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I learned that Brown hired Bob Shrum (8 time presidential campaign loser) for labor party’s campaign there.

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Correct

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One wonders if this is a signal that Brown is going to ask the Queen to dissolve Parliament and go to the country this autumn.

The external polls indicate they have 3 - 4 point lead over the Conservatives, I would suspect it depends what their internals are indicating.

The Labour Party is having its annual Conference this week starting today and it rumoured that Brown will announce at the end of the week if he is going to go to the country for a mandate.

It is possible we may get our General Election before yours.