[Tealeaf]

The interesting scenario is the future Blair/Brown relationship. Given the major structural weaknesses within the economy - which Brown is primarily responsible for - all the key financial indicators are now firmly pointing towards a substancial recession. Will Brown put the knife in Blair's back before that recession rolls in and move next door into number 10? Or will Blair hang on and let Brown stew in his own broth as private sector unemployment climbs remorselesly, house repocessions rise and people finally realise that Brown's stewardship of the economy has been an unmitigated disaster.