"Sole Focus" On The Economy
April 14th, 2008 by ThunderDragon
Gordon Brown has the economy as his “sole focus,” does he? Then he should just take over from Alastair Darling as Chancellor.
A Prime Minister is supposed to be an overall manager, without a “sole focus” on any particular area. That’s the job of the relevant Cabinet ministers. To be experts in their own area, providing the Prime Minister with advice on it.
If the economy really is Brown’s sole focus, then you have to ask why the hell he wanted to become PM - or bothered appointing a Chancellor when he did!
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What you say makes sense.
He spent 10 years as chancellor with his focus on the economy and look how that turned out? To be honest, when I saw that headline I just thought, “Oh Lordy, we’ve had it!”
Yes, Wolfie.
Prime Ministers cannot have a ’sole focus’. They have to support British interests in about 20+ policy areas in addition to being an international ambassador and setting the agenda.
What a stupid quote.