i just thought you could discuss this while i'm busy

but not a landslide - just enough of a loss for labour to sort its shit out and come back to government four years later

I had actually cancelled my Labour membership because I was tired of Blair, but you know what, I kind of miss him now.

A lot of people put a lot of good faith in Brown and he has ballsed up massively

that even though many of the problems that Gordon's faced are a legacy of Blair's premiership, he's not responded well to them at all. He's not the man for the job, but I can't see anyone within Labour that would do much better at the moment. The whole party looks like floundering for a while.

I'm similarly apprehensive about Cameroon getting power. Although I'll probably be less so if he ever decides to stop trying to seize on the latest issue for political gain and starts talking about his own policies.

which Gordon had a large hand in in the first place. also Tony had failed on quite a few points, and never manged to sort them out propperlyI know the initial opinion polls went up, but they often do for a new leader.

that many of the problems he's faced are a legacy of Blair's time. As I said just above, despite that, he's done little to help himself in dealing with many of them pretty badly.

they should just concede

The Tories spent 5 years in a state of virtual opposition whilst they were still the governing party.

There must be some epic plotting under way in Labour circles at the moment. Brown doesn't offend me as an individual and I have no doubt that his vision for Britain is one that I could wholeheartedly subscribe to....in theory.

But, the man just utterly lacks charisma, we're talking sub-Major in that regard. All he really had was decades of loyalty to the party which means nothing to the general public and a reputation for prudence/financial probity which now lies in tatters in the wake of a faltering economy/ the five pound gallon and the beginning of the end for the British house price pyramid selling scame.