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Originally Posted by Damien
It's worth bearing in mind that under Blair it still looked like Labour would win a fourth term, Labours collapse in support has been under Brown.
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And the pundits will argue for the next 20 years over whether Brown has simpy had a run of rotten luck, or if Blair really was keeping the entire Nu-Lab project on the rails by the force of his personality alone.
However, that's all a little academic. Brown really is on the ropes, and the outlook for UK plc is not good enough for the Great British Public to do anything other than give him the blame when they next get the chance.
It's ironic that just 1,600 people voted Tory in Glasgow East, however the result of that election is the strongest indication yet that the Tories will win power next time around. In time, I guess that will play into the SNP's hands as well though, with their usual diatribes against the remoteness of London (another delicious irony, try asking a Shetlander whether they feel any affinity for Edinburgh).