Do me a favour!

Papers today full of stories about the new caring-sharing Gordon Brown, and of how he is distancing himself from the Blair era (of which he conveniently ignores the fact that he was a big part) and hinting at a different approach under his leadership. Sorry, but the cynic in me says we've seen this all before. Remember "Things can only get better"? And they went on being much the same. I've probably mentioned before that I'm coming up 70, and I've seen 'em come and go, and apart perhaps from the early Thatcher years, little changes. I reckon we're losing a good Chancellor, and getting a poorer Prime Minister, but as regards the nitty-gritty of real life I don't expect to see any major difference.