As The Economist went to press, the answer depended on the results of the local and European elections on June 4th, the skill or cack-handedness of Mr Brown's impending reshuffle, and most of all the will of MPs and especially cabinet ministers to force the prime minister out.
A big ask from government, especially as ministers are debating cuts to the health budget.
"For too long, black people seemed to think there were no gay people around, especially black ministers," Mr. Buckmire said.
A handful of especially unpopular ministers were removed from their government posts on Monday, suggesting that the authorities were heeding recent calls to punish officials for corruption and inefficiency.
EU leaders, especially Italian ministers, are deeply concerned by a potential surge in the number of refugees reaching Europe from Africa, even though there has not yet been a spike in the figures this year.
Whether it's the "better regulation" agenda threatening to slash crucial environmental protections, inadequate carbon-reduction targets, or weak fracking safeguards, too often it is individual countries – and especially UK ministers – that are blocking ambitious environmental outcomes sought by the European parliament.
Governments and especially finance ministers are able to somehow manage reports.
Still, it is the images of Iraq's big political players that dominate the city's landscape, especially Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki and his two predecessors in that post, Ayad Allawi and Ibrahim al-Jaffari.
There is a history of the George W. Bush Administration and Israeli leaders, especially Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, conflating movements like Hezbollah and Hamas with Al Qaeda, ISIS, and other jihadists.
A presidential election is coming, probably to be held next January, and this prospect is making politicians, especially Prime Minister Yulia V. Tymoshenko, reluctant to adopt an austerity program that might alienate voters.
