2007-01-19 01:12:31 · 7 answers · asked by A True Gentleman 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
Because Gordon Brown is the best of a bad lot, there really isn't much to choose from! Can't see any of them being an improvement on Tony Blair really, they are all as bent as a butchers hook!
2007-01-19 01:16:55 · answer #1 · answered by Mr Sarcastic 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because the Labour party always does what its present leader says, it's a form of Soviet type communism, also this to be a prize for Brown for not rocking the boat too early as John Major did to Maggie.
2007-01-20 18:27:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Would it not be counter productive for a party still reeling from the Blairites Iraq debacle to appear fragmented? If the Labour Party appears unified they stand a far greater chance again the Conservative Party.
2007-01-19 01:16:21 · answer #3 · answered by Blitzhund 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
None of them would be any good anyway. Look how power corrupted Tony Blair's good intentions. He's as unpopular as John Major and Margaret Thatcher now.
2007-01-19 01:17:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
John Reid is about the only one, but Brown is trying to chop his legs off before he gets a chance.
2007-01-20 07:29:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because Brown has promised them all a great big fat pay rise and an even bigger pension and perks allowance than they currently get if no one stands in his way!
2007-01-19 01:33:37 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are pretty talentless on the whole - tending to bouts of being thick.
He's just the best they've got. I suppose it's like Jack McConnell - that's the best they can do.
2007-01-19 03:43:03 · answer #7 · answered by LongJohns 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋