Gordon Brown calls an election in 2007

[Corbyn is (no longer) the leader of the Labour Party]

What happens?

[OSR stands with Israel]

Tories win a landslide:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2NNS8rqipk

[Corbyn is (no longer) the leader of the Labour Party]

I meant 2007

[Corbyn is (no longer) the leader of the Labour Party]

bump

[Pericles]

Most likely outcome is a Labour majority around the same level as their 2005 majority (though LibDems lose seats so Tories do make notable gains), perhaps a slightly smaller majority. If the campaign goes badly for Brown it could easily end up as a hung parliament like Theresa May got though.

[Kingpoleon]

Most likely outcome is a Labour majority around the same level as their 2005 majority (though LibDems lose seats so Tories do make notable gains), perhaps a slightly smaller majority. If the campaign goes badly for Brown it could easily end up as a hung parliament like Theresa May got though.

I don’t know - I think there’s a fair chance Brown is forced into a coalition with the Lib Dems. If that’s a surprise - and so, a humiliating specter, - I imagine he could be beaten in a leadership election.

[brucejoel99]

I suspect he'd win, but not as grandly as 2005. The Tories would've notionally gained around 12 seats anyway because of the constituency changes, which I believe would've been in place for this snap election.

The Lib Dem vote would've gone down under Ming Campbell, so in all likelihood, they'd lose seats to both sides. In my opinion, I think it'd end up being a majority of somewhere between 20-30. Cameron would certainly make gains, but whether they would've been enough to remain Conservative leader is another story; keep in mind, though, he would've only been Conservative leader for a little less than 2 years at that point while hypothetically managing to make up around 30-40 seats, so gun to my head, I think he ends up holding on for another shot.