http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/06/30/nbrown230.xmlPerhaps more surprisingly, Mr Brown is by no means dismissed as old-hat, somebody who has been around so long that he cannot breathe new life into Labour. Fifty-two per cent of those interviewed reckon that even though Labour has been in power for a decade "it should be possible for the Government under Gordon Brown to make a fresh start". Only 37 per cent demur.
Many voters even expect the new Prime Minister to terminate Labour's decade-long era of spin and alleged sleaze. As the chart shows, one voter in three reckons there will be less of both. A mere eight per cent fear that there may be more.
However, as a general proposition, few voters expect much in the way of good things. Forty-nine per cent of those interviewed admit to being pessimistic about the prospects for the new premiership and only one in four reckons Mr Brown will prove a better premier than Mr Blair.
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Sounds like low expectations for Brown, but no one can beat America's low expectations of bush, and he didn't let us down.