Reply #39: I might ask you much the same thing really [View All]

[Vladimir]

Brown has been central to the New Labour project and its implementations for the last 8 years, going along with every major package Balir seriously wanted to implement. PFIs, tuition fees, the war on Iraq, ID cards - you name it. Sure he postures a lot, and gets his 'supporters' to make noises about how he really hates Blair, but when push comes to shove they all magically line back up with the government. Usually after extracting some phantasmic 'concession'. Here are a few recent examples:

http://deadmenleft.blogspot.com/2005/05/gordon-brown-work-longer-for-less.html

http://deadmenleft.blogspot.com/2005/05/browns-ambitious-plans-for-increasing.html

Brown will, IMO, be neither substantially more nor less progressive than Blair. The cosmetics may change, but the rotten neo-liberal core will remain there.