Gordon Brown overheard calling woman "bigoted"

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highwaystar101 said:

kowenicki said:
By the weay the reason he had to apologise is very simple.... she didnt say anything remotely bigoted.

I understand that she didn't say anything remotely bigoted, that's why I said I don't approve of what he said. However, for whatever reason, he called the woman a bigot, he obviously meant it too. He can't just apologise and pretend it never happened, he should at least explain his comment. An apology in an attempt to back out of his comment is not what he should be doing.

It would be disastrous for him if he explained his comment and stuck by it, but to be honest this is disastrous for him whatever happens.

 

Also, I like my politicians to stick by what they say (I know, they don't), Gordon Brown is not sticking by what he said in this case, so why should he for anything else?

But the other side of that is that sometimes you have to know when to step back and admit you screwed up and acted like an ass.   Which of course as you pointed out can make you seem weak.

 

Basically he was screwed either way, he needed to jut not say anything in the first place.