FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2007 file photo British Prime Minister Gordon Brown leaves 10 Downing Street for parliament. Blair's successor Gordon Brown didn't have his predecessor's natural communications skills and that was particularly evident in the election campaign of 2010. Brown's ratings — and Labour's — had collapsed in the wake of the global financial crisis and the party, in power since 1997, faced losing to the Conservatives. (AP Photo/Sang Tan, File)