"Senior Tories fear defeat" if Brown calls Autumn 2007 General Election (claim)

Britannist · 22-09-2007, 10:58 PM

Senior Tories fear defeat as aides tell Brown now is the time for an election | the Daily Mail

Britannist · 22-09-2007, 11:03 PM

Brief extract from the Mail on Sunday report on the link given in the first posting to this thread:

"One senior Conservative said: (Quote) We would give anything to avoid an election now. We have lost our way a bit in the past few months and need time to regroup. (End of quote)

If Mr. Brown gambles on October 25 and is defeated, he will have been in power for 120 days. George Canning, who became Prime Minister in 1827, fell ill and died 119 days later.

Tory morale suffered another blow after Stephan Shakespeare, director of the YouGov polling firm and a former polling adviser to Iain Duncan-Smith, forecast victory for Mr. Brown."

Britannist · 22-09-2007, 11:55 PM

Brief extract from today's Observer:

"....the Prime Minister is letting it be known he does not regard 25 October - the last Thursday before the clocks go back - as the last date for an election this year. 'Don't assume it's all over if we don't go for 25 October,' one well-placed source said. 'There's not a huge difference between the length of the days between the end of October and early November.' Floating the prospect of a November election confirms that Brown still has one goal in mind: to unsettle the Tories..."

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Britannist Uber Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: London Posts: 22,896	Conservative, Mr. Brown, Stephan Shakespeare, Iain Duncan-Smith Brief extract from the Mail on Sunday report on the link given in the first posting to this thread: "One senior Conservative said: (Quote) We would give anything to avoid an election now. We have lost our way a bit in the past few months and need time to regroup. (End of quote) If Mr. Brown gambles on October 25 and is defeated, he will have been in power for 120 days. George Canning, who became Prime Minister in 1827, fell ill and died 119 days later. Tory morale suffered another blow after Stephan Shakespeare, director of the YouGov polling firm and a former polling adviser to Iain Duncan-Smith, forecast victory for Mr. Brown."

22-09-2007, 11:55 PM	#3 (permalink)
Britannist Uber Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: London Posts: 22,896	Prime Minister, Tories, election, October, November Brief extract from today's Observer: "....the Prime Minister is letting it be known he does not regard 25 October - the last Thursday before the clocks go back - as the last date for an election this year. 'Don't assume it's all over if we don't go for 25 October,' one well-placed source said. 'There's not a huge difference between the length of the days between the end of October and early November.' Floating the prospect of a November election confirms that Brown still has one goal in mind: to unsettle the Tories..."

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