The future is Brown

'What's he going to be like?' a senior asset manager asked me last week. Of course he meant Brown. ...

'What's he going to be like?' a senior asset manager asked me last week. Of course he meant Brown. We chewed the fat for ten minutes before turning to more interesting issues, like the state of markets. So what is he going to be like? I want to be positive about him, but as he made the maiden speech to Labour Party faithful having assumed the leadership of the party, he was wearing a blue tie, not a red one. In politics, decisions like this are not taken lightly. The tie was more of a nod towards the right or centre ground, than the left. Not such a bad thing if you're a Conservative v...