Speaking to party staff just prior to his last exit, ex-Prime Minister Gordon Brown assumed personal responsibility for his party’s failure to win the election. It’s hard not to agree with that particular assessment - even though the most loyal supporter would have to admit that it all started going wrong for Gordon a long time ago.
But the most telling failure on his record in office is that he was finally unable to even make a dent in the resistance put up by fellow MPs and constituency oligarchs who held a deep distrust of whatever a “progressive coalition” might mean to their own interests.
What is amazing is how senior Labour figures and their respective cadres are already positioning themselves to lead a government-in-exile which they presumably think can return to power after it has been cleansed by a few years in opposition. Start counting.
Update: Intriguing viewpoint from Ian Dunt of politics.co.uk
2 Comments:
I'm 58 and to be honest i do not expect to see a labour government again....in my life time.
good point for all Labour's achievements and progressive credentials, they remain a very tribal party with many in their ranks unable to work beyond narrow party interest, even in Cardiff Bay they refer to it as still a Labour Led Coalition not a partnership, and at a UK level the Lib/Lab pact was doomed before it even took off.
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