Gordon Brown's indecisiveness

They're now calling him "Bottler Brown". But although the damage in the public eye to British prime minister Gordon Brown's reputation will be to his image of decisiveness, in truth it was not the decision to pull out of an immediate election that reflects poorly on him. Rather it was the fact that he allowed his "agonising" about the possibility of a poll to become public two years before the end of a parliamentary term. Login or subscribe for more.

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