“I have done it before and I can do it again”

This was Gordon talking about himself and steering the economy through a rocky patch. Is it just me or does it smack as just a touch arrogant? Brown coasted on the back of Conservative reforms for much of his Chancellorship and on the back of a debt bubble on the rest, he has piled taxes up by stealth to buck the reverse half of the Laffer curve and now the debt bubble is bursting. A little humility might behove Mr Brown, if he shows no humility then he may be given a humiliation.

We are getting more tolerant

Today I saw something that makes me really hopeful about society and how tolerant we are getting. I was wandering along by Trafalgar Square and out of the corner of my eye I saw a couple of guys chatting. Nothing strange about that you may say. However upon the conclusion of their conversation they kissed in the way only couples do, in full view of everyone and not a soul batted an eyelid. It was extremely uplifting and said a lot about how tolerant we are becoming.