WI the Heathrow incident last week had resulted in Gordon Brown's death:
1) There would be lots of conspiracy theories.
2) Who would succeed?
There would be short and long term issues.
It will take Labour 6-13 weeks to elect a leader. There is no formal Deputy Prime Minister. The deputy leader of the Labour party, Harriet Harman is rather down the list of cabinet ministers but she did win that election.
3) How likely is it that Labour would have sought to exploit sympathy with an early election?
1) There would be lots of conspiracy theories.
2) Who would succeed?
There would be short and long term issues.
It will take Labour 6-13 weeks to elect a leader. There is no formal Deputy Prime Minister. The deputy leader of the Labour party, Harriet Harman is rather down the list of cabinet ministers but she did win that election.
3) How likely is it that Labour would have sought to exploit sympathy with an early election?