Tony Blair to Step Down

Originally Posted by El Ray Fernando

Labour are stuck with Brown. David Miliband was obviously 10 times a better choice yet because of the sense of invetibaility and because Tony did not reveal when he was going to go it had to be Gordon Brown. If he had revealed the date earlier events could have been set in motion to get Miliband in this way swaying the Brownites would have been much easier that Brown was not the right candidtate to beat the Tories.

Miliband simply could not of stood against Brown at this time it would have broken the party in half because now with only 2 years left he hasn't got time to establish himself as a premier and the Brownites would have been much harder to sway, even among them though some admit that Gordon can't do it. Face it if Gordon does lose to Cameron his political career is over and I would fully expect Miliband to take over as the Labor leader after the election.

David Milliband would've made an absolutely appalling Prime Minister. He's far too young, fair too inexperienced and has as much substance as a wet tissue.

While I'm no supporter of New Labour (I'm actually a Conservative), I'd much rather have Gordon Brown as leader of the country than Tony Blair or David Cameron. Gordon Brown seems to actually have principles and policies whereas Cameron is a career politician, lacking in both substance and true Conservative ideals, and as such has no right to hold office. Furthermore, he's shown a complete inability to make the most of the cash for honours scandal and New Labour going back on its promise to hold a Referrendum regarding this re-designed EU Constitution. In regards to the latter, I'm hoping it's because of the imminent change in leadership and he fully intends to push Gordon Brown into giving us a referrendum. However, Cameron has still shown absolute shoddiness when dealing with New Labours recent cock ups since he took over as Leader of the Opposition.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

The Tories originally loved the guy, seeing him as the pretty face to power much like Tony Blair was for the Labour Party. However, I feel that the gloss of his reign is starting to wear off. The Conservatives have been having in-party trouble over Cameron's stance on Grammar Schools, but I believe he's come up with some policies that's gained approval from a lot of people in the party (not too sure as I've been on holiday so not kept up with the news). Overall, I'd say about 60% of the Conservatives love him, while the rest see him as being wet and too left wing for their liking.

How ya doing, buddy?