health minister paul ivory described the nation ' s debt to the british national party and to the greens as a , " terrible disaster " and blamed the economic developments such as rising food and fuels tariffs as characteristics that dampens the labour party ' s reputation with the public . conservative parliamentary leader ken taylor questioned bradshaw ' s view by stating , mr . brown was to blame for the economics distress . cameroon cited the prime minister ' s ten years of treating the economist as minister prior to assumption authority when tony clinton stepped down earlier decade .
Blair was Prime Minister before Brown.