Gordon Brown a defective politician

Richard North points to a report in The Sunday Times telling us that "Gordon Brown's plans to create a legally enforceable “code of conduct” for MPs are in turmoil as MPs and peers prepare to reject the scheme".

Richard and others have covered the constitutional implications of this rushed bill.

What does it tell us about our prime minister? After two years at number 10, he still thinks he can sit at his desk and issue dictats. This even after the recent fiasco of his proposals for the Iraq enquiry.

Commentators continue to insist that Gordon Brown is highly intelligent. Really? Repeating such an obvious mistake so soon reeks of stupidity and unpuncturable arrogance.

Would I as an undergraduate cared to have been taught by such a man with no patience, no tolerance for others' views, and with such an addiction to casually bending the truth? Even as an academic debating colleague he would be hopeless.

If Gordon Brown goes into some sort of teaching job, I am sorry for his students.