Matthew Parris says Gordon Brown could go sooner than expected.

The Times columnist Matthew Parris, and not a fan of our British Prime Minister, predicts that Gordon Brown could go sooner than expected. However, Tory leader David Cameron and his allies should make the running so as to diminish the reactionary,
right-wing section of his party. This section is a minority but is very vocal.

Well, if the general election does not have to take place until 2010, Gordon Brown has plenty of time to recover. He can start adopting popular policies and a Democrat might win the White House. While still Prime Minister, Mr Brown has awesome powers of
patronage. He is very interested in global concerns but I don't think these play very
well domestically. We have already got Bono. I think if he just withdrew the troops from Basra his popularity would recover in a single moment. The fact that Gordon Brown can't make such a move shows us the state of geopolitical issues.
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PS> with hindsight Gordon Brown is still in office but obviously not governing. It seems to be Peter Mandelson (August 2009)