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# Election not?
- URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/election-not/
- Published: 2007-10-04T08:10:02.000Z
- Updated: 2019-02-14T22:37:38.000Z
- Author: openDemocracy Supporters
- Tags: #en, #Migrated, #Import 2026-04-09 18:31

**Anthony Barnett (London,** [**OK**](http://ourkingdom.opendemocracy.net/2007/05/08/hot-off-press-call-for-new-settlement/?ref=opendemocracy.net)**):** Ben Brogan has broken the 'news' that there will [not be an election](http://broganblog.dailymail.co.uk/2007/10/there-wont-be-a.html?ref=opendemocracy.net). He makes a strong case except for the inheritance tax argument. If Brown needs time here it is to steal the Tory clothes not rubbish them. But if Brown decides against, unless he does so strongly and says something like "not before 2009", he will be damaged. The timing has always depended more on the push of a likely downturn "Things can only get worse" rather than the pull of temporarily good polls.