A name to summarise....

What name should we give the past 12 years, dominated by Brown and Blair?

Could we call it Brown/Blair or Blair/Brown? This sounds like a mathematical model, or the name of an American Bank.

Could we combine the names, - Brair, for instance. Even better is Blown!

The period which had everything going for it - a massive majority and public support, a benign and growing economy, cheap goods flooding into the country to keep prices down without having to raise interest rates, etc.

But it has been Blown - half finished constitutional changes, a failure to deal with immigration or crime, a plethora or ill-thought-out laws which have reduced privacy and freedom, a huge debt bubble, falling educational standards, huge welfare dependency, wasteful promotion of public sector projects, incompetent ministers, spinning and deceit, and even sleaze.

A major opportunity to create a new society has been Blown. Blown seems to be the word to summarise the period which began with such high hopes and has disintegrated