Yes, because the Prime Minister of one country was COMPLETELY responsible for the WORLD wide recession that hit everyone.
It had nothing to do with multi-national, multi-billion banks gambling on sub-prime loans, nothing to do with traders speculating wildly on oil, gas and grain, nothing to do with all governments (including our own so you don't think I'm being biased) ignoring the irresponsible and reckless manner in which those institutions conducted business as long as the corporate tax revenue kept pouring in, nothing to do with the fact that when these people messed up, couldn't hide it anymore and they went hat in hand begging for governments and tax-payers to bail them out. If we were a truely capitalist society, we would have just let them go to the wall as all other failing companies should and do. But because they had become such an intrinsic part of economies we had to bail them out. And were going to paying for it for a long time to come...
But all of that was one mans fault so we can just blame him and not blame ourselves for failing to hold to account those institutions by allowing ourselves to continuously to vote in weak willed politicians held in thrall by the power of multi-national corporations and lacking the backbone and courage of conviction to say NO to them when they should.
When it comes to shirking responsibility perhaps it might be a good idea for everyone to look in a mirror and ask it was really a good idea to buy a lot of stuff we couldn't afford, using credit that wasn't ours. I'm guilty of that in the past (not now, got rid of my credit cards years ago, I only buy what I can pay for), I'm sure you've been guilty of it and I'm sure most of us have been in the past. When you look at yourself, ask that and answer truthfully, then you know what responsibility is.