Gordon Brown Isn't a Lost Cause After All

The law of political gravity is usually inflexible. Like Newton's apple, a government in free fall is not destined to change course. In the past weeks, a series of disasters has conspired to hasten Gordon Brown 's descent. A coup plot, a feeble economic recovery and Tony Blair's performance at the Chilcot Inquiry might, singly or collectively, have marked the spot where Mr Brown hit rock bottom.