Tony Blair to Step Down

Brown will command more unity behind him instead of relying on David Cameron and the Tory vote to pass Bills through the Commons.

Tony Blair was literally ousted last year before the Labour Conference he was literally so close to there and then being pushed by his fellow MP's and this set in motion the dreaded 'departure date' saga. He couldn't get Bills through parliment, many resigned, many called for his head but did he go? NO!

Yet because the guy was so selfish and unwillinging to go when the party clearly did not want him they will probably a) lose in the next election b) it will be a hung parliment requiring a coalition with the Liberal Democrats to get a majority. The Tories will be hard to beat with already 42% of the local constitiuent vote this year with Labour on a poor 27% only 1% up from last year.

Brown himself though is as charasmatic as kissing a Baboon's arse and in the eyes of many at Westminster a 'control freak' who is totally unworkable with. The guy somewhat totally dodges and forgets any mention of his doing in the current Pensions Shortfall Scandal in which he lost Billions leaving many of the elderly with nothing.

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.

I seriously have no idea who I will be voting for but Cameron and Brown both look like Thatcher and Blair.

Originally Posted by Lord Styphon

This is the Labour Party is electing a new one.

I hope you understand that was not an election it was simply the most shoddy and undemocratic ushering in through the back door while you sit down and shutup type appointment. Nobody faced Brown only 1 left winger for the hell of it stood against him just so as to create an illusion there was a 'contest'.

How ya doing, buddy?