The Day new labour died
With the abject destruction in one of their safest seats, which no one had, even though they were adrift in the polls, predicted Labour could lose, signals, to me the end of the new labour experiment. If replicated at a general election then Labour would be annihilated within the scottish borders, their historical power base and the Tory majority would be unreachable. Can Brown survive this? I think that the date of the byelection will help him, just before the recess he may be able to take the time to regroup and not be pilloried at the despatch box. The breathing space may be vital. Will the MP's though sit through recess and think of their majorities? I honestly now believe that he will go through the summer and then be given a period of time until the next chance to elect a leader to prove that he can reverse the almost catastrophic decline he has managed to achieve in his time. Will he be able to do this? I doubt myself he will and I think there will be a new leader by Christ