Quote: wad05 "I don't think any leader has gone into an election saying they wouldn't serve a full term (vote for me but I might resign in a couple of years).
Everyone will have a different opinion about how Brown has done the job and he is certainly less popular than Major was before the 1992 election. The point I'm making is judge PMs on their performance, not whether they assumed office at the beginning or middle of a Parliament.'"
FWIW I think that Brown's record as chancellor is poor, presiding over a boom built on easy credit and rising public sector spending. The public sector is bloated and needs to be tackled. For all his faults, Blair was a better PM and could have achieved much more if Brown had not been seeking to undermine him.
Mind you, I'm biased
