The End Is Near — Really

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LOOMING: Brown casts a shadow on Blair's last days

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your money on Gordon Brown, Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, or finance chief, as the next Prime Minister. London bookmakers William Hill give him overwhelming odds — 1/5. Brown is brainy, experienced, and has been heir apparent since opting not to fight Blair for the Labour Party leadership in 1994.

But a contest among Labour heavyweights is still possible. Scars remain from the long, venomous feud between...

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