Blunkett..Brown. Blair..Bull """
What have they done for our England??
What have they produced??
Is England better..Or Worse??
Twelve years in..
Oh Dear...oh dear.

Erik, storlien , Sweden

Mark of High Wycombe asked what happened to Blunketts concern for the care of the elderly....well he later stated that they will have to carry on working longer and longer pay even more taxes and save more for their pensions(and the MPs) and then sell their home to pay for any care later in life.

David, Romford Essex, UK

Apart from Labour spin doctors whoever said they look after the poor and less well off in the country. Eleven years on and the divide between rich and poor couldn't be wider. So much for their promises for a fairer society when they're only interested with getting their snouts in the trough.

Mike, Alicante, Spain

The only thing any of these labour politicians are concerned with is creating policies which will save their skins, not with policies that are right for the long term health of the country. Richard, it is 11 years of labour misrule, overtaxation and overspending killing this country. SACK THEM NOW!

Steven Katirai, Newcastle Upon Tyne,

For years Brown plotted and schemed to get the job which, once in his grasp, has crumbled to dust. If Blair actually did think Brown was totally unsuitable to be PM, then for once he was right. Clearly Brown is in a state of total and utter denial as he carries on as though everything is "normal"

Neil, Gloucestershire, England

Tony Woodley and Fabian Hamilton presumably believe that the energy companies should be given government hand-outs the next time they get into trouble? The very idea of a windfall tax is absurd.

Nick, Rotherham, UK

The government should stop part financing companies which are producing record profits; start implementing renewable energy systems which are owned by the state and need little maintanance in the scale of things to get us out of this vicious cycle. Money and profits are killing our country!

Richard, Bristol, UK

So what is to stop the energy companies simply raising their prices to cover the cost of any windfall tax?

With oil prices still high how about encouraging investment in extracting what we have left in the North Sea.

Paul, Coventry,

we forze last year and this year will be worse.. i am on incapactity benefit and a single parent who each year actually does have to decide on food or heat ( even if i choose heat then its only enough to take the edge off). We (low income people) get no real help but if you have money then you get

Chris, Littlehampton,

help... if you get into debt or buy a house then you get help... if you just need to survive and refuse to gt into debt then you get no help.... typical of this government.

Chris, Littlehampton,

The fates must be laughing at this Shakespearean tragedy of Brown's own making. The similarity to "Julius Caesar" is becoming stronger daily. I wonder which Labourite will strike the first blow.

Dennis Eagan, Colorado Springs, US

Is this the same Brown who removed proposed VAT on heating fuel (which would have given a boost to energy efficiency investment) and then dragged his heels about zero rating energy efficiency measures. Pensioners fuel credits should have been spent on energy efficiency for too.

John Cochrane, London, England

Brown, May 18 2007, after spending a month attempting to prevent a leadership contest:

"At the end of the day it may be embarrassing, perhaps, to have so much support, but... I think you have got to accept that as the verdict of the parliamentary party."

Beautiful, sweet, unadulterated irony....

Carl Harvey, London,

short term policies and quick fixes is what he's been doing so far. The trouble is, even if he has a good idea now, i'm so sick of the sight of him i just want his unelected guerning face out of my life forever.

Mike, Leeds,

There'll be more deaths from hypothermia this winter - let's hope it is a mild one.

We all know that better insulation for homes is a good idea, but it doesn't help the poor wretch who is in real bind: one electric bar of his fire on plus fruit and veg, or two bars on (no fruit and veg).

Des, Edinburgh,

Amazing that the government say's it is looking beyond short-term gimmicks - less than 24 hours after giving the housing market a 1 year stamp duty holiday!

The only people breathing a sigh of relief this morning are shareholders of energy companies, looking forward to another bumper dividend!

Mark J, Nottingham, UK

"Go into opposition"?

They'll be lucky to finish second in the next election.

Steve, London, UK

The energy companies are using short term gimmicks to cripple the finances of the public and business so, Gordon, come up with some of your own to force them to cancel the massive, unjustified increases this year. The international natural gas price is back where it was in 2003.
What a rip-off!

A.Williams, Cradley Heath,

Is Tony Woodley one of those people who does not qualify for any government handouts but is on a very low wage? No?...Thought not.Well those who are, would have been asked to pay more for the unemployed and the 'so-called' sick?It's the unions who are a disgrace.What are they doing for the low paid?

judy, Liverpool, England

More custard, when will it stop, when will he go back to the glens.

James, Southamptom, England

Where are the headlines about Blunkett stating we must not assume the government has a priority of care towards the elderly? It was on Ceefax this morning and has since mysteriously disappeared.

Mark, High Wycombe, England