[Eric]

So, if Brown goes, what is the alternative? Will the tories come along with some magic wand and make everything better? What are the specific things that govt. could do to get the UK out of the mess it so obviously is in? You have massive debt, high unemployment, problems with your immigrants (particularly the ones who seem to get off on blowing up buses and subways), a population density that is through the roof, stagnating industry, a parliament reeling under the assault of scandal after scandal .... etc. I don't see anything that would respond to a quick fix ..... other than, of course, getting rid of a very unpopular govt. and replacing it with one which for a while will have the confidence of the people. We have similar problems: not with the population density, or the immigrants, or, perhaps the scandals; but there is always one waiting in the wings, ready to trot out onto the stage. No one here seems to want a change of govt. ... in fact, when our tory govt. was facing a none confidence motion over its economic recovery plan, public opinion was strongly opposed to another election. Maybe there is no clamour because we have a minority govt. at the moment.