[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by arista

"When Blair stood down, no other Labour MP put themselves
up for leader so Brown was elected unopposed."

Sure Joey
Brown was angry he had to wait so long.

New Labour then was a neo-conservative group.
He (Brown) was not liked, by many.

Hence, the Conservative-LibDem new power in 2010

Personally as to policies.
I would have preferred Brown as PM over Blair full stop.

I don't think even had the global banking financial crisis not happened.
There was no way Labour would win in 2010.
I think Iraq scuppered a lot for Labour by then.

Plus too, Clegg I don't believe ever had any intention of even trying to work with Labour.
The Cons only got 306 seats in 2010.
They weren't liked much either.