Uh, labor has been in power for 10 years and the elections you cite are local not parliamentary elections.
In the meantime, damage was done. Britain is a shadow of its former imperial self, due to a century of socialism.
Obama in power might beget a backlash *or* it might beget so much economic malaise that, like the Great Depression, the people keep voting for more socialism.
I dont think its worth sending USA down the toilet just to fix a problem with too many moderates in the GOP leadership.
True.
But then the Conservatives under Margaret Thatcher and John Major, were in power for to the tune of NINETEEN(19) years before Labour finally took power under Tony Blair. Even so, Tony Blair only gained power by purging the Labour Party of the loonly left, and moving to the center.
As for the recent massive Labour losses being in the local elections, its a forgone conclusion(by every single poll out there), that the Conservatives will blow Labour out of the water in the next general elections.
The only thing Gordon Brown can do is hold off the next elections for as long as possible. It's not going to save him though. The Labour party currently has the lowest poll rating of any party since records started being kept.