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.
Posted on December 7, 2005
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