Brown is down, but don’t discount him yet

In the past two months Gordon Brown’s brand has been “badly trashed” and the good work of his honeymoon period undone, however there is still life in the PM yet.

In the past two months Gordon Brown's brand has been "badly trashed" and the good work of his honeymoon period undone, says The Observer's Andrew Rawnsley.

Claims on competence have been undermined by "Northern Rock and the lost data discs"; claims on trust "corroded by the on-off election and the donations imbroglio". A double-digit Labour poll lead has turned into a double-digit Tory lead in just eight weeks. To Brown's horror, he has even suffered the indignity of being conferred with the Order of the Grey Underpants, owing to parallels between his and John Majors time in office.

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