The agony of Gordon Brown
The Economist looks at the political prospects of Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
“Would the Labour Party really consider foisting a second unelected prime minister on Britain? Apparently so. Less than a year after Gordon Brown succeeded Tony Blair, the idea of installing a third front man has become thinkable for some of his erstwhile supporters. That it has come to this reflects the astonishing speed of Mr Brown’s fall. [...] Mr Brown is in part the victim of one of the basic laws of politics: gravity.”
