“My own response to the great challenges in my own life has been to confront them, resolute in the belief that there would always be something that could be done to overcome them. And there always has been.
“Now, once more, I am confident that we can come through this difficult economic time and meet these challenges a stronger, more secure, and fairer country than ever before.”
What about the time you first had the opportunity to lead the Labour Party but stood down in favour of Blair? Was that confronting the challenge?
And all those unhappy years under Blair, mumping away behind the scenes but afraid to strike. Was that confronting the challenge?
And when the going got rough, for example over Iraq, doing a Mr MacAvity act and disappearing. Was that confronting the challenge?
And when you finally became Prime Minister, last September's ducking the prospect of a general election. Was that confronting the challenge?
And, now, crumbling before the energy companies' resistance to a windfall tax. Is that confronting the challenge?
Face it, you're a wimp.
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