There’s no “will he, won’t he” about it - Brown will have called an election by the end of the week

When Gordon Brown came to power, we expected much the same of what people expected when they heard Daniel Craig was going to be the next Bond. James Bland then proceeded to shut up most of his critics with a particularly good performance. Like Craig, Brown cares very little about what people have said about him. He knows that if he makes the charge, opinion polls won’t matter: he will win.

I expect Brown to call the election by the end of this week and I expect him to win that election with a slightly reduced majority. David Cameron, as stated in the Guardian, will become the Tories’ Kinnock.

Of course, there are also wild rumours that a certain former home secretary has informed a certain Lib Dem frontbencher that Gordon is set to go to the polls on Thursday. Face value, maybe?