This photo comes from this morning's Mail on Sunday. Gordon Brown invited Simon Walters and other MoS reporters to join him in watching Thursday's Trinidad & Tobago match. Your captions please...
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You can have sixpence if you can guess which hand it's in!
Posted by: Ted | June 18, 2006 at 09:41
I earn over 100K a year and I still have a rubbish TV!!!
Posted by: Michael | June 18, 2006 at 09:46
Gordon tries to calculate the tax on Mr. Gerrards wages.
Posted by: Betty Swollocks | June 18, 2006 at 10:09
Bought and sold for Scottish Votes; Such a parcel of rogues in a nation.
Posted by: Tyke | June 18, 2006 at 10:33
If only they could see the Trinidad & Tobago y-fronts.
Posted by: wonkotsane | June 18, 2006 at 10:41
Sit down if you're Bri-it-ish, sit down if you're Bri-it-ish, sit down if you're Bri-it-ish...dah dah dum de dum de dum.
Posted by: Toque | June 18, 2006 at 10:45
Gordon: Remind me again, which team is ours?
Posted by: William Norton | June 18, 2006 at 11:30
Gordon: Of course, the basic problem with England is that the manager has no clear idea of tactics, he's bungled all his substitutions, and he won't be hanging around for much longer...
Posted by: William Norton | June 18, 2006 at 11:32
Gordon: Eleven men against eleven with a crap referee? Just like a Cabinet meeting.
Posted by: William Norton | June 18, 2006 at 11:36
Yes, they are a joke aren't they? (I hasten to add that, THAT is NOT my own opinion! only what I am putting in Brown's mouth).
Of course, as a 'son of the manse' he could be saying 'You see I am just having a cup of tea, no beer-swilling for ME!.
Posted by: Patsy Sergeant | June 18, 2006 at 11:39
A Scot invented television. Didya not know? Now its put to the best use possible. Putting England on at every opportunity.
Ingerland Ingerland Ingerland
Posted by: Stephen Gash | June 18, 2006 at 11:48
We don't use the system for TV invented by Logie Baird. Ignorant!
Posted by: Maria | June 18, 2006 at 11:54
It is all so pathetic, I almost feel sorry for him.
Posted by: tally | June 18, 2006 at 12:07
The English are sooooooooooooo stupid.
Now where's that cheque book for England's taxes for my Scottish pals who vote on our policies in England? This was easier than we thought.
Note to self: For Gord's sake, don't let them win! We'll never break them up into Regional Teams, if that happens. (Come on, Brazil!)
Posted by: Della | June 18, 2006 at 12:16
"If people believe this they'll believe anything"
Posted by: Richard | June 18, 2006 at 12:25
Is this the right pose or should i unclench
my fists?
Posted by: eleanor justice | June 18, 2006 at 12:54
Gordon Brown remembers that win bonuses are taxable
Posted by: Mike Christie | June 18, 2006 at 13:04
Must... form... smile....
Posted by: EdR | June 18, 2006 at 13:36
Labour Do Not Do.......Remote Controls
Posted by: The Daily Pundit | June 18, 2006 at 13:42
Gerrin! Stevie Gerrad has just scored for the "regions!"
Posted by: Steve | June 18, 2006 at 13:48
Guess how much tax money I got from him?
Posted by: Sean | June 18, 2006 at 14:01
"It's the ignominy, stupid"
Posted by: Nicholas Slide | June 18, 2006 at 15:04
My favourite political memories? When John Major won in 1992, and Tony Blair got the leadership...
About as likely as Gazza's goal being his favourite sporting moment!
Posted by: Rob D | June 18, 2006 at 15:25
I'm not a football fan but is it usual to watch it wearing a tie at home (I'm assuming here that the picture is real and I'm not being hoodwinked somehow?).
Posted by: Stephen B | June 18, 2006 at 15:38
Ming Campbell will rue the day he called his neighbour during the England match to discuss a possible Tartan coalition.
Posted by: Daniel Vince-Archer | June 18, 2006 at 16:01
Oh My God! The fact that its 2006 and this guy DOES NOT have a LCD / FLat Screen / Plasma tells you all you need to know! That TV is so 80s!
Posted by: Andrew Price | June 18, 2006 at 16:55
Do you like my hip and trendy 1960s home furnishings?
Posted by: UKIP Fiend | June 18, 2006 at 18:17
Gordon: "I'm still waiting for that phone call telling me that I am the next Prime Minister..."
Posted by: UKIP Fiend | June 18, 2006 at 18:18
After destroying England and the English, I've realised that they are actually 85% of the UK population.
If I call myself 'British' do you think I will get a way with it ?
Posted by: Steven Uncles | June 18, 2006 at 18:31
They're all buying Plasma TV's paying huge chunks of VAT.
My tax/spending goals are in the bag.
The final score.. Brown 1.
Posted by: william | June 18, 2006 at 20:35
What is going on with his head / body proportions?
Posted by: Guido Fawkes | June 18, 2006 at 21:20
That performance was so bad I thought it was my own country.
Posted by: Martin | June 18, 2006 at 22:14
probably the Mail cameraman didn't help (don't think its been photoshopped:-) but first time I saw Brown I was surprised by how big his upper body is.
The big question is whether he's been taken over by the ghost of Ted Heath - the sudden appearance of flashing teeth, strange smiles, discomforting attempts at being one of the people. I'm expecting heaving shoulders any moment. He's been practicing the sulk since before Heath left us but still......
Posted by: Ted | June 18, 2006 at 22:22
" Come on the regions - er ,I mean England "
Posted by: Jake | June 18, 2006 at 23:47
No really, the telly was only a fiver, and tax free!
Posted by: G-MaN | June 19, 2006 at 11:53
So the ones in the red shirts are Team Britain? And which region does that David Buckham play for?
Posted by: wonkotsane | June 19, 2006 at 12:51
England won, super, a great opportunity for a new stealth tax.
Posted by: Serf | June 19, 2006 at 13:59
Q: What have Peter Crouch and I got in common ?
A: Neither of us are good enough for the Number Ten position.
Posted by: johnC | June 20, 2006 at 13:37