After Beijing, the Four Wars Gordon Brown Must Win If He Is to Survive

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Three years in, and Mr Brown still has no idea how to fight the Cameroons. He has been told by Stephen Carter, his chief strategist, to accept that the public has already decided to like Mr [David Cameron]. Best, Carter argues, that Labour tries to separate Cameron from the Tory party and attack the latter. But Mr Brown cannot get over his personal hostility to Mr Cameron.

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After Beijing, the Four Wars Gordon Brown Must Win If He Is to Survive

It is dangerous, almost reckless, for a British Prime Minister to leave the country while in a jam at home. Had Margaret Thatcher not gone to Paris during the Tory leadership contest of 1990, she would probably have found the two extra MPs she needed to survive. Had Callaghan not jetted off for a Caribbean summit in 19...

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