No Point in Changing Brown
October 21, 2008 by Ken
Filed under Westminster
My thoughts on the Brown situation are covered by this in the Telegraph, it is not just Brown but Labour polices it seems that most people agree with me that changing the Present PM for a new face would not achieve
anything meaningful for either the Labour party or the country.
The only bright light would be the election being brought forward and then the promised referendum
on the Lisbon Treaty before Ireland has voted again and it is fully ratified, that is of course always assuming Cameron’s
Tories stand by their promise.
The problem is not just Gordon Brown, it’s Labour, too – Telegraph
Mr Brown’s rivals now have a fine calculation to make. They have a leader with historically low ratings but an electorate that believes removing him will solve nothing. And won’t discarding leaders like dirty socks only push Labour even deeper into public contempt?
To toy with the idea of having three prime ministers in the lifetime of a Parliament, without the voters being consulted at any point, may be constitutionally acceptable in a party-based system but risks treating the electorate with utter contempt. Labour has a big decision to make this summer. If it gets it wrong, it could be in the wilderness for a generation.
