Coughing up for the coronation

Brown 'coronation' prompts new call for snap election | Special Reports | Guardian Unlimited Politics: "With Labour's internal finances believed to be in poor shape in the wake of the cash-for-honours investigation, and Mr Brown trailing to the Tories, it is highly unlikely that the chancellor would decide to go to the polls rather than govern until 2009 or 2010."

Not to the polls, but to the party and the unions... for the cash... they should expect something in return.