He seems less legacy obsessed to me than Tony Blair. Large chunks of the UK media have had it in for him following some initial mis-steps (the will he/won't he

He seems less legacy obsessed to me than Tony Blair. Large chunks of the UK media have had it in for him following some initial mis-steps (the will he/won't he election-call thing comes to mind). As far as I can tell, their story then became the self-fulfilling "he's a lame duck who can't manage the media". I don't like a lot of things the Labour govt (Blair and Brown) have done/are doing, but I don't think Brown stands out an as example of political self-interest.