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In 1994 after the death of John Smith Shadow Chancellor Gordon Brown and Shadow Home Secretary Tony Blair met at Granita restaurant to decide the future of the Labour Party, its not 100% known exactly what was agreed but essentially Brown agreed not to challenge for the leadership with the expectation that Blair would hand over to him at some point in the future.
But what if the deal had resulted in Brown becoming leader and Blair becoming the future leader?
Would Labour have performed as well in future elections?
How long would Brown stay in office?
What role would Tony Blair play? Would he stay in home, move to chancellor or run for deputy leader?
Who would replace Brown as shadow chancellor?
Would we see an similar pivot towards New Labour?
What would Browns relations with the US and EU be like? Would he still go to war in Iraq
When Brown stood down would Blair be able to replace him or be outflanked by one of Browns prodigies?
But most importantly what impact would Brown going first have on British politics?