Another Definition of Brownism

By The ThunderDragon • May 28, 2008

I’ve posted one definition of Brownism before:

Definition of Brownism: (braun’i(z’?m)

1. (verb) The subtle art of combining of words into sentences that are meant to deliberately mislead or confuse the general public.

Origins: A term coined to categorize all of Prime Minister Brown’s eccentric speech.

Example: A sample Brownism: “This will be a government of no spin.”

Notes: See also: Spin doctor; Machiavellian; dishonest.

But now another has come to my attention. Just as devastating and even harder to refute, since it is based on pure and simple facts:

Thatcherism and Blairism were easily defined but what exactly is Brownism? Obsessed that the state knows best, Brownism can best be described by its dubious achievements: record taxation, hyper-regulation, the biggest debts in Europe, the destruction of private pension schemes, post office closures, appalling public transport and a looming energy crisis. (Tom Bower, Evening Standard)

Brownism just isn’t an ideology that anyone can follow. If they have a brain, that is.