When Gordon Brown took over the reins of leadership from Tony Blair there were suggestions that he should call an early General Election. This came as a suggestion from both sides, the left because they felt his leadership needed to be ratified by having him as an alected leader, the right because they saw this as an opportunity to seize control of the country.

Good old Gordon has gone from crisis to crisis, not all of his own making, I have to admit. He was handed the 'poison chalice' from his buddy, Tony Blair. He's had the Global Financial Crisis to deal with, the disasterous foreign policy, unpopular wars that are not properly funded, the Lisbon Treaty........... and now Copenhagen.

The UK is due an election in 2010 anyway, traditionally this would be the first Thursday in May, but what is being speculated is that there will be an early election - maybe as early as March 25th. For Gordon Brown this could have several advantages. It would mean that they controlled when the General Election would take place. It also means that they will not have had chance to implement the unpopular economic measures that Alaistair Darling proposed in his pre-budget speech a couple of weeks ago.

David Cameron, opposition leader, is not phased by the thought of an early election, he says he is ready. Interestingly enough Cameron's party have said they will go for even stricter measures in terms of restraints on public speanding. The big difference is that they have never hidden that they will bring in strict measures - they say that desperate measures require desperate means!

So, we could soon have a new leader in the UK........... at least we in the UK have that to hope for!!!