I wonder if Gordon Brown actually believes the nonsense he expresses in the article he wrote for your newspaper (British values can help shape a Europe for the 21st century, 3 June 2003). Assuming he does, I shudder at the thought of him being responsible for making some of the most important decisions relating to the future of our country. 

He reminds me of Albert Speer, being an affable, very well-educated, intelligent and capable man, but with a fundamentally flawed view of the world.

To state that Britain is "anchored in stability" and "enjoying securely founded economic strength" is pure fantasy. Albert Speer might have said the same about Germany in 1938, and most Germans would have believed him, just as many people in this country today, no doubt, believe Gordon Brown.

I'm not suggesting for a moment that the Chancellor is a member of a fascist government; far from it. But his government is, nevertheless, leading us towards disaster.

Britain's economy, like all so-called developed economies, is fundamentally flawed, because it is non-sustainable.  A far-sighted and responsible government would be steering us towards sustainability, but instead, despite all the warnings about Earth's limited natural resources and finite carrying capacity, it continues blindly to pursue economic growth, which must inevitably lead to disaster.

He talks out of the top of his head about "our shared vision of the future" and "what defines our purpose as a nation". Whatever they might be for Gordon Brown, assuming that he reeally knows himself, they are certainly not my vision of the future or what I'd define as "our purpose as a nation".