Brace yourself, Britain

摘要

It is all over bar the shouting, and there is likely to be precious little of that. David Miliband, the last semi-plausible challenger to Gordon Brown for the Labour Party leadership, has ruled himself out of the race. If the party gets an even more titanic drubbing than the polls predict in the local and regional elections on May 3rd (see page 33), it is just possible that some serious contender could be pressed to run against Mr Brown. But don't count on it. Mr Brown should be Britain's prime minister by July.