If the Tories cannot win an overall majority this year, then they simply cannot win an overall majority. Ever. They know that perfectly well. In which case, since the bogeyman of the Tory threat will have been exposed as non-existent, what will be the point of New Labour? And if Labour wins this year, or even emerges as the single largest party, then Brown will have pulled that off not only without Blair, but against Blair, who is actively and publicly on the other side.
Oh, and don't let the City's Bullingdon Boys and wannabes bully you into returning a Tory, or any other, overall majority. Most of the countries with which they deal all the time have permanent hung Parliaments and coalitions. Whatever you do, vote. And whatever you do, don't vote Labour, Tory or Lib Dem in almost any constituency. That leaves you with no one to vote for? Only if you choose to leave yourself with no one to vote for.
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There is no split between Blair and Brown. There never has been and there probably never will be. In theory Labour should be facing their own 1997. In practice it may well turn out to be their 1992, mainly because the Opposition is so weak. At the same time though, the recession hasn't actually started yet because Brown has just carried on spending despite everything.
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