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An internet sensation, the Tory who told Brown to his face that he's a disaster (with video)
dailymail.co.uk ^
| March 26, 2009
| Kirsty Walker
Posted on 03/26/2009 6:56:52 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
A Tory who criticised Gordon Brown to his face in a brutal personal attack has won an army of fans worldwide.
A video of MEP Daniel Hannan delivering a withering assessment of the Prime Minister's handling of the economic crisis has become a surprise hit on the internet.
More than 730,000 users have viewed it on YouTube, making it the most popular clip on the site two days in a row.
Mr Hannan's assault came after the Premier had given a keynote speech to the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Tuesday.
As Mr Brown looked on through gritted teeth, shaking his head, the Tory lambasted him as a 'Brezhnev era apparatchik' who was ' pathologically incapable' of taking responsibility for his role in the financial crisis.
The 37-year-old, who was the youngest British member elected to the European Parliament in 1999, yesterday received plaudits for his tongue-lashing.
Broadcasters - including the BBC - failed to report Mr Hannan's onslaught despite giving full coverage to Mr Brown's most pro-European speech to date.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: danielhannan
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To: Free ThinkerNY
21
posted on
03/26/2009 7:14:09 PM PDT
by
Plutarch
To: Wisconsinlady
You’re lucky. I have Cantwell and Murray.
22
posted on
03/26/2009 7:16:04 PM PDT
by
irishtenor
(What if Pro Wrestling is real and all the rest of life is fake?)
To: Free ThinkerNY
Mrs. Jones from Hartford told Senator Dodd the same thing.......... www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4MAJzhFhGc
23
posted on
03/26/2009 7:16:25 PM PDT
by
PALIN SMITH
(Show them our respectable contempt!)
To: Free ThinkerNY
best Line is .. Mr Brown.. You Cannot spend your way out of a recession and you Can’t Borrow your way out of DEBT!
24
posted on
03/26/2009 7:16:35 PM PDT
by
philly-d-kidder
("O" ...NO! not another speech... MARKETS... Battle stations...DIVE DIVE DIVE!!!)
To: Free ThinkerNY
best Line is .. Mr Brown.. You Cannot spend your way out of a recession and you Can’t Borrow your way out of DEBT!
25
posted on
03/26/2009 7:16:38 PM PDT
by
philly-d-kidder
("O" ...NO! not another speech... MARKETS... Battle stations...DIVE DIVE DIVE!!!)
To: irishtenor
To: Wisconsinlady
Yup, makes you want to cry.
27
posted on
03/26/2009 7:20:25 PM PDT
by
irishtenor
(What if Pro Wrestling is real and all the rest of life is fake?)
To: Nervous Tick
Our politicians seem to pride themselves on speaking poorly.
28
posted on
03/26/2009 7:33:33 PM PDT
by
RobbyS
(ECCE homo)
To: Free ThinkerNY
Thanks for posting this. I wish we had some orators in the republican party like that.
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posted on
03/26/2009 7:34:53 PM PDT
by
Ravi
To: rbg81
Brown had a chance to respond, but I haven’t seen it.
To: BluH2o
I didn't see a teleprompter...did you? I would give my left arm to borrow Mr. Hannan for a few months to do nothing but give speeches on the floor of the Senate on M,W,F and House on T,TR...Saturday off...then on to the Sunday shows.
To: Free ThinkerNY
If only the so-called "conservatives" (small "c" intentional) in the so-called Republican party had the intelligence and dare I say a set of balls to tell it like Daniel Hannan did.
So how much would it cost to get this guy to come to the U.S. and tell off Obama the same way? (heck, I'll pop for it, it'd be worth every penny.)
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posted on
03/26/2009 7:45:16 PM PDT
by
usconservative
(NoBamaNation! http://nobamanation.blogspot.com)
To: Free ThinkerNY
To: Ravi
You’re welcome. I second your wish.
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posted on
03/26/2009 7:53:21 PM PDT
by
Free ThinkerNY
((((Truth to a Liberal, is like a crucifix to a vampire))))
To: Free ThinkerNY
Shame there are no men like this in the GOP...or anywhere else; for that matter.
35
posted on
03/26/2009 7:53:42 PM PDT
by
who knows what evil?
(G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
To: Free ThinkerNY
How pathetic that nowhere in the US Congress do we have anyone that loves this country enough to do what this man did.
To: Free ThinkerNY
To: Senormechanico
I have heard soundbites - and it is amazing!
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posted on
03/26/2009 8:25:48 PM PDT
by
LiteKeeper
(Beware of socialism in America; the Islamization of Eurabia)
To: Free ThinkerNY
The problem is most republicans are socialists..
It would be very hard to find a republican that would turn down a gov't check..
(SSA)Social Security is PURE socialism.. Not like socialism but PURE socialism.. And most all republicans are oblivious to that fact..
OBLIVIOUS...
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posted on
03/26/2009 8:35:12 PM PDT
by
hosepipe
(This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole....)
To: Free ThinkerNY
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posted on
03/26/2009 8:48:39 PM PDT
by
Nipfan
(The desire to save humanity is always a false front for the urge to rule it - H L Mencken)
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