Rebirth of England.

Chapter 748 Fierce

On April 2010, 4, the current Prime Minister Brown went to Buckingham Palace to meet with the Queen and urged her to dissolve Parliament in order to hold a general election.

After the Queen agreed to dissolve Parliament, Brown, accompanied by all cabinet members, officially announced the date of the national general election at the door of 10 Downing Street - the general election will begin on May 5th one month later.

At the same time, Brown said in a speech that Britain is on the road to economic recovery...

"Nothing we do should put the economic recovery at risk..."

He also stressed that Britain is facing three major challenges: ensuring economic recovery, protecting national interests while striving to reduce the fiscal deficit, and reform.

He said Labour would fight at all times to ensure fairness in the country.

Campaigns by British political parties will also be in full swing to compete for the 650 seats in the next House of Commons.

Cameron, leader of the Conservative Party, the largest opposition party in Britain, said on the same day that this would be the most important election in Britain in nearly a decade.

He also criticized the Labour government's policies for leading Britain into recession.

Recent opinion polls show that the Conservative Party is still in the lead, but its lead is shrinking.

Analysts generally believe that this will be the most intense general election between the two parties in Britain in the past 10 to 20 years.

Barron returned to London shortly after Brown announced the date for the general election.

He first went to Australia from the Magic City of China, and after picking up Bonnie, Tamaran Ecclestone and others, they returned to London together.

It is worth mentioning that during the time when Barron was away from London, he bought all three villas adjacent to his villa in Kensington. The reason for buying these three villas was that among the villas near him, only these three were willing to be sold.

After all, those who can live near his residence are all people from the upper class, and it is not easy to buy these three villas.

And during this period of time, these three villas, together with Barron's original residence, have been renovated and connected. The area where the four villas are located is merged into one by a wall, and corresponding renovations will be carried out.

After he returned to London, these renovations were still not completed - according to Barron's plan, three of the four villas would be connected into one large mansion with newly built antique buildings, and the space of another villa would be completely demolished to expand the garden area of ​​this area...

Of course, after the three villas of similar style are combined into one new villa, the internal space division will also be replanned to ensure that all of Barron’s children and their mother who come to London can live there.

The entire design will be completed by London's most renowned architectural design firm and is expected to be completed before October this year.

So at this time, they temporarily lived in The Homle, a mansion in Regent's Park.

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"You don't have to keep Brown for another five years..."

Just after Brown announced the official election date, Cameron, 43, gave a speech to supporters on the south bank of the Thames and said:

"This is the most important general election in recent decades. You have the opportunity to choose a modern Conservative Party. Choosing us means choosing hope, optimism and change." When Cameron gave this speech, Barron was sitting in a car not far away.

Sitting next to him is Jo Harriman, the Conservative Party's Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities, who will also do his best in this election.

"Judging from the support rate, the Conservative Party is in a good position..."

Seeing Barron's gaze through the car window, looking in the direction of Cameron in the distance, and hearing what he said, Joe Harriman raised his eyebrows:

"It certainly seems to be the case, but we've been losing ground to Labour in recent times."

On April 4, a poll released by British market research firm ICM RESearch showed that the Conservative Party's support rate was 6%, down 37 percentage point from last week; the Labour Party's support rate was 1%, up 33 percentage points from last week.

Just as Joe Harriman said, the support rates of both parties are still very close. Although the Conservative Party's support rate is still 4 percentage points higher than that of the incumbent Labour Party, Cameron still has a long way to go to regain power from Brown and the Labour Party...

"I have read the relevant information and it seems that in the competition between you, the Conservative Party does not have an advantage on the most critical economic issues."

Hearing his words, Joe Harriman took a deep breath and nodded.

Although the Conservative Party blames the current economic recession in the UK on the economic policies that Brown had implemented for many years - before becoming prime minister, Brown served as chancellor of the exchequer for nearly 10 years.

However, even if voters do not trust Brown, they are not confident in Osborne, the 38-year-old chancellor of the exchequer in the Conservative shadow cabinet.

Because if the Conservative Party is elected, the members of its shadow cabinet will often not change, so Osborne, who is currently the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Conservative Party's shadow cabinet, will inevitably serve as the Chancellor of the Exchequer of the new government.

Many people understand that Brown has done an excellent job as Chancellor of the Exchequer. Even so, after he became Prime Minister, the Chancellor of the Exchequer was appointed by his deputy, and the relevant policies will certainly still bear Brown's shadow. This would not have prevented the economic recession in Britain after the subprime mortgage crisis.

Judging from the resume of Osborne, the Conservative Party's shadow cabinet chancellor of the exchequer, it is hard to expect him to be able to turn the tide and achieve achievements beyond Brown.

"I know you are also very interested in the position of Chancellor of the Exchequer, but it is too early..."

Joe Harriman had an educational background in economics and had previously worked in a related profession, but on the other hand, there was her age - Osborne, 38, came from an old Anglo-Irish aristocratic family and graduated from Oxford University. Even so, he was still not favored to be the Chancellor of the Exchequer, let alone the younger Joe Harriman.

If Osborne becomes Chancellor of the Exchequer, he will be the youngest Chancellor of the Exchequer in Britain in a century!
You should know that the Chancellor of the Exchequer is the second most important position in the British Cabinet after the Prime Minister - the four most important positions are the Prime Minister, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Foreign Secretary and Home Secretary.

This is in stark contrast to Jo Harriman's low-profile position as Secretary of State for Women and Equalities in the Shadow Cabinet - sometimes there is no dedicated Secretary of State for Women and Equalities, but the Home Secretary takes on the role.

Barron knew that if the Conservative Party won the general election according to his previous life's path, Osborne would indeed become the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Cabinet, and he would do a pretty good job.

However, when Cameron enters his second term, the Chancellor of the Exchequer will be replaced.

Judging from Joe Harriman's resume, she was more suitable for a more important position at that time. Even if she could not serve as Chancellor of the Exchequer, she still had hope of becoming Foreign Secretary or Home Secretary.

Joe Harriman is also aware of this. At her current age, it is a very rare thing for her to be able to serve as a member of the cabinet. It is her identity as a woman and a minority, plus the support behind Barron, that has enabled her to achieve such an achievement.

(End of this chapter)