Gordon is the classic example of "Be careful what you wish for." He was a very well regarded Chancellor of the Exchequer (The 2nd most important job in British politics.) who precided over a decade of growth in the economy. However he always wanted to be Prime Minister, but stood aside for the more charismatic Tony Blair to be elected leader of the Labour party after John Smith's untimely death, despite being the senior man, on the understanding that Blair would stand down sometime in his second term allowing Gordon to become PM.

Now Tony Blair enjoyed being PM and stayed on longer than intended which riled Gordon and his allies began pushing for TB to name a date when he would stand down. After leading Labour to an unprecedented third term in government Blair finally did relinquish being PM and Gordon became Labour leader and Prime Minister by default.

The problem is that since Gordon has floundered from one PR disaster to another, dithering over calling an election and finally deciding against it, one that he would almost certainly have won. Alienating a lot of his backbench MPs by pushing through a tax cut that actually hurt the poorest workers the most, and then having to climb down and compensate the losers. Woefully misjudging the public's anger over the MPs expences fiasco. These failings have been made worse due to the Conservative party choosing David Cameron to lead them, a man who is straight out of the Tony Blair mould, a slick decisive communicator who is running rings around him at the moment.

To me the big problem is that Gordon Brown is a man whose skills were ideally suited to working on policy and the economy but lacks the essential comunication skill necessary to lead the nation. He alienates colleagues with his heavy handed actions, lacks a connection with the electorate and seems to stumble from one self inflicted crisis to another. An example of this was when Lib Dem's treasury spokesman Vince Cable said that Brown had a "remarkable transformation in the last few weeks from Stalin to Mr Bean," poltical insults do not get any more damning than that.

He is a man who for most of his life has wanted to be Prime Minister, but when he gets there he finds that he is unsuited for the job. "Be careful what you wish for."