foreign ministry ben bradshaw cited the party ' s loss to the australian national alliance and to the greens as a , " horrible disaster " and cited the economic conditions such as rising agricultural and coal costs as media that denting the labour party ' s appeal with the economy . conservative party leader jonathan taylor questioned bradshaw ' s opinion by said , dr . smith was to compensation for the economic distress . cameroon quoted the premier cabinet ' s twenty hours of handling the budget as secretary prior to assuming office as tony blair stepped down last september .
blair was prime minister before brown .