Comments on: Brown’s Still Here http://charlottegore.com/2009/07/01/browns-still-here.html Free Trade and Free Minds. Politics for Reasonable People. Independent Political Blogging. Top 20 Blog. Libertarianism. Laser Kitties. Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:35:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Nick M http://charlottegore.com/2009/07/01/browns-still-here.html/comment-page-1#comment-5356 Nick M Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:16:11 +0000 http://charlottegore.com/?p=1201#comment-5356 You just reminded me I now owe my Dad a fiver... You just reminded me I now owe my Dad a fiver…

]]> By: Jake Motta http://charlottegore.com/2009/07/01/browns-still-here.html/comment-page-1#comment-5331 Jake Motta Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:37:07 +0000 http://charlottegore.com/?p=1201#comment-5331 Its just John Major all over again... except Brown can't blame Blair like Major blamed Thatcher, so Brown won't win against the odds Its just John Major all over again… except Brown can’t blame Blair like Major blamed Thatcher, so Brown won’t win against the odds

]]> By: measured http://charlottegore.com/2009/07/01/browns-still-here.html/comment-page-1#comment-5324 measured Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:02:11 +0000 http://charlottegore.com/?p=1201#comment-5324 I agree, Mark. They want to get the Lisbon Treaty ratified to scupper the Tories and then he can go. Mandy calls the shots, sadly not with a gun. Hold back on the razor blades, Charlotte; trust me, he's not worth it. I agree, Mark. They want to get the Lisbon Treaty ratified to scupper the Tories and then he can go. Mandy calls the shots, sadly not with a gun. Hold back on the razor blades, Charlotte; trust me, he’s not worth it.

]]> By: Mark Reckons http://charlottegore.com/2009/07/01/browns-still-here.html/comment-page-1#comment-5322 Mark Reckons Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:15:49 +0000 http://charlottegore.com/?p=1201#comment-5322 I have lost this bet but I am convinced that Brown will go before the General Election. In fact I think he will go before the end of this year, forced out by his party. The calculation at the moment is that if he was to go, the pressure for a General Election would become unstoppable but if he went in the Autumn with a new PM in place before Christmas, that new leader could then credibly announce the date of the GE as early Spring (virtually when they would have to go anyway). The calculation come Autumn flips and the Labour Party would be better off at that point with a new leader. Where there's a will there's a way. I have another bet on with Constantly Furious about this. I have lost this bet but I am convinced that Brown will go before the General Election. In fact I think he will go before the end of this year, forced out by his party.

The calculation at the moment is that if he was to go, the pressure for a General Election would become unstoppable but if he went in the Autumn with a new PM in place before Christmas, that new leader could then credibly announce the date of the GE as early Spring (virtually when they would have to go anyway). The calculation come Autumn flips and the Labour Party would be better off at that point with a new leader. Where there’s a will there’s a way.

I have another bet on with Constantly Furious about this.

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