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When should Mr Brown go to the polls?

Uncertainties over the likely path of the economic recovery suggest that the timing of the general election might have an important influence on its outcome. Should Mr Brown hang on to the last in the hope that the recovery steadily gathers pace? Or go early in case things start to go wrong again?

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