Gordon Brown is likely to be ignored – even if his ideas are what we need

The ex-prime minister has sat down and considered the reality that many households and businesses face ruination this winter, writes Chris Blackhurst

How we miss a statesman, thinker and pragmatist such as Brown (Getty)

Thank goodness for Gordon Brown.

It’s taken an intervention by the former Labour prime minister to highlight the sheer poverty of ideas of this current government and the two Tory leadership contenders.

One is dealing with the present; the other is meandering along, spouting boosterism and empty rhetoric. No prizes for guessing which is which.