Tories get their Blair and Brown at last
Hmmm.... I'm cautiously optimistic about new Conservative leader David Cameron. With George Osbourne shadowing Gordon Brown as Chancellor, the Tories finally have an energetic young twosome to take on Labour in a couple of years' time - and have a reasonable chance of winning.
In fact, there's only one loser here: Gordon Brown. With Britain's public finances in disarray and the pent-up problems New Labour has created starting to trickle into the British consciousness, Brown's chances of becoming Prime Minister after Blair - long thought to be 100% - are fading. Since Blair is now likely to stay on for the full term, it leaves Brown fighting the next election as a new and inexperienced Prime Minister with an electorate pissed off by the high taxes he himself brought in as Chancellor, and a fresh-faced dream team in the blue corner reminding him of every misstep.
Delicious. The death of New Labour - now just a few years away. Life is sweet.
In fact, there's only one loser here: Gordon Brown. With Britain's public finances in disarray and the pent-up problems New Labour has created starting to trickle into the British consciousness, Brown's chances of becoming Prime Minister after Blair - long thought to be 100% - are fading. Since Blair is now likely to stay on for the full term, it leaves Brown fighting the next election as a new and inexperienced Prime Minister with an electorate pissed off by the high taxes he himself brought in as Chancellor, and a fresh-faced dream team in the blue corner reminding him of every misstep.
Delicious. The death of New Labour - now just a few years away. Life is sweet.
posted by chrisworth at 5:54 PM
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