Chapter 748 Intense
On April 6, 2010, current Prime Minister Brown went to Buckingham Palace to meet with the Queen and urged the Queen to dissolve Parliament in order to hold a general election.
After the Queen agreed to dissolve Parliament, Brown, accompanied by all cabinet members, formally announced the date for the national election at the door of No. 10 Downing Street - the election will start one month later, on May 6.
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 emphasized that Britain is facing three major challenges: ensuring economic recovery, protecting national interests and reform while working hard to reduce the fiscal deficit.
He said the Labor Party will fight to ensure domestic fairness at all times.
The election campaigns of various parties in the UK will also be in full swing to compete for the 650 seats in the next House of Commons.
Cameron, leader of the Conservative Party, Britain's largest opposition party, said on the same day that this would be the most important election in Britain in the past decade.
He also criticized the Labor government's policies for leading Britain into recession.
Recent opinion polls have shown the Conservatives always in the lead, but their lead is shrinking.
Analysts generally believe that this will be the most fiercely contested general election between the two parties in the UK in the past decade or two.
Barron returned to London shortly after Brown announced the election date.
He first went to Australia from the Magic City of China. After picking up Bonnie, Tamaran Ecclestone and others, he returned to London together.
It is worth mentioning that during the time Barron left London, he purchased all three villas adjacent to his villa in Kensington. The reason why he purchased these three villas was because they were nearby. Among the villas, only these three are willing to be sold.
After all, the people who live close to his residence are also members of the upper class. It is not easy to buy these three villas.
And within this period of time, these three villas, together with Barron's original residence, have been renovated and connected. The areas where these four villas are located are 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 with a new antique building, and the other one would be a very large mansion. The space of the villa will be completely demolished and used to expand the garden area of the area...
Of course, after the three villas with similar styles are built into a new building and become a whole villa, the internal space division will also be re-planned, so as to ensure that all the children who come to live in London can live in Barron. , and their mother.
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 located in Regent's Park.
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"You don't have to let Brown work for another five years..."
Just after Brown announced the official date for the general election, the 43-year-old Cameron said this when speaking to supporters on the south bank of the Thames:
"This is the most important election in recent decades. You have the opportunity to choose a modern Conservative Party. When you choose us, you also choose hope, optimism and change."
When Cameron gave this speech, Barron was sitting in the car not far away.
Sitting next to him is Joe Harriman, the Conservative Shadow Cabinet Minister for Women and Equality, who will also do his best in this election.
"Judging from the support rate, the Conservative Party is in a very good situation..."
Seeing Barron looking through the car window toward Cameron in the distance, and hearing the words from his mouth, Joe Harriman raised his eyebrows:
"That seems to be the case, but in recent times we have been losing ground to Labor in terms of support."
On April 6, a poll released by the British market research organization ICM RESearch showed that the Conservative Party's support rate was 37%, down 1 percentage point from last week; the Labor Party's support rate was 33%, an increase from last week 4 percentage points.
As Joe Harriman said, the support rates of both parties are still very tight. Although the Conservative Party's support rate is still 4 percentage points higher than the incumbent Labor Party, they want to take back power from Brown and the Labor Party. , Cameron still has a long way to go...
"I have read 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 Brown's previous economic policies for many years - before becoming Prime Minister, Brown sat as Chancellor of the Exchequer for nearly 10 years.
However, even if voters do not believe Brown, they are also not confident about Osborne, the 38-year-old finance minister in the Conservative shadow cabinet.
Because if the Conservative Party is elected, the members of its shadow cabinet will often not change. Then Osborn, who is now the Conservative Shadow Cabinet Finance Minister, will inevitably serve as the Finance Minister 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 would certainly still bear Brown's shadow. In this way, it was impossible to avoid the economic recession in Britain after the subprime mortgage crisis.
Judging from the resume of Osborne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Conservative Shadow Cabinet, it is difficult to expect that he can go all out 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..."
Jo Harriman originally had an educational background in economics and had worked in related professions before, but on the one hand, her age - 38-year-old Osborne, born into an ancient Anglo-Irish aristocratic family, graduated from Oxford University, even so, he was still not optimistic about becoming 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 an important position in the British Cabinet, second only to the Prime Minister - the four most important positions are the Prime Minister, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Foreign Secretary and Home Secretary.
This is completely different from the Minister of Women and Equality Affairs, who is of low importance in the Shadow Cabinet, in which Jo Harriman is the Minister of Women and Equality Affairs - sometimes there is no dedicated person to serve as the Minister of Women and Equality Affairs, but the Home Secretary concurrently serves as the Minister of Women and Equality Affairs.
Barron knew that if the Conservative Party won the election this time according to his previous life, Osborne would indeed serve as the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Cabinet, and his work would be done quite well.
However, when Cameron's second term comes, the Chancellor of the Exchequer will be replaced.
Based on Jo Harriman's resume, she is more suitable for a more important position at that time. Even if she cannot serve as the Chancellor of the Exchequer, at least she still has hope of becoming the Foreign Secretary or the Home Secretary.
Jo Harriman is also clear about this. At her current age, it is already a very rare thing for her to be a member of the Cabinet. It is also because of her identity as a woman and a minority, plus the support behind Barron, that she can achieve such an achievement.
