by Travis Casey

Created on: December 17, 2007   Last Updated: January 08, 2010

Gordon Brown has made a mockery of democracy through his hypocrisy. On a visit to China, Brown asked the Premier of China when China would allow their people to elect their own leader. Brown is constantly beating the drum that Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe be removed as President of his country. Mugabe's ruling of that country is a disgrace, but, at least he pretends to hold elections; rigged or not.

But Gordon Brown has not been elected by the British people to run the United Kingdom. In 2005, Tony Blair was the leader of the Labour Party and was re-elected for a third time to serve as Prime Minister. In 2007, Blair resigned. In normal circumstances, the Labour Party would have held a leadership contest to elect a new leader of the party. However, this didn't happen.

By what can only be seen as numerous dodgy deals, Gordon Brown stood unopposed for the leadership of the Labour party. It has been widely reported in the British media that Blair and Brown had some kind of deal that Blair would win the election and then hand the reigns over to Brown, which is what happened.

It is highly unusual for a leader of political party to become the supremo without an election being held from within the party itself. There is no shortage of politicians whose sole purpose in life is to gain as much power as possible. So how Gordon Brown has waltzed into the top position without opposition has left the British public mystified.

Unlike the United States, the British people do not know who will assume command and control should something happen to the Prime Minister that has been voted in. That is for the party to decide. In America, everyone knows the Vice President will take over should anything happen to the President, and in effect, the Vice President is voted for as the successor.

Many people in the UK who don't ordinarily vote for the Labour party, chose to do so to have Tony Blair as the Prime Minister. It could have been a completely different story if it was Gordon Brown up for election.

Brown continues to use military force to see that democracy is imposed in countries far, far away from his jurisdiction. Yet he will not subject himself to the democratic process. When he was 11 points ahead in the polls, he whipped up a frenzy about a general election. Then, when he saw his lead shrink because the Conservative party came up with some very popular ideas, such as dramatically raising the inheritance tax threshold, Brown not only called off the election- but he stole their

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