Five Changes to Make Labour Electable
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The departure of a prime minister is a very, very big thing, and ought not be demanded or suggested without a lot of thought. Nor is it just a question of whether “Gordon Brown is a winner” as advanced by Stephen Byers, or even the natural consequence of a pleasurable marination in the fact that Labour has turned in its worst election performance since the party's infancy.
The questions are whether Labour - one of our great parties - has a future beyond the next general election, and who might possibly lead it into that future. On these issues the resignation-demanders (with exceptions) are as silent as the loyalists. But now it's time to be noisy.
