Hmmm, I can't help noticing that most of these crises were at least partially-caused by the (in)actions of the previous Labour Government, in which Brown had some minor role I believe?
- Terrorism - well, if we hadn't pushed our noses up Bush's backside in 2002...
- Floods - well, if we hadn't cut our flood defence budget...
- Foot & mouth - well, if we had an effective vaccination strategy after last time....
- Northern Rock queues - well, if the Treasury / BoE had acted proactively a couple of months ago...
I agree Cameron's a twit, but I don't believe Brown's particularly good - all he's done in a crisis is keep away from the TV cameras so far, and he's suddenly got this reputation for superb crisis management?
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