tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post199950777574584735..comments2024-01-23T16:53:02.428+00:00Comments on Mark Thompson: Counterfactual - What if Gordon Brown had stood against Tony Blair in 1994?Mark Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00744387583593537268noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post-39741927223362107302009-06-17T16:53:41.273+01:002009-06-17T16:53:41.273+01:00Using the David Davis to try and predict what migh...Using the David Davis to try and predict what might have happened if Brown had stood is pointless. Davis for all his many faults lacks Brown's many psychological flaws.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post-5016375190658560232009-06-17T00:32:19.022+01:002009-06-17T00:32:19.022+01:00A fair analysis. I am sure H. Wilson benefited fro...A fair analysis. I am sure H. Wilson benefited from being chosen in an honest, open contest - and that was no doubt significant later vis a vis George Brown, Jenkins, Callaghan et al.Cardinal Richelieu's molenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post-55934857264378396312009-06-16T16:41:37.730+01:002009-06-16T16:41:37.730+01:00Interesting speculation
Can i add though, the big...Interesting speculation<br /><br />Can i add though, the big reason Brown did not stand against Blair in 94, as you point out, is -he'd have lost, and heavily. He prefered, indeed manufactured the myth that somehow or other Blair had cheated, double crossed him, and he let him do it for "party unity".<br /><br />Brown dont do losing well, one reason i'm still not convinced he'll lead labour into the next election. He's a histrical "legacy" man - i can see him prefering to step down, let someone else lose, and then write in his memoires how the comrades would have won under him.!.....just like he'd have beaten tony in 94 had it not been for his generous unifying self denial!<br /><br />We live with this mince on a daily basis fed to us by the Brownie machine up here.Alan Smarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08238599957331198637noreply@blogger.com