Detail Gordon Brown: A hunted man   Oleh:  The Economist Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 391 no. 8630 (May 2009), page 51. Topik: Gordon Brown; General Election; Labour Party; Fiscal Crisis Ketersediaan Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: EE29.55 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada     Lihat Detail Induk Isi artikel RARELY in his troubled premiership has Gordon Brown looked likely to win the next general election, which many expect to take place on May 6th 2010. He is now preoccupied with surviving long enough to contest it. The transient fillip to his popularity from the G20 summit he hosted in April has given way to unceasing woe: a budget that exposed Britain’s fiscal crisis; an embarrassing YouTube appearance to promote parliamentary reforms that have since unravelled; and a tin-eared denial of settlement rights to long-retired Gurkhas, the Nepali soldiers who serve Britain, that led to Mr Brown’s first defeat in the House of Commons. The recession was already sinking the Labour Party in the opinion polls, all of which give the Conservatives a double-digit lead. But the recent calamities have stoked internal criticism of Mr Brown too. Former cabinet members, such as the long-aggrieved Charles Clarke and the stalwart David Blunkett, have publicly deplored his performance. Worse, one current cabinet colleague, Hazel Blears, codedly rebuked him in print, and others have had to deny that they plan to challenge him for leadership of the party in the coming months. The many would-be backers of Alan Johnson, the genial health secretary feared by some Tories, think he could lead Labour to modest defeat next year rather than the landslide loss they expect under Mr Brown. (That they only perfunctorily entertain the prospect of winning is its own commentary on the party’s morale.) Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Kembali

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