When will Johnson or some other Cabinet Minister going to cross the Rubicon. It is wonderful to see Gordon Brown wanting to "stay on" and ruin the fortunes of the Labour party once and for all. Obviously he can't see that he is an election liability, which is what always happens if you don't have your finger to the political pulse. Cabinet Ministers know that he is one of the major reasons people are not going to be voting Labour.
Now speaking as a British subject I am not sure whether there is anyone at the top of the Labour Party that looks like they could be leader. I once thought David Miliband was the most likely to step up to the plate (if I was blogging then I would link to it) but he failed. And now there only looks like it could be Alan Johnson. He has been prostrating about being Holier Than Thou which I hope he is. All the others have either been totally di
I am Conservative. I never want Labour to do well. What I want is working Parliament. So I want Labour to be lead by the best person possible. Reason? Landslides don't make for good scrutiny of the Executive, and I know that if GB leads Labour into the next election they will be destroyed and we, the Conservatives, will have a (stupidly) big majority of over 150.
But what is that I hear you say, "if Labour have a good leader they might win the next election". I am 99% certain that the Conservatives will win the next election, (I'm an engineer - nothing is ever totally certain, even the sun might not rise tomorrow). So who they have as leader is a matter of damage limitation not winning or loosing.
So if Labour can get a leader with heavy Union sympathies who nevertheless is popular it will make for better legislation, better reputation for Parliament and eventually better for the country.
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