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Using a POD no earlier than May 27th 2007 (the day Brown took over) and still having the election on May 6th 2010, create the circumstances of a Labour victory and overall majority (however slim).

Recession has to happen (it was on the cards before May 2007, it's still going to happen). Anything else goes, though try not to be too ASB (no 'David Cameron and Nick Clegg exposed in child porn trafficking ring in April 2010', for example). 'Inconvenient heart attacks' can be used if you really want to, this challenge seems pretty hard to me so I think we'll need all the non-ASB possibilities we can get.

For my own part, I would potentially seek to curb the rise of the SNP in those by-elections and bring forward the enduring popularity Brown (during the election and still) enjoys in Scotland. Could be one of many PoDs that doesn't quite whittle down Labour authority in that 'black year' for them of 2008. Then maybe Cameron doesn't quite seal the deal with Murdoch (figuratively or otherwise, we don't know what goes on behind closed doors...) and the Murdoch media paint Brown as a pillar of strength during a recession, rather than a doddering failure. Oh, and Darling does some last minute sums the day before they announce the 10p tax fiasco and says 'hang on a minute, Gordon, this is going to need a rethink'.
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