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Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s just as sincere as US Politicians, videos

By April MacIntyre Apr 28, 2010, 19:12 GMT

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown EPA/ANDY RAIN

TV Newsers: Yesterday it was Sen. Carl Levin's "sh*tty email" reading to Goldman Sachs sullied executives, today it is Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s blunder - where his handlers did not remove a hot mic from the hapless leader's blazer.

The resulting gaffe has made headlines in the UK.

Brown told the UK media he was a "penitent sinner" for castigating an ordinary elderly lady on the streets who expressed genuine concern for Britain's future, and asked how was he going to pay for all the Eastern-European immigrants (legal and illegal) coming over taking advantage of the UK's generous entitlement plans.

Fair question, but once ensconced privately in his limo, he called out the woman as a "bigot" and labeled their taped "man on the street" moment a disaster.

Brown’s political future now hangs in the balance over dismissing a retiree a "bigoted woman."

In the video below, Brown also blames "Sue" for arranging the fated moment with the older woman, but who was responsible for taking a live mic off him?

The woman that Gordon Brown called a bigot gives her instant reaction to what Gordon Brown called her.