The Sad Tale of Gordon Brown, Starting With
 the First Debate

The Sad Tale of Gordon Brown, Starting With
 the First Debate

The Sad Tale of Gordon Brown, Starting With
 the First Debate

The man doesn’t smile.

Calvin Trillin
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The Labour leader Gordon Brown
Has got a frown of great renown.
He makes a strangely mirthless clown.
That combination brought him down.

Calvin TrillinCalvin Trillin is The Nation’s “deadline poet.”


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