Gordon Brown recently claimed that he "inherited his moral compass" from his father, a Church Minister.
I was unaware that old style Scottish preachers favoured: the development of super casinos, wrecking workers' pension schemes, the sponsoring of immoral behaviour amongst teenagers, the undermining of marriage by governmental fiat, the promulgation of binge drinking, the making of housing unaffordable for ordinary people and taxing workers to an extent that it ruins their lifestyle.
Of course, some cruel-minded voters may view this as a slightly different type of cynical exploitation of Christianity to that already practised by the present incumbent of Number 10.
Scots are of course noted stereotypically for their financial prudence. Mr Brown's Dad would not have been too chuffed to learn that his blue-eyed boy had frittered away our gold reserves for a handful of magic beans!
I wonder if Christians with their votes will wish to endorse this 'brave new world'?
*** Mr Brown has never actually been tested as Chancellor. The Tories underwent FOUR major world recessions. Lucky Mr Brown has not even seen one yet!
