Fix Your Departure Date Now, Gordon, and Give Your Legacy a Chance

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Which is why talk of a legacy by Mr Brown's few remaining friends in the media is not as potty as it seems (though it should bring a wry smile to Tony Blair given the scorn poured on his own attempts to cement his achievements). Mr Blair's plans were settled at a meeting in Chequers in April 2006 where he agreed to 'campaign himself out of office'.

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Fix Your Departure Date Now, Gordon, and Give Your Legacy a Chance

It is time for Gordon Brown to start contemplating leaving Downing Street. But he should only set a date well into the next decade. To get there he needs to consider now how he wants to be remembered. If he does not initiate discussions on his own legacy, he will suffer the fate of one of his two most recent predecessors, namely to be forced...

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