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Labour paying for Blair's sins
Performance of the previous government cannot be ruled out for drop in popularity
- Gulf News
- Published: 00:41 March 18, 2008
The popularity crisis that Britain's ruling Labour Party is facing today is surely an indication of how various policy issues that had been handled by the previous government has left its mark on the workings of the current one. According to recent polls, the Labour Party's popularity has slumped to a 25-year low. This is mainly because of the manner in which Prime Minister Gordon Brown has steered the economy against the backdrop of an international financial turmoil, which forced the government to step in and attempt to alleviate its repercussions.
But things should also be put into their rightful perspective. The performance of the previous government under the former prime minister Tony Blair could not be overlooked as being a factor in how the current government is being perceived by the public. Brown simply have no choice but to find solutions for the entanglements the previous government has left behind.
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