Accept Responsibility Brown

I am sorry Mr Brown but you do not have any authority unless you also accept the responsibility that must go with it. Every time you make a speech or public comment you carefully take every opportunity to take us through the story that this is a global problem which needs a global solution. OK we get the message that it is not the fault of the UK and was therefore, out of your control.

But you seem to have overlooked a couple of points which we, the electorate certainly have not. Firstly throughout your time as Chancellor you praised the fact that the UK is at the hub and a significant player in the global financial system. Surely then, the UK is at the hub and has significant responsibility for the current crisis. Secondly, if this was the case, the UK government must take responsibility for the outcome of years of excesses by financial institutions and ineptitude by regulators over which you did have some control.

The British public should expect their elected government to act with due diligence and to manage the affairs of this country in the best interests of the majority. We all know how much you wanted the Prime Ministers job but with that position of authority comes a great deal of responsibility for the actions or inactions of the government. You accepted the job; please have the decency to accept the responsibility which goes with it.