Even the Guardian is proclaiming the Brown caused the recession:

In January, Gordon Brown said of the credit crunch: ‘Britain is better placed than most to withstand the global turbulence.’

It was an optimistic claim and Mr Brown probably believed it. But that doesn’t mean it was true.

Statistics released last week showed Britain’s economy shrank by 0.5 per cent, more than was widely forecast, in the last quarter. Technically, it is only a recession if growth shrinks again between now and Christmas, but few doubt that will happen…

Last week, Mr Brown acknowledged what the rest of us have known for months. Recession is likely, he said, ‘in America, France, Italy, Germany, Japan and – because no country can insulate itself from it – Britain, too’…

The credit crunch may have started abroad, but it was custom-made to hurt Britain.

Naturally, Mr Brown does not want to admit that, since he was in charge of the economy for the last decade. Naturally, the Conservatives take every opportunity to remind people of that fact. David Cameron wants voters to blame Mr Brown for the recession; Mr Brown wants them to blame the rest of the world.

Brown has been in charge of Britain economy directly or indirectly for the past eleven years. There can be no doubt that he caused the recession. He is responsible for the Age of Irresponsibility, because he presided over it and did nothing to prevent this inevitable and disastrous end.

It certainly appears to prove the fact that the economy did well despite Brown rather because of him.

And that all Labour governments screw up the economy.