Brown's Coronation is good for the Conservatives

I am disappointed for Britain (and for the many Labour activists who love their party but have fallen out of love with New Labour) that Gordon Brown is to become PM unopposed. There was a need for Brown's personal philosophy to be tested and stretched, the fact that there is no contest means that there has been and will be no significant analysis of "Brownism".

But I have to say, for the Conservatives it is good news. A Brown vs McDonnell contest would have enabled Brown to distance himself from socialism (despite having used typical socialist tax, spend and control methods since 1997). Without the contest all the voters will remember is Brown as a tax and spender, Brown as a control freak and Brown as a man with no oomph.
The lack of a contest increases the likelihood of a Conservative victory at the next GE (IMHO).

Brownism is a great word, because with Brown as PM we are all in the poop.