the strings..

[@tarqscam8491]

Were paying more where is the money going?

[@brianferguson7840]

Into offshore accounts of the rich.

[@cherryseptember8697]

Lots taken from us by corruption of those in power, to pay for all the migrant hotels and other migrant accommodation, for the net zero scheme scam, paying billions of pounds to Ukraine to keep war going, to pay for the Diversity and Inclusion officers in the NHS, Councils, Police and other Public Services,, and the list of other ridiculous projects and schemes goes on...

[@philipdurling1964]

This man stole money from pensioners when he was Chancellor.

[@anty66]

If only he hadn't sold our gold reserves on the cheap. Sorry shouldn't mention that.

[@rubendavies3642]

Brown needs to use whatever influence he has to push Starmer on this, because at the moment he's not far from the Tories....

[@catscan2022]

They all seem equipped with a mobile phone

[@carolinegathercole8473]

BLAIR!

[@loppadus]

We got plenty of money for ukraine/ net zero/ illigal migrants though

[@susanwestern6434]

Mainly illegal migrants at £10 million a day. Which Blair and Brown massively encouraged.

[@anonomous8719]

Remember he sold gold making us poorer

[@chilloutcentral2097]

There’s always money for chums, sorry, wars

[@marymochrie3471]

Shameful, cruel tories ! 300,000 estimated dead due to tory austerity.

[@user-wj4yk8ly1d]

CiviL War , allmost , Republicans VS monarhists

[@palerider955]

Estimated dead? So not dead at all then.

[@phildavies6020]

Who's doing your counting?... Diane Abbott or Hamas?

[@lifestoryguy]

As Charles Dicken said, "This boy is Ignorance. This girl is Want. Beware them both, and all of their degree, but most of all beware this boy, for on his brow I see that written which is Doom, unless the writing be erased."

[@merlin7766]

I think Brown obscene 😡