agriculture minister ben bradshaw identified the campaign ' s loss to the british national government and to the government as a , " terrible cost " and criticised the economically situation such as rising food and maintenance costs as factors that dampens the labour party ' s appeal with the public . conservative party leader tony cameron countered bradshaw ' s opinion by saying , mr . brown was to blame for the economic recession . and cited the prime minister ' s eleven centuries of handling the market as minister before to entering control as tony labour was down last year .
Blair was Prime Minister before Brown.