You might think there are only two choices.
Yet what Gordon Brownstuff will do will shock, awe, and make many go 'wtf', 'ugh' and cause general befuddlement, as befits the chap.
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Previously on "Quick General Election"
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Quick General Election
20Gordon will go to the polls before anyone can say that he has not rescued the economy10.00%2Gordon is incapable of spontaneity and will stick with the 6th May plan65.00%13Gordon will cause a constitutional crisis by asking Andyw to dissolve parliament25.00%5After the CUK congregation demonstrated it was on the button with political and economic events in this poll http://forums.contractoruk.com/gener...don-brown.html I thought it was time for another.
With today's news that the UK is out of recession (only just and subject to revision) some commentators are suggesting that Gordon Brown might be tempted to call the General Election quickly while he can still claim that Labour policies have rescued the economy, before revisions and the Q1 2010 GDP figures are released.
The first revision to today's figures is due on Friday 26th February. By my calculations Gordon has until Tuesday next week to call a snap election on 25th Feb before those revisions are published.
That revision may be upwards, or it may be downwards - who knows?
The Q1 2010 figures may turn out to be better although there is much doubt about that.
So does the CUK panel think that Gordon will jump on the "good news" to hold a snap election before that news can be contradicted, or will he stick with what seems to have been the plan for a few months?
Poll to follow...
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