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Reiserer, Axel
2 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
The man who destroyed himself
For Austrian daily Die Presse, the tarnished reputation of Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown is an indication that the Conservatives will soon take over power. "It all started going wrong when good results in opinion polls seduced the Labour leadership to speculate unnecessarily about early elections. Brown let the game go on, but then decided against elections - and earned a reputation for being a ditherer. Never before had a politician suffered such a devastating defeat in an election that was never even held. ... Brown has turned out to be a Blair without the charisma. This will be his downfall. ... In power since 1997, Labour has ... exhausted its substance, its finances, and its human resources. By the time of the next elections, forecast for May 2010, Brown will be 59 compared to the 43 years of his challenger David Cameron. It seems likely that the opposition will be the first to achieve self-renewal. The local elections debacle in May, when Labour lost even 'ultra-left' London, points to the future."
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Gordon Brown calls off elections
The newspaper's London correspondent Axel Reiserer comments on Brown's decision: "A gloomy autumn lies in store for us. The opposition reacted to Brown's retreat with the expected derision and scorn. In the eyes of the public, Brown's decision gives the impression that the 56-year-old became afraid of his challengers. ... There are those who, with Brown as their target, have revived the old nursery rhyme about 'The Grand old Duke of York' who ordered his troops to march to the top of the hill only to have them come down again without having achieved anything - and then repeated the whole procedure. Within the space of a few days Gordon Brown has plunged from his pedestal to become a laughing-stock."
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