Not so long ago, the press was speculating about when Tony Blair would hand over to Gordon Brown. Now they're expecting him to last until the possibly anti-constitutional German elections in September, hence the interest in how well he gets on with Angela Merkel.

The case of Gordon Brown is more interesting, though. How will the dour, academic son of the manse get on with the dour, academic daughter of the manse?

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