blood-letting that the next six months will require. let them take the blame and then labor can be the good guy. they didn't plan it that way but might that be the outcome? >> the reality is whoever comes in now, frankly, in many ways what you want right now is someone who is going to be expendable. almost like a economic winston churchill. someone that can say, we need to rally around and make some tough decisions. but this will be my last job of my career and then i'll ride off into the sunset. i'm not sure they have that in place right now but nobody is going to have this job to be in charge of the country and be popular in a couple years' time. >> what's the guess on the low end of the betting line of how short a period of time that collingswood might last? >> how long is a piece of string? >> i think right now the liberal democrats have a lot of incentive to try to make this work. they haven't been in power for a very long time. they're not quite in power but they're closer to power than