Conference Musings

So Gordon says 'I can do better'. But can he?

If someone is faced with a climbing wall, taking one tentative step up is better than staying on the ground. The problem from Gordon is he cannot be conceivably worse so any improvement is an improvement none the less. Just over a year ago, Gordon was being hailed as our LBJ, or as another Attlee. It was borderline embarrasing to be honest.

Gordon has not been a succesful PM. In fact it could be said he is struggling to be considered mediocre. Right now he has to prepare Labour for defeat, for the exit and he has to keep the party intact in order to make the job of opposition much, much easier. It took the Tories nearly 10 years to recover. It's damaging to democracy for any party to have to wait that long