Chris

The answer to this, of course, is simple. A lot of people, me included, at one time had great respect for Brown's apparent prowess as chancellor. But a couple of things have since come to light.

1. He wasn't an iron chancellor. His ineptitude was merely being masked by the very banking sector bubble that he ought to have been regulating to prevent, and which was eventually the downfall of us all.
2. He's not the chancellor any more. He's the Prime Minister. And in that job he has not at any time managed to build up a positive reputation.

I doubt very much whether anyone is planning to bring up Cameron's former praise for Brown in tonight's debate.