http://standpointmag.co.uk Welcome to the Standpoint magazine, the culture and politics monthly en /node/2546 <!--paging_filter--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> </xml><![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0cm; mso-para-margin-right:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0cm; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style> <![endif]--> <p><strong>BY SHIRAZ MAHER</strong></p> <p>Deceit and duplicity are the cornerstones of Gordon Brown's government - an administration so long in the waiting that like the fruit of the medlar tree it went rotten before it was ripe. From Brown's unchallenged ascension to the Premiership, to his persistent refusal to call an election, to the Damien McBride scandal, this is a government characterised by cowardice. <p><a href="/node/2546"><span>read more</span></a></p> /node/2546#comments Daud Abdullah Gordon Brown Hazel Blears Istanbul Declaration Muslim Council of Britain Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:25:47 +0000 Shiraz Maher 2546 at http://standpointmag.co.uk