Tony Blair is a spent force in British politics,but he is the reason the labour party have won an unprecedented third term in office.Brown is a moribund Scot who thinks he is entititled to be prime minister because it's his turn and he has earned the right to an unopposed ascension to the top job.
What is Browns foreign policy? He has never spoken his mind on any even slightly controversial subject as far I can remember,preferring to sit on the fence ,hoping that Blair will shoot himself in the foot with the grass roots of the labour party and the electorate.
A lot of people who deserted the conservative party in favour of labour ten years ago did so because Tony Blair was everything that John Major wasn't. They saw a chance for change after eighteen years of conservative policys and the grass looked greener in Tony's field.Brown has made sure he's never had to make any difficult decisions,passing the only really big decision a chancellor traditionally had to make
(interest rates) to the Bank of England.Even now,with Blair standing down in the next few months,does anyone know what Brown stands for? How does he stand on our relationship with the USA?What are his thoughts on immigration or global warming? Why should English voters want a Scot at the helm?
The Conservatives are unelectable at the moment IMHO,they need to state clearly where their policys differ from Labour perhaps making it clear that they agree with most sensible people that Labours' nanny state annoys the hell out of them. Microchips in dustbins,cars with smartcards that log every journey,official forms printed in 47 different languages,making it a criminal offence to change a wall socket ect.ect.
Gorden Brown will no doubt be the next PM, but will he win the next general election ? I think not.