Brown rules out autumn election!

So the master strategist has said he will not call a general election this autumn. 

One of the key factors for the decision seems to be this poll in the News of the World by ICM:

'Marginals polls revels Hung Parliament'
http://notw.typepad.com/saturday_notw/2007/10/stop-press.html

As usual Brown does a soft interview with Andrew Marr to explain his decision.  One can only hope there is some short-term pain and in the long term things will be ok.  But one car'nt help feeling that the last three months were the high point of Brown's premiership and Brown could well be the heir to Callaghan in more ways than one.




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