He may decide that it is too difficult, in which case he will be a lame duck prime minister, condemned to serve out the three years remaining in Labour’s current term with no hope of winning the next election. That is not what he planned when he struck his bargain with Blair back in 1994.
布朗有没有勇气直面伊拉克问题带来的风险？大概没有。他或许会觉得这个问题太难，这样的话他首相期满后就无法连任，只能任满工党现政权剩下的三年时间，没有赢得下届选举的希望。这可不是他在1994年与布莱尔达成交易时的计划。