Predictions for changes once Brown has settled in

[Old Greg]

Pretty much. You watch and see.

You're proper paranoid! What do you base your prediction on?

[swamp]

none of the above because the conservatives will win the next election.

Don't be so sure, Labour are ahead in the polls:

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/polit...110066,00.html

Brown will announce some popularist measures with the emphasis on 'change' (i.e. new new labour), and he'll hold an election early next year.

[DimPrawn]

It won't be overnight, but over the next few years.

End to privitisation.
Strengthen union laws.
Grab of private assets such as 2nd homes, BTL, etc.
Huge tax and spend spree.
More central power.

You have been warned comrade.

[Old Greg]

It won't be overnight, but over the next few years.

End to privitisation.
Strengthen union laws.
Grab of private assets such as 2nd homes, BTL, etc.
Huge tax and spend spree.
More central power.

You have been warned comrade.

My God - that was Lenin's exact manifesto!

[Buffoon]

I'll soil my ballot paper as usual.

Sound good to me.

I'll be long gone by the next general election otherwise I'd do the same.

[gingerjedi]

dividends will be taxed -ir35 part 2

This is very likely but as usual medium to large businesses will be exempt.

[Old Greg]

Sound good to me.

I'll be long gone by the next general election otherwise I'd do the same.

The election officials don't like it.

[Rantor]

So we have Brown who stands for very hardline left wing communism, tax and spend,

You need to get yerself over to North Korea for a bit of perspective....

More central power.

I would agree that this is the biggest risk - centralisation of power increasingly ceded to the executive.

There was a good article last week in the Observer on NLs attitude to this.

[BoredBloke]

"Don't be so sure, Labour are ahead in the polls:"

Every new leader gets a bump in their poll rating. Hopefully this dour fecker will get a fecking big bump where it hurts. Did anybody see question time last night. That Pires Morgan bloke needs a swift kick in the nuts also.

[BoredBloke]

Agreed, but he has been moaning on about New Labour and Blair for years. The minute Brown steps in and he reverts back to type. Everything Howard said he shouted over and quoted things which were not true and simply carried on speaking louder so that he couldn't be heard.

Labour will be no different under Brown. He has been part and parcel of this government since 97.