Gordon Brown the man who sets fire to your house waits until flames pour out of the roof then offers you a cup of water he borrowed from your neighbours and expects gratitude.

Mitch, Wolverhampton, England

Brown does not seem to realise that it is he who is responsible for the mess we are in, he got it wrong in the first place - poor judgement.
What makes him think that whatever he does now will put it right ?
More tax to pay for those who work - what a future to look forward to.

Martin Briggs, Heversham, England

So even more people will have to rely on State handouts rather than be allowed to support themselves through lower taxes.
A socialist eutopia.

Gareth Jones, Dusseldorf, Germany

Brown is a man fooled by his own belief system........and he is our leader.........!!!!!!!!!!!!

Can I come with you to Disneyland Frank ?

ian payne, walsall,

Brown says he will win next election. Mike Tyson also said he would win his last 3 fights. Duh! Help poorer families?

That's like the joke: what do you get when you cross Lassie with a Rotweiller? A dog that bites your leg off then runs for help.....

Brown is about to run for help guys......

Chris Wiliams, Bridgend, UK

Our 'listening' PM is still not hearing us. We don't want him to 'get on with the job' we want a General Election. He's now going to borrow more 'funny-money' for a spending spree to try and generate a feel-good factor. It won't work and it will have to be paid back - we're in enough debt as it is.

Donna Walker, Effingham, England

"giving fuel vouchers to families on child tax credit"

What about those of us "middle class" tax payers who are scraping by? We spend all our disposable income on travel, a mortgage and food. There is nothing left to give back to the economy. We are the ones that need help.

Nobby Clark, Perth, the Scottish one,

'You will see us dealing with some of these issues as we come back in September......bring forward measures to help families... before the Chancellor's Pre-Budget Report...'
No obvious urgency and no doubt all of the 'measures' will be entirely unrelated to the forthcoming by-election in Scotland

m collins, Leeds,

What Mr B rown does not seem to understand, every poll now consistently shown we do not want him to get on with the job , what the people want is for him to get out of the way. We are sick of his broken promises, huge mistakes that have cost this country untold billions such as destroyed pensions.

Jas, Alders , UK

And what about the rest of us? I suppose families equals more votes. However the British people have proved in the past that they are not fooled by this sort of nonsense

Paul Farmer, london, uk

It is utterly astonishing that almost one in five of the electorate would still vote for them. This can only be explained by New Labour's client state. For example, the almost one million additional state sector 'jobs' created since 1997 and the almost three million on incapacity benefit.

John, Bangkok, Thailand

I note that hard pressed families are mentioned, not hard pressed people. I assume those without children or with grown children, ( a lot of whom have also lost their jobs), will be carrying those with two good incomes but with children yet again. This man doesn't seem to know who is and isn't poor.

judy, Liverpool, England

He "suggested" that the public weren't interested in internal politics! You mean he WISHED we weren't. Luckily he cannot control what we think.

Seb Craig, London,

Typical deluded, control freak Brown. Rather than give out vouchers, restructure the tax system - I thought that was what he was supposed to be good at? Stop wasting our money! Weren't Labour meant to be listening? Bottom line - less tax and fewer hand-outs. Oh, and an election. Please.

Ross, Ripon, UK

"Stealing from the employed to give to the ambition-poor"
I couldn't have said it better myself!
Why should I bother having my job, paying taxes & paying for goods/services when I can get some girl pregnant & be given for free: a house, spending money, fuel vouchers, health/dental care etc

Craig, Portsmouth, UK

3 weeks off and still nothing new to say.I prefer it when he is quiet.Still behind the curve and denying the problems.Oil price falls sterling falls no relief to us a problem and that is down to confidence in UK , budget and trade deficits not the world prices its down to Gordon

roger, bridport,

I agree with Roger, why do politicians divisively target families with help. Any help should come in the form of tax cuts through the raising of personal allowances. Working people & even pensioners are paying income tax on money needed to meet basic needs - and they have been for a very long time.

Joanne, Nelson,

Will anybody else be too embarrassed to accept a fuel voucher from father Brown. Perhaps he could print it in the Sun for people to cut out and take cap in hand to their supplier. Dont forget though Gordon, it will have to be printed in Spanish or German to get accepted.

steve lloyd, swansea, uk

Typical, all Brown ever talks about is "hard pressed families". What about the rest of us? We are suffering as well - and in some cases much more.

The government should be targeting help to those on less than average incomes whether they have children or not.

Roger, London, UK

How is it a fair system to propose measures to offset the inflation of essentials such as fuel and mortgage payments just for people with children? Don't the rest of us potentially struggle with those things too? Why should our taxes be used to subsidise this? We pay enough for their kids already.

David Jones, Loughborough, UK

What is this useless Prime Minister's obsession with "families"? Why the hell should people who've decided to have children be any more important than the rest of us who work and pay our taxes? Families already get far more out of the state in terms of health, education and welfare than us...

Sean Hunter, Glasgow,

Once again the working childless will be punished to pay for everybody else.

New Labour , robbin' hood-y, stealing from the employed to give to the ambition-poor.

Many unemployed are now wealthier and more fertile than those in jobs. I'm off to Disneyland, more sane than here....

frank, swindon, uk