Gordon Pulls It Off

Very interesting. Brilliant from Brown there. I think Brown would be willing to go before the next election if he wins in 2010 - it was mostly him wanting a mandate of his own that meant he fought on IOTL I think. But will his survival butterfly away the palace coups by Gillard and Martin in Australia and Ireland?
Also, I think you're propbably spot on about Osborne. i remember a Guardian article about the leadup to Election Day mentioning early on "The Tories unveil their secret plan to win the election - keeping George Osborne undercover". Does Caine still make that gaffe and is the "Great Ignored" slogan remain Greatly Ignored as per OTL?
 
The thing to bear in mind about Osbourne is that he adopts a submarine strategy: he keeps his head down and stays submerged most of the time, only surfacing on important occasions to deliver a carefully prepared salvo (such as at the budget) before submerging again.

So says ConservativeHome at any rate.
 
Also, I think you're propbably spot on about Osborne. i remember a Guardian article about the leadup to Election Day mentioning early on "The Tories unveil their secret plan to win the election - keeping George Osborne undercover". Does Caine still make that gaffe and is the "Great Ignored" slogan remain Greatly Ignored as per OTL?

Yep, that secret plan has been abandoned after, as it says in the update, Ask The Chancellors saw Osborne's approval go up and he became a media-friendly face. With no formal debates, Cable, Darling and Osborne became the de facto debaters and got a boosted media profile. Darling gave a few interviews then retreated back to the offices, Cable lapped it up, outshining Clegg on more than one occasion and Osborne behaved as it says in the update.
 
Meadow,

Y U NO UPDATE?

I know, I know. I've got about four TLs crying out for updates. I'll PM The Red and I'll try and get this one moving again. It'll probably be fourth in the cycle - Ted Short first, then Irrevocable Determination, then People's Flag (getting writers' block over these bloody International Interludes) then this.
 
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