政治交易已在酝酿之中，不受欢迎的现任首相戈登·布朗（Gordon Brown）相当于当年希思的那个角色，他正在向自由民主党暗送秋波，承诺推动宪法改革，给这个第三大党更多好处。
The political maneuvering has already started, with the unpopular incumbent prime minister, Gordon Brown, today’s equivalent of Heath, bidding for the Liberal Democrats’ support by promising a constitutional reform that would give the party major advantages.