And Welcome Gordon by Virginia

With Tony gone, Gordon Brown finally has the job he has been dreaming about all these years. I am sure Mr Brown would like us to think this is a new dawn, a new balance sheet and time to put the Blair years behind us.

But the trouble is Gordon, we can't quite do that. Tony Blair could not have gone to war without assistance from the Treasury. As I've said before on this blog, my biggest frustration over the last 10 years has been seeing the public sector coffers dwindle, whilst the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan get a blank cheque.

I'm afraid my optimism was lost 10 years ago, I can't think we are getting anything different with our new leader. But a small part of me would like to see me proved wrong. So please Mr Brown, please do us a favour, and try and live up to your heroes. If you really do admire Gandhi, Martin Luther King and Aung San Suu Kyi so much, please try to live up to their ideals and beliefs and ask yourself:

Who would they bomb?