Only the BBC would dare to present Gordon Brown as some sort of model politician, not on the make, in any way. As B-BBC Alan points out;
“Evan Davis standsguard over the corpse of Gordon Brown’s dignity this morning when theIndependent runs a story outlining the profitable new career in making speechesthat Brown has embarked upon. Davis admits Brown has raked in over £1.4 million since being debagged of hisPrime Ministerial office….but Evan reassures us, Brown, the Son of the Manse,has not lost his moral compass….most has gone to charity. Erm…except it hasn’t…the Independent reveals of the £1.4 million only£127,000 has gone to charity..
‘More than £127,000 has been given to charities, while nearly £997,000 in feesand just over £293,000 in expenses that he has generated have been paid to theOffice of Gordon and Sarah Brown, which they set up to facilitate theircampaigning and charitable work.’
Wonder if that charitable donation was set against tax? Still every little helps…as Brown’s constituents say when he occassionallygraces them with his presence and attends to the business of parliamentaryrepresentation that he was elected and is paid to do!