Who is Gordon Brown?
Gordon Brown has finally realized his lifelong ambition to become Britain's prime minister, but he has been elected by no one, and, as a member of the Blair government throughout its tenure, he shares responsibility for its legacy. If he is to gain legitimacy, he will have to distinguish himself in clearly perceptible – and therefore fairly radical – ways, particularly on growing income inequality at home and Britain's involvement in the disastrous Iraq war.
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At long last, Gordon Brown is taking over from Tony Blair as Britain’s Prime Minister, thus attaining his life-long ambition, as if by right. That is his first problem. He has not been elected by anyone – not by the Labour Party, and not by Britain’s voters; he has merely come into an inheritance that he has long thought was his due.